Jellybean39

That's so frustrating. I graduated from WGU and I had the hardest time finding someone. The parameters set by the school were so narrow.

LOL. That is true. Life in the O.R. Is pretty sweet.

Nurses in the OR know we are totally different than nurses on the units. I would hope that you would be taught from scratch because almost all of what you learn in the OR is not taught in nursing school and you wouldn't pick it up on the floor. In my experience the nurses that transfer do a wonderful job once they are fully trained. Their background is very useful. I went straight to the OR after nursing school and I feel I missed out on all that knowledge. If you can talk to the director they might decide to take a chance on you if they feel you have potential and train you on the job.

I am curious how other nurses are doing a skin prep for cystoscopy cases for females. I have been in the O.R. for 11 years and was trained on the job. I have never prepped the lady parts for a basic cystoscope case but I have moved to a new job where they prep the lady parts. However, when I ask people about it I get the feeling that this is just how they have always done it. I have dug through all the books and cannot find an answer. Is a lady partsl prep necessary for a cystoscopy case? What is everyone else doing?