HitTheRoad

I just applied and their website states that they are not taking temporary licenses at the counter (in-person). Double check this before you go on a trip! I thought about doing that as well, but I'm currently in NM. I was lucky enough to get Livescan done when I went to Cali on a short trip. I bet it will still be 3 months, they have an estimated calendar posted on their site and 3 months is the average with Livescan prints. Good luck!

I've recently started traveling and have been in the OR for 11 years now. What a variety of crazy situations, people, equipment, interactions, you name it - that we endure! The peri-operative world, with all of its variations from place to place, can be enlightening and frustrating, to say the least. It seems to me there is not a great deal of organized information out there for us to help each other out. I know there are Delphi forums, Gypsy Nurse, and a few others besides here - but the organization of topics for ease of navigating and information resourcing seems to be quite lacking as far as ratings, discussions, housing, etc., goes. Help me out here, but am I alone in this perception? I know when I hunt for info, I don't want to surf through what seems like the want-ads in a large city just to see if a certain OR is a hellhole, decent, or heavenly sent! The travelnursing central site is not OR specific when rating hospitals, and I just haven't seemed to find anywhere that has good organization of topics. Any thoughts out there? If I feel extremely overzealous, I just might attempt some creation one day, but for now, I'm sorting through the world of being completely on the road and changing my domicile, so I have a lot of work to do in a short amount of time!

I've recently started traveling and have been in the OR for 11 years now. What a variety of crazy situations, people, equipment, interactions, you name it - that we endure! The peri-operative world, with all of its variations from place to place, can be enlightening and frustrating, to say the least. It seems to me there is not a great deal of organized information out there for us to help each other out. I know there are Delphi forums, Gypsy Nurse, and a few others besides here - but the organization of topics for ease of navigating and information resourcing seems to be quite lacking as far as ratings, discussions, housing, etc., goes. Help me out here, but am I alone in this perception? I know when I hunt for info, I don't want to surf through what seems like the want ads in a large city just to see if a certain OR is a hellhole, decent, or heavenly sent! The travelnursing central site is not OR specific when rating hospitals, and I just haven't seemed to find anywhere that has good organization of topics. Any thoughts out there? If I feel extremely overzealous, I just might attempt some creation one day, but for now, I'm sorting through the world of being completely on the road and changing my domicile, so I have a lot of work to do in a short amount of time!

Response to SurgicalTechCST This is how it should be done, and very similar to how my original facility operated. I've just started to travel, and I can't believe how much responsibility is put onto the circ. and tech to do nearly everything, including trouble-shoot so many problems that can arise. I find it ridiculous to beat the clock instead of take care of the patient and get everything done right. Anesthesia just wants to make more bucks, and it pisses me off when they also push for the turnovers...how about pick your fn trash off the floor and help out rather than stand in pre-op, just waiting? If only we didn't have to deal with so much being left undone and for us to fix at the last second - after we haven't had a chance to catch our breath! There has to be support staff for an OR to work smoothly, efficiently, and happily!