jamiemiller

Thank you all for the input. I am surprised (but excited) by your advice! I really want to continue working in surgery but was afraid I would miss out on some needed floor experience. I work in a rural hospital where we have the opportunity to follow our pt's from pre op, into the OR and out to post op as well. This makes for a well rounded nursing experience. I will more than likely take a position in surgery and possibly work PRN as a floor nurse to keep up on those skills as well. Thanks again for the advice!

I am currently a surgical technologist and a 4th semester nursing student. I have worked in surgery for 5yrs and love it. I am trying to decide what department I want to work in as an RN and feel like if I go straight into the Operating Room as a circulating nurse that I may doing myself a disservice. Would it be better for me to work as a floor nurse for awhile? Have any of you had any experience with this? Thanks!