I took the nclex on July 7 and checked the pearson website and found out I passed on July 9 (75 ques). I am going to start an RN internship in the OR at a large teaching hospital in St. Louis in Aug....
I am graduating on May 14 and have been interviewing for nursing jobs. I interviewed with medicine and surgical units and perioperative services. I have been a Patient Care Tech on med/surg floors...
christySN replied to prairiegirl's topic in Operating Room
I will graduate on May 14 and have been offered a position in Perioperative Services. A large teaching hospital in St. Louis (more than 60 operating rooms)offers a Perioperative Services Nurse...
christySN replied to christySN's topic in Operating Room
Thank you for your words of encouragement. I look forward to becoming an OR nurse. It is hard trying to determine what area of nursing will be the best fit for my personality and skills but I believe...
christySN replied to christySN's topic in Operating Room
Maybe I should not have put respectable in quotes - that is my interpretation based on responses to my choosing the OR. What they say is that they would be bored, or wouldn't like not having patient...
I am a nursing student that will graduate in May 2004. The large university medical center where I attend school and work part time as a patient care tech has a perioperative services nurse...
christySN replied to christySN's topic in Operating Room
Thanks for your reply. I am going to do a 5 hour "job shadow" in the OR tomorrow. The manager encourages those interested in the OR to do a job shadow first before interviewing for the perioperative...