Once upon a time, I was born, became awesome, earned a couple degrees in English Lit/Psych and lived in a lot of different cities. Now, I'm married to a amazing guy & living out my dream of being an OR nurse. Considering a career as a CRNA. Sweeeeet.
I'd asked about this in the nursing careers forum with little luck. I'm hoping I can get some help here. Which clinic specialties seem to need/have RNs the most? Before I went to nursing school, I...
lepetitoiseauRN replied to lepetitoiseauRN's topic in Nursing Career
Thanks so much for your kind words. This has been particularly rough for me. I wanted to follow your advice and get some feedback from HR before I came back to answer here. My hospital is one of the...
Hi all! I was hoping to get advice on the situation I'm in right now. I've only been a nurse for about a year. For a few months I worked in the OR but it wasn't the right fit, so I took a new grad...
I'm a new grad and have been working for the past 3 months orienting to the OR. At first when I found out I got the position, I was really excited at the opportunity. But, as reality has set in, I'm...
lepetitoiseauRN replied to sameasalways's topic in Operating Room
I'm a new grad working in the OR and thought I would freeze to death at first. But, you'll be running around quite a bit which always works up a nice sweat. My biggest problem is running around and...
lepetitoiseauRN replied to lepetitoiseauRN's topic in Operating Room
Thank you all for the wonderful replies. I only wish I had nurses like you at my hospital. :) I took the past couple of days at work to try and have a better perspective despite how much things have...
I graduated last December and thanks to the nursing oversaturation where I live, didn't land a job until late May. I was hired into a small hospital OR that's part of a larger hospital. At my...