Virginia OR nurses

[Who?Me?]

Hey! Any OR nurses out there? Where are you working and what do you like/not like about your facility?

I am currently working at Inova Alexandria Hosp. Fairly tight-knit group, mostly decent docs, the typical complaints of too much call, etc.

[palpalnye]

Hi I am not a OR nurse but want to be OR nurse. Recently I am applying to INOVA hospital.I only had 4 yrs long term care experience. It's hard to find a job in hospital in VA. Can you give advice? Anything.

Thanks

[Who?Me?]

Did you apply for the fellowship? That would be the best route to get into the OR. Inova's program is 12 months long, though I did hear a rumor that it was decreasing to 9 month's. Consists of classroom time, training to circulate and scrub surgical procedures. Good luck.

[RNTutor, BSN, RN]

I used to work for CHKD in the OR, and I LOVED it. It's so much fun working with the kids, and I hear that pediatric anesthesiologists and pediatric surgeons are easier to work with than their adult counterparts. I have never worked in an adult OR, though, so I can't compare. I really enjoyed working with all my coworkers, though, and found almost everyone to be respectful and helpful.

I did an internship program where they put us through the AORN OR nurse training, did some classroom teaching, and some hands on clinical. Then we worked with preceptors for a few months, and as we became more comfortable in the OR environment, were allowed to work more independently. It was a great program.

[palpalnye]

Thanks for giving me adivice.I 've applied for OR position.Hopefuly they cantact me as fellowship position.