Applying for OR Job

Specialties Operating Room

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I will be graduating in May and I am going through the application process right now to start looking for internships. I will be applying for L&D at one hospital but at another hospital I would like to apply at, I have heard that they do not have a good L&D internship program so I think I would like to apply for their OR internship. My problem is that I have spent almost 2 weeks thinking about it and I cannot come up with anything good to say for the dreaded interview questions that will come! I have only spent 1 day in an OR during school so I dont know that much about it. I am almost certain I will be asked why I want to be an OR nurse!!! Well, all I can think of is that it would be fun and that it will keep me from being on a med/surge floor!!! I know that is not a good answer so if anyone has any thoughts about this or any tips for the interview process in general I would appreciate it so much!!!

Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

Do RNFA's have to stand more than other nurses in the OR?

Do RNFA's have to stand more than other nurses in the OR?

Yes.

Scrub nurses stand in one place but they get lunch breaks.

RNFAs might not get a break until the case is over. A case can take all day sometimes.

Circulators run around like chickens without a head but at least they often get to sit down during the case.

Overall though, RNFA is the easiest job of all of them. Most of day is spent holding a retractor and suctioning.

Specializes in Corrections, neurology, dialysis.

I loved what you said about not wanting much patient contact.

I feel guilty for not wanting much patient contact, yet that is exactly the appeal of OR nursing for me. I love medicine and I am fascinated by the human body, but don't mind taking care of a patient who can't talk back to me.

I have a wild passion for surgery. It is exactly what I want to do. This week I finally go to have an OR clinical and I was over the moon! I adored every moment. I watched everything like a hawk, asked a zillion questions, pitched in and helped do whatever they asked, pored over the medications, quizzed the anesthetist......well you get the idea.

I was VERY into it. I can't wait to start doing this as my career.

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