Will my personality work will in the OR?

scrubulator · Nov 14, 2016

There are a lot of personalities, but the severity varies among surgical services. ENT and GU are probably the mellowest while Cardiac is....well the opposite. But there will be a couple of people whose personality will defy the service (i.e-super chill people in cardiac or crazy mean people in ENT). In the end, don't let that stop you.Just keep in mind that people have bad days, its not you-its them.

In your orientation you will probably rotate to each surgical service, then you get to figure out what you like or dislike-surgeries AND coworkers.

Buyer beware, BSN · Nov 15, 2016

I have been an RN on a Medicine/Oncology unit for a year and a half now. I am looking for a change and the thing that interests me most is perioperative nursing. I applied to a Perioperative 101 course that will be taking place at my hospital soon. My only hesitation is my personality. I have heard that there are a lot of strong personalities in the OR and I tend to be a bit thin skinned. I know the working environment with vary hospital to hospital but does anyone have any thoughts or advice for me?

Thin-skined is not what I would call a plus characteristic for this type of close quarter run it on a dime work.

You see the stuff flows down-hill and when the hissy surgeons give the vet OR nurses a hard time, guess who's next?

SandraCVRN · Nov 15, 2016

Nothing wrong with being a nice person in the OR. We actually have one of the nicest sweetest people on the heart team. Like most things in life it is what you make of it. Good luck

msb6ec · Nov 16, 2016

You can be quiet or nice. I work with some really nice people but also see other personalities . The main thing in OR is that you have to learn to speak up for your patient and be a patient advocate. Sometimes that might mean speaking up to surgeon or any of the staff . And you can't take things said to heart. It can get intense at times.