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I'm in the OR. A) how long you've been out of the OR won't mean anything to the right OR manager because it's hard to get OR nurses. I know my place of employment would take that nurse and put her through at least a 3 month orientation and they'd be...

I work in and love the OR (circulate and scrub). I've gotten into a specialty I love, too, but I'm feeling a bit restless, as though I should be planning the next step. What I notice among different specialties is that they utilize either PAs or N...

I love the OR. I've gotten into a specialty I love, too, but I'm feeling a bit restless, as though I should be planning the next step. What I notice among different specialties is that they utilize either PAs or NPs as first assists and sometimes ...

I just finished the Zander Perioperative prep course and they gave high 90% first time pass rates for their course. Also recommended apps to do. I liked it.

I've heard different doctors make mention that patient A or B has this or that insurance and they either approve or mention how the insurance they have is sucky. From a health care perspective, what are some "good" insurance companies and which ones ...

What exactly is ACNP? I'd love to eventually become RNFA, but I'm on cardio/vasc/thoracic team -- which precludes me from scrubbing in. I could swap out to general and scrub in much more easily, in any other specialty, actually, but I want to stay ...

Thanks for the feedback, nurses. I really do appreciate it.

I've been placed on the cardio-vascular-thoracic in my OR. I've been told that CVOR is high-demand, can write my own ticket after a year's experience, etc. Maybe train to do transplants, etc. However, the situation is a high-stress one due to person...

I came online tonight to look for this very topic because an RN in the OR told me recently that he had to have 5 years experience scrubbing before he could pursue RNFA. This was very depressing to me as a nurse who mostly circulates. Do I have a sh...

I'm still in orientation. Each nurse I'm paired with does things differently, some do things others don't and attitudes are totally across the board. I get a routine down that works well paired off with whatever nurse I'm with and a few days later, ...

Thank you, all -- I really appreciate the feedback and have made notes on all that you've suggested. Things are getting easier each day and some of this is coming automatically, now. Still some needs work. Thank you, again!

This greatly interests me because I'm working as a PeriOp Nurse and will be cross training to PACU soon, but I honestly love what anesthesia/CRNAs do. I definitely see what they're doing since I'm turning over patients with them all day long -- and ...

Are you referring to a specific specialty? What's yours? Thanks -- B

After orientation, we are supposed to pick 3 specialties we want to primarily staff in. I'm finding that I'm drawn to the specialties that have the nicest doctors in them. Doctors who don't scream at you or who don't have arrogant attitudes. And th...

I understand, nurse482488. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you, but seriously -- you faced it and tried and that's worth a lot. Just yesterday, I took turns crying and laughing my butt off, throughout the day. I wish..no...hate... no... I DESPISE t...

I think this was the most astute observation on this thread. So quick to tell you what to do (or what they'd do) but not so much as an eyebrow flick towards swapping shifts with you? I'd make a note of who all told me that regarding their characters...

I have a similar question -- I'm finishing the BSN and wanting to go straight into an MSN but am unsure of what. This is a 2nd career for me and I would like to just wrap it up educational-wise and quit going to school -- "coast" (educationally) thr...

The attitude you describe from scrub techs is a lot of what we're facing in our internship. When our instructor isn't around (and the scrub techs either haven't realized or don't care that I'm a new RN intern) the talk in the breakroom is pretty hor...

As a new grad only a few months into an OR internship, I can tell you that no amount of out-of-the-OR preparation is going to really stick before you get in there and start doing it. PeriOp 101 is necessary, IMO, in conjunction with actual exposure ...

I have had days where I've reconsidered this whole business, too, but I still really like the job. I wondered if the shine is off the new, so to speak or what, but I think the more you get to know something, the more you realize it isn't just the...