Mandya22

Thank you so much!!! I am really stressed out about having to decide what to apply for, but the RNFA sounds really cool to me!!! That would give me a good goal to work towards if I decide to go the OR route for sure!

Does anyone know anything about an RN as a first assistant? I had never heard of this before and have read about it some in doing research for an OR job. Is this a position that is utilized often? Would you consider it a growing field???

Any hints on where I can go to find out more about exactly what an OR nurse does???

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!!!