Anna5M

To ICU, and ER Nurses: Hi. I am curious to know the difference between ICU Nursing, and the ER. Do the Er people just treat people immediately, and iCU treat over the long-run ...or how does that work? So sorry to be so clueless, yet I guess until I am actually in clinical rotations I won't know the difference. So, I am curious to know what you think? Thanks for any advice, and interpretations of the difference between the two. WILLBEaFuture RN, Anna Miller

To Everyone Who Posted, Thank you for answering all of the questions that I had, or at least a lot of them concerning the OR. I love to be kept busy helping other people. So, I am going to check out the ER due to my ADD/ADHD personality! Thanks for the advice! :roll :balloons: Future RN, Anna Miller

Thank you for the information you sent. I am sorry about that only wanting to hear advice from "old OR Nurses" its just that I didn't know if I would be getting credible information from some of the new just starting out OR Nurses. You knowing what you are talking about is what I needed to hear. So, thank you VERY much your message sent in response. I appreciate it immensely. I can be very verbal at times that is why the message was long, and talkative. Thank you very much about your comments. If you have time do you mind answering these questions: Are there other scents than "mint" to put on the inside of "the mask" prior to the precedure? Are the procedures usually back to back during your shift, and do you go back and forth to other operating tables/mayo stands or is each Scrub/circulating nurse responsible for just a certain operation? Do all OR medical personel feel like their legs will collapse after a few hours? I have heard that the operations range from 4-6 hours. I have pretty strong legs.. the farthest I have run is (12 miles this summer) and it was only by the Grace of God, I had been training, but I prayed asking God for strength prior to my run. I don't know, though, being around the Anesthesiologist or when the person is being opened might make me faint. I haven't had the experience, yet, during a clinical in Nursing school maybe that will be a good preperation for it. I'm still researching the different specialties, but do not yet know in which environment I will choose to specialize. That is why I am inquiring. Thank you for all, and any others who want to input. Thanks again! Dream Chaser at the moment ~ Anna Miller (future RN)

"For God so loved the world that HE gave His one and only Son--JESUS--that WHOEVER believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting Life." Jhon 3:16 --God said it..The BIBLE.

:caduceus: need info about different personality types working in the or, if that works, "or" if their is just a few selected bunch who can work there..and the "dreamer/want-ta-b-personalities never get in. i've never worked there, but maybe some of you have other that "perfectionistic personality" that have been interviewed and accepted for employment in the or. please fill me in on what is optional for all personality types. i am a freshman in college and interested in nursing. i am 21 and "yes of course need a lot of experience" because i am still considered new to the world and the nursing profession..which is all true. however, before i jump into anything too soon what do all the "pro/old" operating room nurses out there think about these questions from your own experience and words of wisdom please enlighten me.:roll do only "perfectionistic types of personality" work in the or??? "or"...(smile) can other types of personalities work there too, like people who are serious, but have personalities too and like to have fun. is it probably safer to have just the really serious, perfectionistic types of personalities to work there because they are prone to make fewer mistakes, and are great with details? or are there other types of people who make it in the or who aren't always like the "this is a sterilized area, don't smile" bunch. :balloons: i am asking those nurses out there that have the experience, know what they are talking about, have worked in the or with other people...oh, and they have to be old beyond 40 and experienced in the fields...otherwise i might not trust your opinion. (no offense, and all do respect to the younger generation.) i have heard good things about the or like the surgeons who are smart enough to laugh to release those "needed to be released hormones" and who even listen to music :melody: while they do their work in their sterile environment. i wouldn't know because i haven't even gotten into nursing school. i hope to, though, by next fall (2007). i was just curious to ask the or nurses this question because working in the or seems like it would be an interesting specialty in which to work. :penguin: (i've heard its cold in there!!!) any comments, words of wisdom or advice from the or pros out there is and will be greatly appreciated. my personality is serious when i need to be, but i like trying a bunhc of different ideas. i'm pretty well-rounded, clara barton type 5'1 and 120 pounds. i ride horses, play piano, attend a baptist church, play the piano, read alot, swim, climb high rock-walls, i try to run 3-4 times each week, i watch my diet very carefully. i am not considered a perfectionist,(my older sister is) but i am quiet a lot of the time due to the (use-to-be-rare-came-back-in-the-eighties fact of being homeschooled in a christian family for all twelve grades, the 2nd girl, fourth child from a totally homeshooled family of seven. (my parents believe in love. they found it when they were five)..35 years later are still together and are still "in love"--praise god! i am taking on-line classes at home. thank you very much for any comments at all and for, of course, your time in answering any of my above questions. all for the glory of god!! thank you again!! any infromation is appreciated. :typing [email protected]