jkmillnurse

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1. I may be transferring from ER to OR but should I be concerned about this?

   jkmillnurse replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

   You might like the first assistant. To me circulating is kinda boring, but with being an FA, you actually do some surgery. I was planning on going to the floor when I graduate in Dec., but the people here are trying to get an OR Asst. position approv...

2. I may be transferring from ER to OR but should I be concerned about this?

   jkmillnurse replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

   I think if you can shadow some one for a day or so to get a feel for the place. It will also depend on what you do. Are you going to circulate or scrub? Do you want to be a first assist? And is it the ER or nursing in general that you are burned out ...

3. Evening class nursing programs-?middle Tn

   jkmillnurse replied to grasshoppertn's topic in Career Support

   I entered the ASN program at Aquinas 1 1/2 yrs. at age 36. As far as I know there are no evening classes for the nursing programs in Mid TN. Some of the pre-req and co-reqs you may be able to take in the evenings, but not the nursing classes since yo...

4. What Can I expect once I get to Clinical?

   jkmillnurse replied to Bridget73's topic in General Students

   This last spring semester I had clinicals in the ER, med-surg floor, and special care. The second week into special care clinicals I started to question whether or not I really wanted to do this nursing thing; besides my instructor was a "*****". But...