Oh_are_nurse

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1. looking for your help

   Oh_are_nurse replied to Ilya's topic in Operating Room

   If you are willing to move to Dallas, Texas, Baylor University Medical Center has a 6 month long perioperative internship followed by an orientation to the specialty that you are placed in (they take into consideration your area of interest, but are ...

2. OR Nurse Salary DFW

   Oh_are_nurse replied to circulatingRN's topic in Operating Room

   Not very long...I graduated in June of 2007 and have been in the OR since then. I went through the OR internship at Baylor Dallas and still work there on the Two day alternative weekend shift. I also work at the Children's Hospital in Fort Worth a c...

3. OR Nurse Salary DFW

   Oh_are_nurse replied to circulatingRN's topic in Operating Room

   That sounds about right...I work at two different hospitals as an OR nurse and one pays less and one pays more, but it averages out to be $26/hr. Have you looked at any hospital in particular?

4. The Operating Room

   Oh_are_nurse replied to judybsn's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, thanks so much for the post. I have been an OR nurse since I graduated 2 years ago. I knew since my first semester of nursing school, while following my med-surg patient to surgery, that it was the type of nursing I want to practice... During ...

5. 12 hour Shifts?

   Oh_are_nurse replied to Guest296136's topic in Operating Room

   Our OR has a ton of different shifts. The main shifts are 8 hours: day, evening and deep nights. I work 12's on the weekends on a two day alternative shift. This means, work Saturday and Sunday 7p - 7a and they will give you full time pay (or pret...

6. Poll: Does your O.R. have RN's working 11pm-7am?

   Oh_are_nurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

   Yup, In fact, I am on it right now! We have two teams (a mixture of RNs and CSTS) and two back up call teams. We also have a liver transplant call team. For hearts and neuro, a call person on that team will come in and one of the shift RNs will cir...

7. Upcoming OR interview, suggestions?

   Oh_are_nurse replied to nquirngmind's topic in Operating Room

   Hi, I started in the OR right out of school and just got out of the 6 month internship in December... I love my job and where I work, but previous post had allot of great questions I wish I had seen before I went to my interview... In case you are wo...

8. Need advice

   Oh_are_nurse replied to Apollonia's topic in Operating Room

   Hi and congratulations! I was in the same situation just a year ago...I got an offer at a smaller hospital where I actually did a semester OR clinical. I already knew everyone and allot of their policy and procedures. I also got an offer from a ver...

9. Question about acendings (Just out of the OR internship and working deep nights. )

   Oh_are_nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hello! (I am a little long winded but here it is....) OK when I say "just out" of the OR internship, I really got out in December and got oriented on deep nights until beginning of March. Well, more so than my other collegues in the internship, I fel...