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I'm in college taking my prereqs for nursing or respiratory therapy. If I go into nursing, I want to go into OR nursing. I found this job posting for an RNFA at one of the area hospitals, and was a little confused about the wording of the requirements- Requirements: 5 years of Perioperative Nursing practice as both a scrub and circulating nurse Graduate of a school of nursing. Successful completion of a RNFA program that meets AORN recommended education standards for RN First Assistant programs. BSN. Licensed or eligible for licensing in State as RN. CNOR. I understand that as a new grad, this position probably wouldn't be available to me, but is a BSN necessary to advance to a RNFA position?

Just wanted to say thanks for eveyone's replies. Obviuosly I was making this more of an issue than it really is, but I just wanted to make sure it wasn't going to be an obstacle. Thanks again for all your input. Hopefully before long I'll be asking more questions about the OR once I get in and out of school. :)

I'm a little less worried about it now. I talked to my sister today who is actually in the nursing program that I would apply to. She started clinicals this past week and she said it hasn't been too bad so far- she's going to keep me updated. :) I know the pros of the career far outweigh the cons a few uncomfortable experiences in school, so I'm just going to have to cowboy up and get it done. Thanks!

Please forgive my ignorance but are there any reasons why males would be less likely to be hired in the OR? I was thinking that maybe certain issues like having to prep a female patient, female catheters, or something similar that a male would also need to have a female nurse present also. Does this pose any problems? I would think it would be inconvenient to have to tie up two RNs in one room where it would just take one(female). I really hope I'm just thinking deeper into this issue than I should but I want to get into OR as soon as I graduate, and I'm just trying to think of anything that might pose a potential problem/roadblock in the future. Thanks!

My dad wasn't a nurse but my mom was. My dad is actually encouraging me to go into the field b/c judging by my mom's experience, he said it's a great career to be in. I'm not a nurse yet but I'm seriously thinking about becoming one. I told my son the other day that dad has changed his mind about becoming a police officer (wanted to be one for years, but after much thought and prayer, decided I didn't it wasn't for me) and that I was thinking about becoming a nurse to help people. I asked him what he thought about that, and he said "That's cool daddy! I want to help people too like you when I grow up!" I thought that was so awesome. It also made me very proud to know that my son thinks so much of me, it almost brought tears to my eyes. :)

Hey guys! I'm a new guy with another "looking to get into nursing" question for ya so please forgive me. I'm 27, married with a son (another on the way), and I'm thinking about getting into nursing (or maybe resp. therapy, I can't decide). My mom worked in OR for years and loved it, and it always fascinated me to hear her stories of what she did everyday. That being said, if I went to nursing school, my path of choice would be the OR. The only reservation I have about school (clinicals) is the "brown stuff". I can deal with the red stuff and the green stuff, but "brown stuff"- well, I hate it. I wasn't even crazy about changing my son's diapers, let alone a complete stranger/grown adult. How much of this stuff can I expect to deal with while in school? I know that anything worth anything is not going to come without sacrifice and obviously this one I'm going to have to make. The other usual issues about "male nursing" doesn't bother me one bit. I can take ribbing about being weird for wanting to do a "woman's job" but like I said- it's the "brown stuff" that's worrying me. I'd appreciate any advice you can give me about going straight into OR after school, school in general, or the "brown stuff"...lol. If nothing else, maybe you guys got a good laugh in on my part.

Pardon me if I seem insensitive to her for the post partum defense(which I can understand would be very difficult to handle), but I personally think they need lock her up and throw away the key. There's NO excuse for killing anyone, especially your own 5 children. NONE.

I need some advice on the benefits of a bachelor's in nursing vs. an associates. If I choose to go the BSN route I'll choose Auburn since I live in the area, but also would like info on some of the other 2 yr nursing programs around.(Like SU,CVCC,WGTC) I'd like to know about the diffuclty of being accepted, overall quality of the program(did you feel well prepared once you graduated and found employment), and any other factors I may not have thought about. Thanks!

I'm not a nurse yet, but I'm in public safety as a communications officer. For me, there are two times I like to do my workouts. Sometimes I like to workout before I go to work, that way I'll have it knocked out and won't have to worry about it when I get off. Sometimes there are days when I work out after work because I didn't get a chance to before work. THEN there are those days when I worked out before and then decided to go back after work and hit it again just because it was a stressful day. I know I'm not the only person who does this, alot of guys with our department do it this way as well.

Hi everyone, new guy here interested in becoming a nurse. Just wanted to stop by and say hi. I've read up on alot of the info for male nurses and it's definately inspiring to me. I had a silly question though- Do any of you guys wear those sleeveless scrub shirts like that plastic surgeon on DR. 90210- or is that strictly a "tv thing"? Like I said it's a silly question, but I was just curious. :) Thanks!