CrazyScrubNurse BSN, RN

ER/ OR/ PACU and now Occupational Health

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    OR nurse salary...

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to Terpole's topic in Operating Room

    Dang guys y'all need to bring it on over here to Houston. Some of our techs make in the $18.00+ range. Nurses....whooo knows how high they are. I know some of our L&D nurses are pulling in...
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    I Love Or!

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to nursekatie22's topic in Operating Room

    I can't believe they even make you scrub!! Our nurses DO NOT scrub and most of them have no clue about our job. That's cool that you get to do
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    I Love Or!

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to nursekatie22's topic in Operating Room

    Yes the hand signals without saying a word can get a bit confusing can't they. In our scrub school we were taught all of the common hand signals though. I guess once you have been doing this a while...
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    OR nurse salary...

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to Terpole's topic in Operating Room

    Yes I have to agree about the state pay scale thing because new OR grads in the area I live in(Houston) get about $23 to start out in the OR. Some hospitals consider the OR specialty area so they pay...
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    just hired for OR

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to stackeyes's topic in Operating Room

    The only advice I have for ya is put on your "Im confident and not scared" face and keep truckin. It will be hard at first and you may want to quit because it is like walking into a whole new planet...
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    Surgical Techs?

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to mgalloLPN's topic in Operating Room

    Yes you can do it as long as you want and make a good living. We have two PRN techs that have been scrubbing over 40 years. One is close to 70. You have to check with hospitals but yes you can work in...
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    Hi all, any CST to RN here?

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to walkingon's topic in Operating Room

    Wow you guys hit the nail on the head with this one!! That is the reason I am going to RN school also. I have been scrubbing for 7 years now and am tired of training new scrubs and RN's and not...
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    Bonus from a surgeon, anybody?

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    At one of the larger hospitals in Houston I know that some of the docs give their scrubs really nice gifts. I think that if you work with the same doc all of the time, you become also friends with...
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    I Love Or!

    CrazyScrubNurse replied to nursekatie22's topic in Operating Room

    Katie there are so many other things to be worried about when switching to the OR than the instruments. Usually all of the instrument bins in the sterile cores have labels on the bins to tell you what...