Now I'm REALLY psyched!

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I graduate from RN school and have an OR job lined up already. Today I went and spent a half day there, and I'm more excited than ever. The people there were terrific and very welcoming with a great sense of fun. I think this is going to be a wonderful place to work.

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Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

Congrats! As a student nurse who wants to go into the OR, it's good to see they are hiring new grads :)

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Finished and passed all my finals, so I'll start O.R. orientation on 6/4. This coming Thurs will be my last day of podiatry practice, after nearly 30 years. I feel like a kid fresh out of college going for my first job! For the first time in my life, I'll have paid vacation, O.T. pay, paid (mostly) healthcare, sick time, tuition reimbursement for future schooling, and pay towards my student loans. All this, plus I get to watch all those cool operations :-). Life is good.

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Specializes in Operating Room, Med-Surg, Home Care.

:balloons: Congratulations!!!!!!!!

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Specializes in ante/postpartum, baby RN.

Good luck Brewerpaul and keep us updated. :monkeydance:

Katie

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This is late but congrats and best of luck!!!!

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Good luck to you! I start school this week to beome a surgical tech...It's so exciting, I can't wait to get into the OR. I hope everything goes smoothly, and congratulations on your graduation!

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Update-- graduated on 5/20: with honors!

I got a call today from the hospital with some details about orientation. They gave me the option of delaying my actual start in the OR for two weeks in order to do some work on a post-op nursing floor. I figured this was not a bad idea, so I took it. I'll have plenty of OR time, and seeing what the patients go through after we're done with them will give me some good perspective, and firm up my nursing skills a bit.

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Good for you!!! The OR is addictive! I hope you love it as much as I have for more than 30 years. I still look forward to each assignment and pt. I cannot think of a better way for me to bring home a paycheck and self esteem.

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Specializes in Postpartum, Antepartum, Psych., SDS, OR.

It would be great to observe in a call back situation! 1/2 of a day is not much to form an opinion and get a true picture.

It is addictive and a love/hate relationship. It isn't for everyone. How great to see you are addicted and ready to roll those stretchers. Congratulations and good luck with your new position!!

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It just keeps getting better!

I did a couple of weeks on med/surg on a post-op floor and although I anticipated hating it, it was really a good experience. I got a good feel for where the surgical patients go and what the follow up care is like.

This past Monday, I started in the OR for real. In the course of the week, I saw a bunch of Uro cases (laser blasting of stones, stent implantation, cysto/retros ) a total hip, bowel resection for colon CA, cataract surgery with IOL etc. Grand tour of the body...;)

The people in this OR are TERRIFIC. Very welcoming (as is the whole hospital) and eager to teach. Ditto for all of the Docs that I've met so far. I have a bit of an inside edge with the Docs due to my years of podiatry practice: I've dealt professionally with a lot of them already.

In addition to observing surgery, I've been trying to learn what all the instruments and supplies are and where they're kept, how to use the old DOS based computer system, helping open packs for cases and turn over the rooms. I'm LITERALLY dreaming about the OR at night!:uhoh3:

It's a bit of sensory overload, but I can see that once I'm more on track this is going to be so much fun that I'll feel guilty getting paid to do it........ nah!

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Remember this a couple of months from now: It is grueling to start any new specialty. Period. So when your current excitement (and desire to do always do a great job) clashes with the intenseness of being a newbie, DON'T GIVE UP.

You sound totally eager to learn. Keep it up, keep your OR goals in mind, and hang in there.

I'm a 7 yr OR nurse, and am writing a paper for the end of my RN-BSN program, mentioning the nursing theory of Patricia Benner (she studied the transition from novice, advanced beginner, competent practitioner, proficient pract., expert practitioner--nursing "professional socialization"). Check out her stuff online--her stages are right on (encouraging when you're learning, growing). I recently did 120 hours of clinicals in the ER and the beginning was so frustrating!! I found myself thinking, "Benner never said how frustrating it is being a newbie!!" But while being a beginner is frustrating, you don't stay a beginner for long. So keep that in mind.

Best of luck to you!! The OR is a great place!!

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