OR male nurse

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1. Want to move to the OR

   OR male nurse replied to HeatwaveRN's topic in Operating Room

   Somedays it can be fun to watch a surgeon explode.. as long as it's not directed at you.... I could write a book with all the crap I've seen by being in the OR almost 6 years this May. Just when you...

2. Want to move to the OR

   OR male nurse replied to HeatwaveRN's topic in Operating Room

   Hmm... you got screamed at in your face by an orthopedic surgeon and ducked as he threw a rongeur across the OR ? LOL.... I wear my teflon suit under my scrubs just in

3. Want to move to the OR

   OR male nurse replied to HeatwaveRN's topic in Operating Room

   Sure... no problem.

4. Want to move to the OR

   OR male nurse replied to HeatwaveRN's topic in Operating Room

   Not really... was meant to be "tongue in cheek"

5. Want to move to the OR

   OR male nurse replied to HeatwaveRN's topic in Operating Room

   They look for someone with no expericence whatsover. That way you can conform to the insane way that the operating room works. It's a subculture. If you have so much experience in cardiac and ICU.....

6. How to become an OR nurse

   OR male nurse replied to 1102RN's topic in Operating Room

   Apply for the job and hope that you don't get eaten alive. Working in the OR will test your resolve within the first month. Either you can handle it.. or you can't. I've seen soooo many students...

7. What exactly does "First Assist" mean?

   OR male nurse replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Operating Room

   It means either a surgical tech that's worked there forever that has a certificate that lets them "close" or suture when the surgeon leaves the room. Or it means an RN that's gone to a special school...

8. Tell me what you would like to learn about the OR environment?

   OR male nurse replied to teenarn's topic in Operating Room

   I'd like to learn why 2 different hopsitals that I've worked at don't reimburse for the CNOR certification and why most people don't know and don't care what CNOR

9. How long are O.R. shifts?!

   OR male nurse replied to BigTimeNurse's topic in Operating Room

   In the OR ? Are you kidding ? If you're lucky you get to go home after 8 hours. This happens maybe one day/week. Most days I work at leat 9-10 hours and if I don't "volunteer" to stay late, I get...

10. Advice for OR preceptorship

    OR male nurse replied to Nicole2010's topic in Operating Room

    Read the Bible.... god help you.

11. new grad to OR

    OR male nurse replied to JSTARZ's topic in Operating Room

    Stick with being an RN. Where I work we have RN's that also scrub in. They get the short end of the stick as they have to do 2 jobs. It works against them some days as they run from one case where...

12. Tell me about CALL

    OR male nurse replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Operating Room

    Hmm.. tell you about call... Call SUCKS... throw the dice and see what comes up. I've had nights where I didn't do anything, and I've had nights where I've worked 29 hours straight. Even when you are...

13. "blame the nurse" in the OR??

    OR male nurse replied to HurricaneRN's topic in Operating Room

    No matter what.. it's always the Circulating RN's

14. setting up the case

    OR male nurse replied to tiny1's topic in Operating Room

    The RN and the ST set up the case and open the supplies. The RN leaves the room to go and get the patient and the ST goes and sits in the break room and drinks a cup of coffee. The ST peeks out tof he...

15. CNOR

    OR male nurse replied to AussieRNinHI's topic in Operating Room

    Worked at 2 different hospitals in the OR. At both of them, they didn't pay you any more to have CNOR on your name badge and wouldn't reimburse you the money spent to get the letters. At both places...