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.

Wait a minute--you were in podiatry already? (Reading is fundamental) You're not new to sterile technique in the OR setting, so you've got such an edge.

My words of pre-encouragement are still applicable to you. The other reflective part of my little paper is how much I thought it "bit the big one" (not a term in the paper) to be good at something (for me, OR) and so green at something else (ER).

At one point in my initial misery, I felt a bit like a petulant child--mad at myself and internally pouting, like "Oh my god, I hate this. Why did I do this?! [Even though I CHOSE it] Another group of nursing theory type of people (Davidhizar, Gigen, and Reed) said, "Keep your perspective. You are in school by choice. No one is doing this to you." As a professional back in school, humiliating as it is to admit, this statement has often met me where I'm at.

Anyway, enough babble. Best of luck in your new career!!

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Wait a minute--you were in podiatry already? (Reading is fundamental) You're not new to sterile technique in the OR setting, so you've got such an edge.

Yeah, it's definitely an edge. Matter of fact, my hospital doesn't generally hire new grads, especially associate's degree RNs, for the OR without a year or so of floor experience.

In addition to knowing my way around a sterile field, I know a lot of the basic hand instruments (various scalpel blade#s, various clamps and retractors, etc). Back when I started podiatry, it was commonplace for podiatrists to do a fair amount of surgery right in an office setting: hammertoe and bunion repairs, etc. Although it was an office setting, we all were pretty rigid on sterile technique-- I'm happy to say I never had a post-op infection! Unfortunately, a minority of less scrupulous practitioners did bad work in the office, resulting in major lawsuits which they lost, leading the malpractice insurers to basically say they wouldn't insure anyone who did in-office bony surgery.

Now, I'll get to play with a lot more nifty toys :yeah::yeah:

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