My husband is in the air force and we found out we will be locating to Spangdahlem next year. I am a nurse and would like to know how job prospects are in Germany for spouses either in German...
Talk to radiology about getting a fetal radiology badge in addition to your own radiology badge. According to the department head of the radiology dept of the hospital I work in- when you are...
Yes- for most it does take a long time to be completely comfortable. I'd say it took me almost 2 years to really feel confident. Some days will be tough. Remember you have to get along with a team of...
If you want to be a CRNA don't waste your time in the OR. CRNA schools want you to have critical care experience and OR is not critical care. The OR can lead you to being an RNFA, OR educator,...
I agree with RNOTODAY. Go for general surgery. It'll get you use to the instruments and keeping track of your counts. Plus a lot of call cases are general procedures such as lap choles and lap...
You need to give it some time. Don't get me wrong, it can get very boring but it won't be like that every day. Plus, you aren't on your own yet so right now you have that preceptor to make sure...
My first job out of RN school was in med surg and I lasted about 2 months. It was hell! I cried almost every day. I wanted to be an OR nurse from the very beginning so I was happy to finally land a...
I think it really depends. There are some ORs that do a lot of ophthalmic procedures so if you took the per diem job it might help you get into an OR that does a lot of eyes and that would be an...
To answer your question- YES! you can go from a big OR to a small OR and be happy. I went through a similar change. It did get some getting use to though. It took about 3 months for me. It was very...
Talk to the OR director and let them know you are interested in the OR and would like to shadow. Even though you are not an experienced OR nurse- you are an experienced nurse so that always helps. I...
What I did is I called HR and then asked direct contact information to the OR director or OR manager. That way you can get a feel from HR if the OR is hiring and with the direct contact information...
I am interested in applying to Ball State's online FNP program. How are the classes conducted? Are there lectures that you download online or is it JUST assigned reading and
Everything will be OK. I am new nurse and new to the OR. I've been in orientation for about 3 months now and only in the last couple of weeks have I started to feel even a little comfortable. My...
after a surgery was over i attempted to change out a full suction canister but it started to splatter out. an attendant ended up getting it. i'm still orienting so if i come across this situation...
You should do both! Contact HR/submit your resume and contact the nurse manager. Just because your job searches don't pull up info on any formal internships it may be that the hospitals have them but...
hi. i'm a newly hired OR nurse (I haven't even started yet) and was a little disappointed to learn that my hospital, for the most part, has the RN circulate only. I use to be a ophthalmic surgical...