Plastic Surgery anyone?

[yudenisrodriguez]

Hi everyone i've been wondering if there is any other nurse on here that works for a plastic surgery office? I work for a top plastic surgeon (for the past 6 months) where im from and we have two OR's in our office. I do pre-op and pacu, and some occassional circulating. If there is, do you like it? how long have you been a pacu plastic nurse? and what would you like to do afterwards (assuming you aren't gonna be doing it forever?). I have no prior experience besides this and im just wondering where this position can take me. im not sure i want to do hospital setting after this unless is OB or Peds. Will any hospital consider me after lets say a year and a half of being at my current position?

[brownbook]

I have only worked acute care floor nursing and out patient surgery. I can't answer about getting a job in Peds or OB with your current experience.

Your current experience would be good for applying to acute care or out patient surgery pre-op or PACU. Maybe after some acute care PACU, pre-op experience you could more easily transfer to Peds or OB?

[yudenisrodriguez]

@brownbook Thank you for your reply. So your saying i should apply for acute care pacu instead if i decide to move on? i always heard you need ICU experience for a "real" pacu!

[brownbook]

There are more and more free standing out patient surgery clinics doing "routine" surgeries. I can't swear to all of these clinics hiring policies but can see no need for a nurse to have ICU experience to work there. Some of my co-workers do, but many don't. Where I am working now often the RN admits the patient to PACU, signs off on them, and a LVN does the rest.

Recovering plastic patients requires the same knowledge and experience as recovering a routine hernia, gallbladder, cataract, etc. in a same day out patient surgery setting.

And don't think you have to limit yourself to free standing out patient surgery clinics. You are perfectly qualified to apply to an acute care hospital OR. Your OR circulating experience really looks good on a resume. It is very hard to find experienced OR circulating nurses.

[yudenisrodriguez]

Hi everyone i've been wondering if there is any other nurse on here that works for a plastic surgery office? I work for a top plastic surgeon (for the past 6 months) where im from and we have two OR's in our office. I do pre-op and pacu, and some occassional circulating. If there is, do you like it? how long have you been a pacu plastic nurse? and what would you like to do afterwards (assuming you aren't gonna be doing it forever?). I have no prior experience besides this and im just wondering where this position can take me. im not sure i want to do hospital setting after this unless is OB or Peds. Will any hospital consider me after lets say a year and a half of being at my current position?

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

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[yudenisrodriguez]

brownbook: thank you for your insight! i will definitely look into other outpatient surgery setting! i just want something different and patients who actually have something wrong with them and not just want to look better physically!