lizziebits03

I graduated with my BSN in 2009. Here in California it was/is tough to be in a new graduate program. I started to explore other options rather than bedside Nursing (Bedside is what I assumed was typical for most new grad nurses to practice in). My fiance (boyfriend at the time) was having ACL surgery at a surgery center, where I inevitably applied and was hired as a Pre Op/PACU RN. They then trained me to circulate in the OR. I did this for a year and then transitioned as a circulator and Charge Nurse inpatient for Acute Patients in a hospital main OR. This summer will mark 2 years working in the Main OR. Long story short, majority of hospital OR's will NOT hire new grads. The exceptions that I have seen are the following: - you have done your preceptorship in the unit - You have started in the OR (as scrub tech, orderly, anesthesia tech, etc.) - You have experience as an RN on the floor, and are accepted by the Surgery unit to "train" in the OR I suggest starting out as I did at a surgery center. It will give you the basics you need to understand the role of a circulator and definately get your feet wet! Hope this helps!