TRAVELERS in the OR- we need resources!

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  1. Do we need a new site?

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      Yes! Information is all over the place!
    • 1
      No! There's enough out there!
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      Maybe, haven't thought about it
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      Go to this website....

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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! :eek:

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!

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Specializes in ER, OR, PACU, TELE, CATH LAB, OPEN HEART.

I am not aware of antorganized review info.

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Specializes in Peri-Op.

I really dont care that much. Someones heaven is another persons hell. If you look up online reviews you can find employees bashing companies and pts doing it too. I have been traveling about 18 months now, so 6 assignments, and each place has its own special nuances. I just get used to them and move forward while employing what I know are safe practices within hospital policies, AORN standards and state board regulations. I travel with an RV and there are FB groups and RV forums for that side of things. SF is my next stop and I know the city/commute life will be hell but the hospital life should be pretty decent given all the Union regs they have.

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