whitedm83

I appreciate you taking the time to answer all my questions. You have eased all of my concerns. Thank you!

Hello, I will be graduating from nursing school as an RN in June of this year. I have been offered a position in our local hospital's OR. I'm extremely excited about the opportunity and fully intend on accepting the offer. As a freshman I went to the OR for an observational and absolutely loved the experience. So I feel that I would enjoy my job. However, I do have some concerns. I don't know that I want to work OR and nothing else for the rest of my life. I've read that once you join OR that people rarely leave. Why is that? Is it because they love the environment and the work so much that they have no desire to leave? Or is it because once you've worked in the OR it's difficult to get hired elsewhere? Also, I'm concerned that I will not have many opportunities to practice my learned skills working a position in the OR. Will this be the case? Will I not need many of the skills that I have learned in nursing school while working in the OR? I don't want to lose valuable skills that would be beneficial to me in other areas of nursing. I really want this opportunity but I don't want to corner myself in to one area. If you could help answer some of these questions I would greatly appreciate the input! Thanks! :)