Hello fellow OR RNs and future OR RNs,I've been in OR nursing for about 2 years now and I'm realizing that I won't be able to do this forever. I thought about doing management, but I felt like management is more about who you know rather than what you know. Found out one of my coworkers sells scrub hats as a side job instead of taking call. Are you involved with a business or other position outside of the OR? The Scrubulator
nebit27 9 Posts Oct 23, 2012 HI TheScrubulator, I am about to start my OR job (I'm a new grad)and hope to do it for the rest of my life however I might do something on the site too, will see:) Good luck to you. Are you bored in OR?Hello fellow OR RNs and future OR RNs,I've been in OR nursing for about 2 years now and I'm realizing that I won't be able to do this forever. I thought about doing management, but I felt like management is more about who you know rather than what you know. Found out one of my coworkers sells scrub hats as a side job instead of taking call. Are you involved with a business or other position outside of the OR? The Scrubulator
bg6RN 11 Posts Specializes in med/surg, tele, oncology, PACU, research. Has 23 years experience. Oct 24, 2012 How old are you now? I work with with OR nurses who are 65.
TheScrubulator 5 Posts Oct 24, 2012 I realize that I've been experiencing burnout from coworkers and surgeons who act as though they're still in elementary school. It's definitely ridiculous to see a coworker complain the the charge nurse about going home early when things in the OR aren't finished on an evening shift. I definitely have to say that burnout hit me more emotionally than physically because I'm not as friendly towards people as I used to be when I was a student. I'm a younger nurse who was lucky to get a job before the whole job crisis/hiring freeze occurred.
TheScrubulator 5 Posts Oct 24, 2012 I'd love to see my really old coworkers retire, but that isn't going to happen anytime soon. They're stuck in their old ways and they'll never change. I may be looking at this at the wrong angle, but I believe the culture of my current OR is to seriously pick on the newbies. It's difficult to tell someone she's wrong when she'll always believe she's correct.
bg6RN 11 Posts Specializes in med/surg, tele, oncology, PACU, research. Has 23 years experience. Oct 24, 2012 Try a new OR?
