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  1. military spouse Germany

    odos posted a topic in Government, Military

    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...

  2. Working in the OR during pregnancy

    odos replied to maraORRN's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  3. New Grad-Hired for OR-Any advice?

    odos replied to rnbb84's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  4. Opportunities for OR Nurses

    odos replied to paul3489's topic in Operating Room

    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,...

  5. Choosing a service

    odos replied to hs2005's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  6. Circulators-do you ENJOY your position?

    odos replied to luvapug's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  7. Interested in OR for the future

    odos replied to katygw's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  8. Please HELP!!! I am so confused

    odos replied to elilop's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  9. Can you ever go from a big OR to a small OR and be happy?

    odos replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  10. How to become an OR nurse?

    odos replied to chickadeepie's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  11. New grad RN wants to work in OR!

    odos replied to jujubee1's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  12. Ball State University MSN

    odos replied to ksteen's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    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

  13. Will I ever get it?

    odos replied to oscar6802's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  14. suction canister

    odos posted a topic in Operating Room

    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...

  15. Really Wanting To Start Nursing Career In The OR

    odos replied to techraider77's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  16. never scrubbed but want to be an RNFA

    odos posted a topic in Operating Room

    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...