OR Nurse Orientation

[doridem11]

Dear OR nurses,

I have 4 years of experience in peds ED and am making the jump to adult OR in August. I don’t know much about the hospital but it is one of the only trauma centers in the area, and is also a county and teaching hospital. I was told in my interview that my orientation would be 3 months, but from what I have been reading most OR orientations are about 6 months. Will 3 months of orientation be enough?? From what I understand, there is a lot to learn in the OR and I’m getting nervous now!

Thank you!

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

I think there is a lot that can influence this. Will you be working in a single specialty or multiple? Scrub and circulate or circulate only? Single specialty circulate only may be OK with 3 months.