Naval Periop Reserve Nurse

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Specializes in Periop.

Going through the process of joining the Naval reserve nurse corps and curious about skills expected in this position. Only ever been an OR circulator for 9 years and haven't even started an IV since nursing school. Thanks.

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

I think you'll be fine. Military OR nurses don't scrub from what I've seen; the enlisted OR techs do that. They universally seem only to circulate.

I think technically you're supposed to be 'peri-operative' and able to both 'check-in' patients and do the phase I recovery. Again, I've never seen that. ICU nurses, PACU nurses, and CRNAs do the recoveries. Designated pre-op nurses or enlisted techs do the check-ins and IVs.

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Sorry if I'm intruding on this. Never posted before. I am looking to join the Naval Reserves as a circulator as well, and I have so many questions to ask. I have never met a nurse reservist from any branch, Guard or Reserves.

What does a typical weekend drill look like? What about the 2 week annual training? How likely/how often do OR Navy Reserve nurses get deployed? I have so many more, but I'm really looking for someone to have an ongoing conversation with about this topic. I have been sending in my medical records so that I can get to MEPS, but that is my last step.

If this is the wrong feed to be asking this on, could you guys send me in the right direction? I want to speak with an RN who has experience as a reservist to pick their brain.

Thanks, and good luck jfratian!

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