imanurseintheor

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1. Senior year..Eating Disorder RN jobs

   imanurseintheor replied to umichnurse2019's topic in Psychiatric

   This is something I actually would like to get into. I need general psych experience,

2. Why the high turnover in behavioral health?

   imanurseintheor replied to northmississippi's topic in Psychiatric

   It's funny, I WANT to get into psych and am having a hard time because I have no psych

3. Question for OR nurses

   imanurseintheor replied to 2010rn42's topic in Operating Room

   NO- it does NOT make sense to do a surgical tech program as an RN! PLEASE DO NOT do

4. Roller board vs slider

   imanurseintheor replied to QueenElisaRocks's topic in Operating Room

   You're lucky, my OR has neither. We place garbage bags under the sheet to create a slide effect. I hate it and want to scream

5. Is 28 too old to become a travel nurse?

   imanurseintheor replied to jchristine89's topic in Travel

   too

6. OR nurses, was it your calling?

   imanurseintheor replied to danceluver's topic in Operating Room

   RoseQueen, can you tell me where? I'm in NYC and having a HELL of a hard time trying to leave the OR and into an ICU. I'm starting to wonder if it's just too competitive here, I don't

7. OR to Burn Unit? Please advise

   imanurseintheor replied to imanurseintheor's topic in Burn

   Thanks so much for your input, it was really, really insightful! I'll let you know what happens

8. OR nurses, was it your calling?

   imanurseintheor replied to danceluver's topic in Operating Room

   If you want to be in management someday, then stay in the OR. OR experience is pretty much good for that and possibly only that - of course depending on your facility and state you live in. For...

9. Leaving the OR

   imanurseintheor posted a topic in Operating Room

   I have been an RN in the operating room x3 years now, straight out of school. I took the first and only job I was offered, which was the OR. Turns out I did love it, a LOT, at first- but fast forward...

10. OR to Burn Unit? Please advise

    imanurseintheor posted a topic in Burn

    Hi all, I have been an RN in the operating room x3 years now, straight out of school. I took the first and only job I was offered, which was the OR. Turns out I did love it, a LOT, at first- but fast...

11. Struggling with the culture...

    imanurseintheor replied to nurselisa207's topic in Operating Room

    Every OR is tough, but in my experience some are much worse than others and yours sounds worse. I repeat, all ORs have a very particular culture....but some are much more toxic than others. They do...

12. Operating Room RN to Nurse Practitioner?

    imanurseintheor replied to Chocolate39's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yes you can transfer to a floor. They say to "do it now" before "it's too late" and you become somewhat untrainable, say you have been in the OR for ten years, no one would hire you. However as my...

13. OR Night Responsibilities

    imanurseintheor replied to Beans007's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, what do you mean "put up trays?" I can definitely answer your question but I'm not sure what you

14. Instrument count question

    imanurseintheor replied to md979's topic in Operating Room

    You count what you want to count. That's all there is to

15. I'm in hell

    imanurseintheor replied to amiss8488's topic in Operating Room

    See this is why I Am so afraid to do travel OR