CDRNURSE

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1. Training to expect

   CDRNURSE posted a topic in Operating Room

   I will graduate in December and have applied for an OR position in a small community hospital. I am told that they do occasionally hire graduate nurses and they are listed on AORN's website as having the periop 101 training through AORN. I wonder i...

2. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

   CDRNURSE replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

   I am actually a student about to enter my last semester and I have read all of the responses with much interest! I completed a nurse "externship" this summer and "absorbed" more than I could ever "learn" under the stern clinical tutelage of a nursin...

3. Travel (within Living Distance) limitations for OR nurses

   CDRNURSE replied to CDRNURSE's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks very much for your responses! They confirmed my novice opinion that OR people are generally a good group to work with. I inadvertently ended up speaking with a nurse manager at one facility yesterday who stated that they require their staff ...

4. Travel (within Living Distance) limitations for OR nurses

   CDRNURSE posted a topic in Operating Room

   I am an RN student who is hoping to graduate (finally) in December. I have a very great interest in OR nursing but feel my local small hospital (2 miles away) will offer only very limited OR experiences. I would like to apply to other hospital but t...