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Thank you for the responses, everyone. I really appreciate it. I have a few more questions. Is there an anesthesiologist in the room? Do nurses administer conscious sedation (under the doctor's supervision?) A lot of places ask for a background in ICU/Emergency with ACLS certification (the latter of which I have). Are you watching vitals during the procedure? I truly respect my scrub techs in the OR and would respect my endo techs as well of course (just as I would respect any member of the staff). I just wondered about working relations between nurses and scrubs being a bit on the hostile side as universal thing in general or facility specific.

Hi all. I started out as a MedSurg floor nurse for about a year... then got hired into the circulator position in an OR that specializes in heart surgery. I am finishing up six months of orientation. While OR is exciting, I miss being more involved in patient care. I don't want to go back to being a nurse on the floor, but I feel that working in a hospital's GI lab would bring a happy medium between patient care and the feel of an OR (being in the procedure room). I guess what I'm wondering is how much is being in the GI lab like being in the OR? is there counting of any sort (the thing I dislike most about being in the OR)? labeling and sending specimens? I have my phone interview coming up this week. I am ACLS certified. Will I have a hard time transitioning into GI lab? How long is training typically? Is there a tense scrub techs vs nurses atmosphere in the GI lab (between nurses and endo techs) like I've noticed there being in the OR? Any info and insight appreciated :)

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Hi everyone. This year I finished my RN-to-BSN and I'm looking to go back to school to pursue my MSN in nursing education. UTA's online program looks very appealing to me. I tried searching on this site for others who have completed this program but couldn't find a whole lot of info. I was wondering if someone could shed some light on a few questions I have for anyone who has finished the program. "Nursing Education Practicum" has 135 preceptor hours requirement so I understand that means on the field training... however there are two classes, "Advanced Assessment for Nurse Educators" and "Assessment and Evaluation Strategies", both of which require "45 hours of clinical application" each. Do the last two classes mean I need to have had worked already as an RN (which I have and working as one currently) before taking these two classes? Thanks!

Yay! Just joined :) Hopefully more people will join, too :)

Just signed up for my eraider account. Not sure where to go from here, though. Does anyone want to create a Facebook group?

I received my OR residency rejection email about a week ago. A little disheartened but I applied to a few more residencies and hope to hear something from them... has anyone heard anything from MedSurg?

Doing the 2 semester, too.

Got my provisional acceptance email this morning, too! Now, if only I can pass the NCLEX the first time :/

Hi everyone. Has anyone received any rejection emails? I ask because I applied around mid-March and my application says "Job Status: Inactive (No longer accepting job submissions) and Job status says complete and it's been saying that for a while now. Starting to feel a little discouraged.

So I checked my status and it says Inactive. Probably because applications closed yesterday? I applied for Critical, Tele, and MedSurg. Fingers crossed...

Thanks, futurernbsn2015! I did find two slots on Indeed and was wondering if there was a different site to find more.

Is there a website where I can search for internships/residencies? I ask because the residencies in San Antonio don't open until later in March and I can't find anything on the Dallas Methodist page.

Thank you for the clarification, SFAgrad2015! I live in San Antonio and finishing school here next week and it seems like there are HUNDREDS of residencies open to new grads here. I'm trying to relocate to Dallas but it seems really difficult to find any residency positions there. I'm not even sure where to look. I applied to Baylor last night but I don't have very high hopes (ADN here) but I can't find anything on Methodist residencies.

Hi everyone. Question, when you say internships, is that the same as residency?