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  1. 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...

  2. 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,

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

    imanurseintheor replied to jchristine89's topic in Travel

    too

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  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

  16. My dream is coming true!!!

    imanurseintheor replied to OksanaBSN's topic in Operating Room

    I learned to both scrub and circulate. Believe it or not 9 month isn't long enough-well for me it wasn't. I went through about 8 services in my 8-9 month orientation and by the time I finished and...

  17. New to the OR, culture challenges

    imanurseintheor replied to chocolateistheanswer's topic in Operating Room

    1. I realize the OR is a place of multiple personalities and backgrounds working together, but is it normal for staff to gossip about each other constantly?? I am a no-drama kind of person and in my...

  18. Columbia University DNP 2016

    imanurseintheor replied to ARickli's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Do you know the admissions deadline? I can't find it anywhere on the