student in the OR

[trent]

Hi!

I'm a BScN student in Ontario, and thinking seriously about trying to find an OR placement for my independent practice/consolidation/preceptorship (whatever they're calling it this year at my school!).

The placement director said that this might not be possible...

Do you have any knowledge of a student doing their 10-week placement in the OR? Do you know of hospitals that might consider this?

Thanks!

trent

[Giggles]

Trent,

I am graduating this year from York U. I too wanted the O.R. but York said that anyone wanting the O.R. would have to finish a six week training course before they did the O.R. I decided that was too much for me and opted for something else. You can try asking for day surgery, I know a lot of people who got that, they just had to do a six week placement in med/surg first.

Hope this helps.

Giggles

[Lys]

Hey Trent,

I wanted to do this as well...but since OR requires additional (even post-BSN) certification, it's not an option for students (which somewhat sucks, I wish they'd just let us do Circulating or something).

I did a placement (year 4) in Day Surgery though...it was pretty interesting. Though, not a lot of clinical skill use...I pretty much did paperwork, vitals, some demerol shots pre-scope, more vitals, and demonstrated how to put gowns on. The plus side to all of this, I got a really good feel for how the surgeons and nurses worked together, and I got the opportunity to observe a couple of endoscopes, and numerous surgeries.

Hope you can find something that you enjoy

Lys