stackeyes

i too have just started training to circulate. i am on my 4th week and the situation is the same (bouncing around with different nurses every day. i feel the same which way is up? ? today my board runner ask me if i feel that i can run a small room tomorrow! i answered no! every nurse has trained me differently... i think i need more time. and yes the hardest part for me is the sterile field. i am just learning how to pass off things and yes my hand shakes like crazy. pre-op scrubbing is something else i have a hard time with. one sponge here now don't go back over the same spot, now don't let your arm touch that. i am a nervous wreck. the last two days i have been with a nurse i will refer to as sarge. she just barks .. don't waist time, keep moving , what you staring at , do something etc... each doctor wants different things. i have no idea what sutures are what, etc. hang in there and just know you are not alone! i have found that every time i pull one of those cards off a gown i keep it and now i have around 15 or 20 that i tied together. they are my brain - i list anes. names, rn names, doctor likes dislikes, important numbers to pacu or recovery or blod bank etc., this has helped keep it all together. mind you i keep revising it every weekend when i get time. and it fits in my back pocket!! i will just keep truckin along cause that is all we can do. good luck!!!

Should I brush up on certain skills, since I really have not used any of them since I have graduated? Ex: labs etc? thnaks for your reply

I am a relativley new grad.(RN) I worked in a PCU unit right out of school for 6 months and had a really bad experience. I quit after 6 months. I found a job in Parish nursing and have been out of the hospital for the last year. The pay was not very good but I was scared to death to go back to the hospital. I am now biting the bullet and have applied at a local hospital for OR. I was hired -my questions are many... Should I ask for a new nurse preceptor ship? Since I have been out of the hospital i am scared all my skills have been lost! I let the head of OR who hired me know that I am new. HE did not even give me a tour or anything just said your hired. The hours are 7am to 3pm - every nurse I talk to tells me not ever will I get out at 3pm. There is also the issue of being on call. He stated to me I would be on call 1 day a week and 1 weekend a month. Every nurse I talk to states that is bull. I will be on call all the time. I am a single mother of a 7 year old and do not want to be on call all the time. What questions do I need to ask- I know nothing about OR - do I need special training? As far as I know they do not train for OR specfically. Any and all help will be appreciated new OR hire :balloons: