Hello, I am sorry if this is a dumb question, but I am not a nurse, but am taking my pre-req to apply to nursing school and I always wanted to work in the operating room. 1) Is there a difference between a medical/surgical nurse vs an operating room nurse? 2) How do I know if this is really something I could handle? What I mean is how do I know that I could handle being in the OR? Am I able to shadow without even being a student? Thanks in advance!