NurseMel5

A few questions many OR recruiters and managers ask: 1. Describe a time you went above and beyond for a patient. (Pt satisfaction scores) 2. How do you handle stress? 3. Do you focus more on the task at hand or can you handle an ever changing environment? 4. How are you with speaking up? Do you find it difficult? (To gage whether you will speak up with difficult surgeons and staff) 5. How would you handle a difficult coworker? (OR nursing draws in people with strong personalities) As far as what it's like to work in SDS, I believe there have been other posts that have described it in detail, definitely check it out. Good luck to you!

Hmm... sounds to me like the person who said this to you is unhappy with their career choices and projecting it on you. If you love your job and you enjoy it, stay in it. Especially now, when there are limited positions and unsafe conditions because of the pandemic. I've noticed this culture in nursing, putting specialties against eachother, saying some are less than, etc. No matter the career there will be pros and cons. You have a unique skillset being in the operating room and the beauty of nursing is that if you want to hone in on your "med-surg" skills you can get a PRN job to fill the void while still staying in a job you love. Also to rip you apart because of a Foley, is just not good practice. When did teaching become demeaning? I have worked in amb-surg and we don't do Foleys at my facility because they are relatively short surgeries. So if it was indicated for a patient I would review it because the last time I did a foley was 4 years ago when I worked LTACH and have another nurse there to support me. Sorry for the long reply, but please do not make life changing decisions based on other's insecurities and perhaps even their jealousy. Good luck to you!