Rory8

Rory8 specializes in OR.

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1. Evening shift in the OR?

   Rory8 replied to annacs's topic in Operating Room

   I worked the evening shift in the OR for a while when I was done with orientation and I loved it. At my hospital, evening shift is 3-11pm so when we got in we would finish the cases that were going and sometimes we would start cases after those were ...

2. Struggling with the culture...

   Rory8 replied to nurselisa207's topic in Operating Room

   I was struggling with the same thing when I was in the periop program for my job. It took quite a while for most of the staff to even smile back at me. However, now that I've been working there for a couple years I understand that they were just stan...

3. Robotics or Cardiothoracic

   Rory8 replied to countrygirl1234's topic in Operating Room

   I agree, robotic cases are very similar to laparoscopic cases. I was recently trained in robotics and I really enjoy those cases. There is a lot more down time when the circulator doesn't do much, but it does require a bit more set up and take down (...

4. Pay & benefits for an experienced RN in Albuquerque

   Rory8 replied to Amnesty's topic in New Mexico

   Hi, I'm working at UNMH currently! Which units are you planning on applying to? With your experience you have a lot of options. I checked the job openings site and there were quite a few openings. We have a CAP system for pay here, depending on exper...

5. Do you prefer to circulate or scrub?

   Rory8 replied to Rory8's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you all for your input! I'd never thought about how knowing how to scrub makes it easier to be a good circulator because you are more familiar with the equipment and the surgery but that makes a lot of sense! And I agree that circulating must b...

6. Do you prefer to circulate or scrub?

   Rory8 replied to Rory8's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you both for replying! I agree that scrubbing does seem to be a bit more fun since you're so involved! I'm way more intimidated about learning how to scrub than circulate though!

7. Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

   Rory8 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you so much for starting this thread and to everyone who has commented! I'm starting an OR position next month so I've been reading this post and it has helped me go from nervous to mostly excited! I'm sure I will think of plenty of questions o...

8. failed nclex

   Rory8 replied to dawn57's topic in NCLEX

   I used the Kaplan program to do most of my studying and went through most of the Qbank. I had a hard time answering questions on the computer though so I got NCLEX RN Mastery and NCLEX Stanford Review RN Qbank apps for my phone, both of which I found...

9. Job offers

   Rory8 replied to yooniehime's topic in General Nursing

   I would take the second one just because a 45 minute drive to work sounds awful to me! But it depends on what is most important to you. Is driving 45 minutes a big deal to you? How did you feel at the first place? Was it welcoming, did people seem ha...

10. Ways to stay in touch with clinical unit?

    Rory8 replied to ravenpuff's topic in Job Hunt

    You could look into a tech position on that unit. It would show that you have a serious interest and it would look good that you would be very familiar with how the unit works and the staff. If that's not possible or not something that you're interes...

11. Pinning ceremony in a few days - When and how to start job search?

    Rory8 replied to EP10's topic in Job Hunt

    Almost all of my classmates that got jobs prior to graduation were part of the new grad nurse residency program at the hospital. You could look into residency options where you are, the deadline to apply might have already passed but it can't hurt to...

12. **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

    Rory8 replied to Bell13's topic in New Nurse

    1. New Mexico 2. $29.80 base 3. New grad, no experience 4. OR

13. Do you prefer to circulate or scrub?

    Rory8 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello everyone! I'm starting a position in the OR in January (yay!) and I will be learning how to both circulate and scrub. I was just curious, for those of you who do both, which position to you prefer to do and why? Thanks! :)

14. Accepted an OR position!

    Rory8 replied to Amistad's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats, that's so exciting! I also just accepted a position in the OR and I'll be starting in January! I'm a little nervous because I know there will be so much for us to learn in this first year but I'm mostly excited! The OR seems like such an in...

15. Nclex RN 12-30-15

    Rory8 replied to kelsie*bear's topic in NCLEX

    I wouldn't rely on the pvt, you don't know for sure until you get the official results. My license came up on the Board of Nursing website the afternoon of the day after I took my test. I hope the pop up was wrong and you did pass but if not, it's no...