Lakalm

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1. Is it easier to become a RN if you're a surgical tech already working in the hospital

   Lakalm replied to Lakalm's topic in General Nursing

   At the hospital, I had more O/T than anyone, scrub techs or nurses, except one nurse. At the surgicenter, I stayed a lot of times so others could leave early, which they did a lot. It's like they were...

2. Is it easier to become a RN if you're a surgical tech already working in the hospital

   Lakalm replied to Lakalm's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, the other tech said the dr. never acted like that at the other facility. The nursing mgr. was always abrupt with us & sided with dr. Yet we are the ones taking care of the patients. Also I...

3. Is it easier to become a RN if you're a surgical tech already working in the hospital

   Lakalm replied to Lakalm's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all your replies! Please tell me your evaluation of this, good or bad. I need to explain more about the pt. abandonment: I am not certified surgical tech, I was not criminally charged, they...

4. Is it easier to become a RN if you're a surgical tech already working in the hospital

   Lakalm replied to Lakalm's topic in General Nursing

   Nohika: Not without asking or even informing me; common courtesy? This was at a surgicenter. At the hospital, if a person normally works 8 hrs., then they are asked or volunteer, which I have many...

5. Is it easier to become a RN if you're a surgical tech already working in the hospital

   Lakalm posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is it easier to become an RN if you're a surgical tech already working in the hospital? I am 53, previously worked as a surgical tech, & currently unemployed. I would love to go back to school for...