dcwang

Acute rehab and med surg

I just received an email saying My application has been forwarded to hiring manager today

We call them Something similar to PSA. I will not post my facility's name in public for the position

We can't pull meds, still techs can't practicd within RN scope of practice, or do anything that requires nursing judgement. We do not go to preop to get the pt or make sure the informed consent is signed. I love the OR and hope to get in as a new grad. I don't enjoy pt interaction and their families

I submitted on the second day it opened and edited my document uploads a few times

Nope nothing yet

As an OR tech i do turnovers, pick up and drop off specimens, pick up meds from OR control desk to nurses, help position pts, get supplies and materials that circulators ask for during surgery, and i pull supplies on intraoperative pick list

I'm an OR tech, not surgical tech, at a major teaching peds hospital. The RNs start IVs sometimes, and IVs are started after general anesthesia is induced

Lucky you, with a job in the OR. My facility where I'm a tech isnt hiring internally unfortunately. I hated med surg and floor nursing in general during my clinical Whether the docs are mean depends on the work environment. Where I work at, the environment is very encouraging. My heart was in the OR before i started nursing school and it still remains my passion

I would feel like it's a luxury to be a SAHM or work as much as I want. I prefer that than being married and having to make ends meet or be the primary breadwinner.

@lelms, I'm in my last semester of nursing school and before I started nursing school, I volunteered at an outpatient surgery center so I saw what preop, PACU, and OR nurses did, and I just fell in love with OR nursing. No, I don't like patients who talk. I started working as a PCA in the OR and it's much different than being on the floor, and I don't think every nursing student will want to go into the OR... some of my classmates don't like OR nursing and can't imagine being an OR nurse. To this day, I would love to go into OR right after graduating, and I especially enjoyed watching what the circulator does, but in this economy we take what we can..... especially in my area, which is saturated with new grads.

questions I want to get everything ready before the job is posted: resume format, were there specific things such as clinical hours? how many LORs? Cover letter, were there any questions that had to be answered

questions I want to get everything ready before the job is posted: resume format, were there specific things such as clinical hours? how many LORs? Cover letter, were there any questions that had to be answered

I wanted to started this thread for those who have already submitted the application for NHMC new grad program. Let's keep each other updated here.

Are nurses in CA allowed to insert central lines? At my facility, I see that the MDs do it, but I've never seen nurses do it.