tg2125

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1. Orthopedic Surgical Nurse

   tg2125 replied to KristybayRN's topic in Operating Room

   @Anne Grello Is 100 percent correct! I am primarily and Orthopedic operating room nurse in a huge level one trauma OR and I can say for a fact that knowing orthopedics makes you the best Operating room and surgical tech/ scrub nurse as well. When eve...

2. ICU vs OR Residency

   tg2125 replied to NC_24's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you Rose_queen. Yes the OR is a different type of nursing but I too know OR nurses that transitioned to more “traditional” nursing. It’s all about the support from the unit and the determination of that nurse to learn.

3. ICU vs OR Residency

   tg2125 replied to NC_24's topic in New Nurse

   Listen the OR will not really help you at all going into the ICU if you start in the OR then go ICU but I had a colleague who was an OR nurse mainly specialized in Ortho/ortho trauma that later went to the CTICU and killed it and is now an SRNA he t...

4. OR to ICU

   tg2125 replied to Nursebruh's topic in Operating Room

   I was in a similar situation but with the goal of becoming a CRNA. I am about 6 months into my new grad OR nurse residency at a level 1 trauma with a specialization in orthopedics and orthopedic trauma but being trained in almost every service but Ca...

5. Surgical NP's

   tg2125 replied to dana16's topic in NP Students

   you are right and that is true but I am talking about working for the surgeon not the hospital. There is a difference, tbh I rather work for a surgeon than a hospital system theirs a higher ceiling of what you can do and you're income. the ACNP doesn...

6. Surgical NP's

   tg2125 replied to dana16's topic in NP Students

   You do not need ACNP to first assist don't listen to people who arent OR nurses. I work in the OR and many of the nurses (that can also scrub) that I work with are getting their FNP and RNFA and working for surgeons they networked with in the OR in w...

7. New grad Operating room nurse scared about never being able to go to ICU

   tg2125 replied to tg2125's topic in General Nursing

   I personally don't think any speciality is better its just the vibe that I get from working in the O.R, throughout school etc. I had a teacher talk down on the OR nursing saying that "what use is a nurse that just passes instruments to a surgeon" I c...

8. New grad Operating room nurse scared about never being able to go to ICU

   tg2125 replied to tg2125's topic in General Nursing

   some nurses say the ER and ICU would hire a new grad over an OR nurse with 3 years experience which I don't get at all. It's a shame that people think that way, if I knew nursing was this toxic I would of gone to PA or Med school. I overheard PACU (m...

9. New grad Operating room nurse scared about never being able to go to ICU

   tg2125 replied to tg2125's topic in General Nursing

   @SilverBells @nursing9462 Thank you guys! How exactly would I be able to get a per diem job on the floor while starting as an OR nurse with not a lot of floor experience. I am interested in it but IDK how that would work with still being full time. I...

10. Late career switch to OR nurse?

    tg2125 replied to RNandMBA's topic in Operating Room

    Def shadow and build connections. THE OR IS ONE OF THE ONLY UNITS IN THE HOSPITAL THAT TAKES RNs REGARDLESS OF EXPERIENCE. I worked as a nursing assistant/ and now a nurse in the OR for more than 2 years now and have seen this first hand. The OR isn'...

11. New grad Operating room nurse scared about never being able to go to ICU

    tg2125 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys so I recently applied to both ICUs and OR positions as a new grad. I worked as a nursing assistant in the OR throughout nursing school and I loved the environment. To me it has always been between the ICU or the OR. I didn't get any ICU posi...

12. working while at NYU for ABSN?

    tg2125 replied to hermionethecat's topic in School Programs

    You are not lying NYU is not worth it. I worked one day during the week with some doubles 16 hours shifts and that alone had me pressed for time. NYU gives no flexibility with schedule for classes and for clinical. You have no choice of what teacher ...

13. Getting into NYU ABSN with lower gpa than average accepted student

    tg2125 replied to macetheace04's topic in New York

    I graduate this Winter. NYU has its pros being that its extremely difficult compared to other nursing programs test wise (could be a con if you don't perform as well and which to go the CRNA route) but they make it so you have to listen to rewind and...

14. Chances of getting into CRNA school

    tg2125 posted a topic in SRNA

    Reply To This Topic 1 How's it going. I need help determining if I should enter the ICU after graduating this Winter. My sole purpose of becoming an ICU is to become a CRNA (I will obviously not state that in my ICU job interview LOL). Howe...

15. Chances of getting into CRNA school

    tg2125 posted a topic in SRNA

    How's it going. I need help determining if I should enter the ICU after graduating this Winter. My sole purpose of becoming an ICU is to become a CRNA (I will obviously not state that in my ICU job interview LOL). However I am worried I will not get ...