Why Do Surgical Techs Quit Working As A Surgical Technologists?
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I want to get into this. This life is far better then working a warehouse job. Ill feel alot better know I'm part of something bigger.
you dont! just trust me on that...I.did it for 14 years..sucks!!!
@@moodybluefarmstead3448 What do you recommend to someone who wants good money, prefers technical work and less patient contact?
@@cokedupcat Vet tech!
@@cokedupcat get into HVAC or look into your local electrical union
@@moodybluefarmstead3448 I was actually looking into that, thank you I think I’ll look further into it.
It's a large turnover for ALL clinical positions 😅😅 pick your poison lol
Exactly
In California an experienced surgical tech with deep expertise in the more challenging specialties, willing to leave LA and SF can make $40-60+ an hour in 2023. Travelers are making even more. If you're looking at that number and thinking I want that job, it's one of if not the hardest job in the hospital physically. You deal with vomit, shit, piss, blood, viruses and disease, burnt out surgeons who think they're God and poor hospital administration. Not to mention working long, long hours (on call you can be working 24 hours+ straight, nobody to help you, no breaks). Also not all techs are equal so if you don't get good at the job and can only scrub the basic cases, they'll pay you a lot less than someone say who can scrub orthopedics and hearts. To the newbies, LEARN YOUR ANATOMY
Thanks I really appreciate this comment !
I second that!! or you could and will get thrown into a case that you have never scrubbed before and are clueless, like total knees or total hips, hemi arthroplasties...it's nothing but go go go all day and take all the verbal abuse from shitty surgeons!! hell, I could write a damn book about this! good luck naive ones!!
I second this!! I know first hand! you are exactly on point!!!
@moodybluefarmstead3448 yeah my fren have a learning disability and he told me doctors was calling him names in saying he to slow for this job
@@kekeorinc2952 I believe that! I've heard doctors say horrific things about their patients while under anesthesia!
I also feel we are unappreciated, unrecognized, and underpaid. & while I’m being transparent. Most places have a toxic culture & TERRIBLE management which makes the job that much harder & the growth ladder harder to climb.
EXACTLY!!!
👏🏾👏🏾 well said
Gotta be a RN and higher to move up the food chain! It's literally a dead end job
Point blank.. ppl doing it for the money and not for the passion. You know when they say “I can make more doing that over there”
Their would be more passion if people didn't have to stress about providing for their family.
Why would working be a passion? Your not taking care of patients so that don’t apply here. Everybody trying to get to t money.
@@tiptoe3836exactly a lot of people go into nursing simply because of the money
@@r.d.9399exactly
Passion for being treated like a trash can?
So, yesterday was my last day as a student surgical tech and let me tell you, she is not lying. You really don't realize how stressful this path is. We had to do 9 hour shifts 5 days a week during our clinical rotation. It was like a real job (though most employed techs do 12hr shifts) and it is not easy. You have to get good at it or it (healthcare in general) will eat you alive. Learn the procedures (because some doctors won't tell you what instrument they need next and some can't look up from the surgical site to see what you have in your hand or what you have on your mayo stand), learn anatomy, learn instruments (more than just the general instruments in the book), and know aseptic technique. Get good shoes, get compression socks, and stretch (because lead aprons, full case carts, and heavy instrument trays are going to really put work on your back). But if you get into this and you see that this job is not for you, don't be afraid to admit that and find something that works for you. It does not have to be SPD or being a nurse. It can be something else in the medical field. If I had to say I would prefer something that has to do with diagnostics or even dental.
❤
What is an SPD?
@@Cosmicsparkles86 SPD is working in the sterile processing department as a sterile technician.
Thank you for your honesty
@@Cosmicsparkles86Sterile Processing Department
I applied for a surgical tech ASSISTANT and im worried out of my mind. Interview is today. But I want to become a surgeon one day God willing.
God's blessings on your journey. Remember to always keep God as your #1 priority everywhere though.
How'd it go?
How did everything go ? We want to know 😊
Did you stay 😮
I hope your journey is going well!!
I love medicine and if you don’t love it you wont last in the medical field !! I know a lot of nurses and Surgical techs that just hate their jobs and I can’t stress it enough that you are in debt and doing something’s you don’t love. This is why I tell a lot of people to do their research and volunteer to see if they would love doing it or not and don’t wast money and time on it !! I am a hybrid scrub nurse I do both I am first assist in surgery and also recover patients as a nurse. And I love my job and what I do !! So please y’all make sure you like it or love it and be 100 percent sure that this is what you want to do !! 👍🏽
I work in retail. So whats the best way to enter the medical field to decide if this is something I'd want to eventually do? I don't particularly want to do medical assisting or cna.
😊❤ right
What job isn’t stressful ?
much different stress level working in the O.R!!
Did you know that folks life are on the line we deal with surgeons who yell and scream
@@user-kd2hz4mc3f and I deal in O&G products that can take out a whole city area. Again who job isn’t stressful ?
My job is not stressful.
@@user-kd2hz4mc3f Yeah and my job deals with stuff that can take out 1,000s at a time
the long hours standing is the least problem with this job!! its dealing with the damn surgeons and being embarrassed often and insulted!! had a surgeon stab me with a damn dirty needle and didn't even apologize!! they treat you like their servants! good luck to anyone choosing this mess for a profession! been there done that (14 years) and after 14 long ass miserable years, I walked away and I'm much happier now...sorry to burst someone's bubble, but I'm speaking the truth from many years of experience and precepting..it frigg'N sucks most of the time!! and god help u i you are on call..you will get called in at 3 and 4 in the morning and are always in fight or flight mode. Not a way to live!
What career did you move too?
@@moblack5883 Managing a pharmacy
That’s why I chose different path
I deeply agree with you.😂I am a cardiac nurse in China.and I really hate my job.cause I have a really crazy bitch manager.she likes to insult us
everyday in the morning meeting
@@moblack5883I manage a pharmacy now and am much happier!!!
Been doing this for 3 decades, this job ain’t for the weak for sure
Plz tell something. Are there many 2nd shift CST jobs?
@@brandonleca3765 Yes.
@@brandonleca3765 A lot of hospitals have morning, mid, & evening shifts so you can do whatever works best for you.
I’m a sterile tech and she’s right but you can make a lot of money as a surgical technician. I know some who make 35$ an hour and they work 60 hours a week, so for overtime they’re making 52$ an hour and some just do their overtime hours in sterile processing.
In my state rn they start out at 54 an hour.
@@Thelunchtimeproject where is that
@@aviewer3261 Oklahoma
@@Thelunchtimeprojectcould I ask which hospital? I’m a cst student in Oklahoma and is about to choose hospitals for clinical rotation
@@azzif873 it's a company called MedPro Healthcare Staffing.
as someone in medical profession we always on our feet. As a pharmacy tech we had not chairs bc we never sat. Also I’m doing courses for surgical tech bc money as a pharmacy tech ain’t nothing
@@Omo21000 u just know this huh lol
It really isn’t I know factory jobs that start you out $20 without any experience smh
Nothing is more stressful than to be a patient care technician at a hospital wow I never imagine it will be like that
Yes I've been working in the hospital for 7months now? I've always wanted to know what's it's all about to work in a hospital setting the training is good to know but the nurses/techs are ass holes managers too some days are better then others
I just finished phlebotomy program so I can get my foot through the door in the medical field, and now I am starting CST program in Oct, I am excited at the same time nervous becuase of all the horror stories I am reading, as well as hearing. But eff it I got this
Where are your getting your certification from?
@@mariaquevedo4331 Dude. Just google instead of asking everyone. Pretty much every technical college that does healthcare has surgical tech programs.
Medical assistant here, I’m going back to school for Surg tech in a few months. I’m excited.
Same here ❤❤❤
Same ☺️
Same
Where are your getting your certification from?
@@denisetorres6423how is it going?
I've been a CNA for the last 4 years and am looking to join the surgical tech program at my local college. I want something that'll challenge me and keep me on my feet. I've been working mainly home care and while I love my patients, I'm ready for excitement
Ive been an SPD tech for three years and its fun! Now im in school to become a Surg tech. Class starts next week and im starting nightshift in four weeks. Im ready for the stress 😌🙌🏽
Congratulations and good luck on your career! I literally just found out about this medical path yesterday, and am considering going back to school for Nursing, but I think I want to go into Pediatrics or Mental Health field eventually. ST is also something im looking into. I work in retail, so its a change for sure!
Good luck get ready for a crazy ride
How’s it going so far??
@kendrameza-ochoa1512 heeey, haha! So far, it was a struggle at first but I got used to the schedule and time management but it takes it toll on me every now and again. Naps do really help the most.
I just got accepted to a program for this! Fall here I come!💪🏽
Where are your getting your certification from?
Honestly i always said start small in the field then see if you can handle it
Cna spd tech im actually both and I’m in a Surg Tech program at the moment 😂😂
Where are your getting your certification from?
Thank you for sharing this. I’m in school for it right now and I know this is not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but this is just more confirmation
It would be nice if people werent required to go to school, but get hands on training and then take an exam/training material. Cst and spd make about the same so I just studied for my bachelors in hca and maintained my CRCST cert for job stability.
Its definitely not for everybody, med surg field is not for the weak lol. We are all standing and busy all day long.
It can’t be as worse as the military. We live off stress sadly
🛑 u tried it and many other ppl live on their feet more than y’all
@@siesiechampion bros fighting for ur freedom and u still diss him😭😭
Agreed. I’m looking for my next career and this was my number 1 choice in the USAF but wasn’t available so while I’m still in I’m going to try and get my pre-reqs done so I can jump in head first
Sure but people aren’t entering a civilian job to have it be compared to military in terms of stress lol. I don’t know if it’s just dramatics but more people complain about this job than I’ve seen complain about oil fields.
@@cokedupcatHaha CST sucksssss hard. A profession for fool or masochists!
CSTs are needed nationwide!
If I was a surgical tech I will become a traveler surgical tech.
that's even more stressful!!!
Go ahead I seen a job posting $50 a hour 👍
@@moodybluefarmstead3448girl you are so negative go away
I doing some research on this because honestly I’m looking for a 0-2 year degree this one pays the most. But I’ve always wanted to be a surgeon so maybe??? I don’t know yet, I have a local community college that Tuition is very low which is a major plus. But I’m going to continue doing my research before I just jump into something.
Literally in the same boat😭 Trying to figure out with a 1-2 year degree but ive always wanted to be in surgery 😂
@@kayli6228 right cause ain’t got time to do 4 years of college lol
@@moniquee.7106 i already did 2 years of a different associate degree and im bouta go back for another 2 years in august next year😭
I start clinicals next week. I’m terrified 😩😩😩
Hey boo you got this!
u should be!! good luck..hope you have leather for skin..the tougher the better!!! been there done that for 14 years!! takes a specific person and disposition to do this! Good luck! you're i for a ride, believe that!!
How was it?
Update?
Hi,I live in Florida, I’m looking for a position im certified in both CSA and CSFA. I can’t find a position they all need experience. I even asked just to have me as a volunteer and no one is calling back. I tried surgical centre too they need 2 years of OR experience 😅. What I don’t understand how can I get experience if I recently graduated and the only experience I have is my clinical experience and I have recommendation letter from the OR manger/Nurse and my program director.
Best thing to do is to find out a hospital’s hiring events and for the next one, try to go to multiple hospitals you will get on the spot interviews. I felt this, It really is hard in FL as a new grad!!
Apply anyway. It's also super weird that you can't find anything entry level. Maybe try looking at a different state? I know my state has a shit ton of entry level ST jobs. That being said, I wouldn't expect you to be able to get a CSFA job with zero experience anywhere. There's a reason people say to wait a year to two years before getting the CSFA certification.
You're just looking in the wrong places. Worst case scenario if there's a hospital you really want to work at, apply to be an orderly and once the staff gets to know you and sees your work ethic, they'll hire you as a CST. Just make sure you understand that you make sure you tell them you are a surgical tech very loud and clear ahead of time and that you are looking to get the surgical tech position once it is available. Also you aren't first assist material for a long time. You will need 5+ years of scrubbing all practices to be a competent first assist as that is when your feet are wet enough. There's a lot to scrubbing that you need to make second nature first before they give you more responsiblity. What I also suggest is get good at orthopedics if you want to make big boy money
I’m spd now and I wanted to do scrub tech but I was like nah I’m good.
What has been your experience for spd and how long have you been doing it?
I start 4/10 so excited
Excelsior!!!! 👍🏿
I don’t think it Can be as stressful as been a CNA
Think again sister!! it blows CNA out of the water
𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠??
Think again
Girl 😅😅😅😂 said No scrub tech ever you do realize we are the surgeon right hand man not all !! Surgeon have a 2nd physician helping or first assistant. So guess who is helping the surgeon operate US. CNA doesn't even come close to how difficult this job can be.
Girl, don't get me wrong. CNA'S are a huge help but it was a less stressful job then being a nurse (LPN). There were times I wished I could go back to being a CNA 😂 This girl I know is a surgical tech...definitely more stressful then being a CNA. You should shadow a surgical tech for a week and see for yourself. I remember a medical assistant saying that nurses and medical assistants are the same and she didn't understand why there was a pay difference. Her and the other medical assistants were aweful to me because they felt that the nurses were there to take over their jobs. I left that job eventually. Fast forward, she became a nursing student and was on my floor and I asked her "Do you still believe that nurses and medical assistance are the same?" She said "Heck no" 😂
I’m an SPD and I like it, I’m always fascinated to what ST do, I could get more schooling and do so but I am undecided, I know my instruments
Hey , am doing my phlebotomy training on January , but I was also interested in the SPD program which is a little bit longer… do you recommend it 😊
@@user-rz6kd4no5v depending on where you are, my local community college offered it and it only took less than a year.
Great info, beautiful person & teeth
I’m a CNA in surgical tech program now
Ima cna to thinking about going into it. How are you liking it
Good job, I’m proud of you! You’ll do great
why didn’t you choose lvn or rn? I’m a cna n I’m torn between surg tech n lvn
Same here best of
Luck
@@spaceyakuza00 The nurses seem more stressed then the surgical techs😭
I learned some important things frm your info...Thanks
I’m thinking about going to college but i have no ideas what program i should go to and I don’t want to take a 2,4 years course. I really wanna take 9 month or 1 years. Every program looks so stressful I don’t want to deal with that stress . Can someone help me what program is short and less stressful to do it?
Thank you. 😊
What is it that you are saying they go into if they leave surgical tech? I can not understand the word or acronym…
Most of the people in my SPD are Surg Techs.
Truth 100%!!!!!
What is Spd tech?
Sterile processing technician
Surgical Tech is cool don't discouraged people
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In my state entry level start at 70,000 I'm starting school soon for this career.
Where is ur state
You must like in California because in Illinois 22/hr is how much you make.
No they don't that's BS. I'm in the top 5% of surgical tech earners in CA and there's no way they're paying you anything above $32 an hour to start. Only way you make $70k as a new surgical tech is working more call than you can handle. 2 weekends a month type of call. You don't understand how much of a liability and incompetent a new surgical tech is compared to the guys high on the experience ladder. It's night and day difference. They pay you very low because they need to have someone train you
They leave and do what…SPD Tech? What’s that?
Is she saying SPD Tech... what is that?
Me, I work in the ED and I don't want the responsibility of an RN. I thought about it and I see too much! mixing of medication’s TNK,TPA & propofol I don’t want it!!
I'm a male interested in becoming CST but I can say I'm a little more into the aggressive side of character, not mean or angry, but I don't let anyone talk to me down, I work at the hospital doing logistics and I've talked to surgery techs who hate working with certain surgeons, some even cry when talking to me, should I prosude a career in that area if I don't let anyone talk to me down or I mostly answer back?
You can talk back in a respectful way. But don’t lose your cool . It’s happened to other people. You can get written up or even fired
@@hamzaahmed3066 thanks for answering, I don't think this is for me, if they don't talk to me in a respectful way after showing my work ethic and hard work, I'm not talking to them in a respectful way. Surgeons may have a great responsibility and stress when doing surgeries, but they are not God.
Nice! I was thinking about enrolling in Surgical Tech program next year once I finish my classes, so is the SPD career better route to go?
yes!!! SPD is wayyy better and pays well also!!
What is SPD?
It could be but def the pay is higher for a surgical tech and from my research more jobs available. Seems to me they are only offering 2nd shift to night shift for spd. If that’s what you want but for me I would like a 1st job
You said they end up leaving and being a what kind of tech?
My same question
sterile processing tech they sterilize instruments for surgeries if you complete your surgical tech program and don’t want to work with surgery you can sterilize the instruments im not sure if you can have the job if you are not certified
@@rh8608 oh ok, yes some people are trained to be a surgical tech without a certification. They get training at the hospital they work to.
@@ambitiousbeauty1013 yeah some hospitals offer you to get certified through them as you work it’s a good start for a career but it’s a dead end to try to expand on it unless you become to be a first assist which is why i switched my major to medical lab technology
@@rh8608 I just got my CNA license and medication tech certification. I plan on trying to get my medical lab tech certification down the line.
It’s sound stressful but it can’t be as bad as being a nurse or a doctor there basic stresses of a job maybe I’m in denial because I’m going to school for it but some can handle some can’t for the people who may get discourage still give it a go and if you don’t like it change it! If you can of course
The surgical tech's job is way more stressful than the nurse's. The nurse is sitting on her butt half the time on her phone while the tech is dealing with the doctor for hours
@@fantasyEXXwell it definitely could be both especially nurses that are in the er both are pretty stressful
@Keioffa: Have u ever heard of this school called Preppy, the Prgm said its only 1,599, is this an legit school?
Try hair transplant is the least stressful surgical tech job
What is spd tech
Jesus loves you
It's a dead end job! You get treated like shit by literally everyone
How hard is the schooling? Also how long?
18 months I believe with clinical included
I found a program for surgical tech that is 9 months long. I know people usually get an associates degree and I would rather have thorough training and comprehension, so I’m a bit skeptical but still interested. I was going to go for radiology but the timeframe of this program would be great for my life. Would you recommend a program that is 9 months long? Or should I aim for a degree?
Hey! I would totally go for a 9 month surgical tech certification or a degree. Getting a degree as a surgical tech doesn't offer more pay and it would cost most to obtain.
What state is this program in?
Get your degree. Most places want your degree now as well as certification. Get your degree, get hired at the hospital you do your clinicals at, work for a year, take the CST and then you're on your way to the big money. BUT I'M WARNING YOU THIS JOB IS VERY HARD PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. IT RUINS YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
Where is this program what school
exactly
I’m an SPD TECH AND I’m like excited but so many 😢 people have negative experiences 😅
Hey everyone has a unique experience in this field. Don't let other people misery become yours. You got this!
I'm a SPD tech too and I love it..I'm getting my certification to do traveling soon.
Can you give me any tips
Champion
You rang? 💀
Not mention, the doctors are super rude.
Where do you live?
I'm in school for surgery but I have been medical for 28 cna yes it can be stressful
Uh oh. I think she's talking about me, lol. Just kidding, sort of.
They can't handle it
The only ones that continue to “handle it” are fools or masochists.
I mean life itself is stressful and a 9-5 is worse so stop complaining and take everything as they are.
You look familiar lol
Please can someone tell me can Pakistan work there in Europe as a surgical technologist is there Bann for Pakistani or not please someone reply😢
Is a surgical tech considered a doctor
There is no world where the word “technician” or “technologist” is synonymous with “physician”. They are support staff aka ancillary staff.
@@Arenem88😂😂😂
You speaking the truth I like to tell you right now that I've been sick out of a year of the total of 7 years I've been I'm sorry my shity phone keeps cutting the f***off. And I'm getting agitated as much as I am being a surgical first assist! I've probably been sick a total of 1 year out of seven that I've been a surgical tech and at this f****** point (I'm sorry I get so aggravated because this stupid phone won't let me speak my mind). I don't know why we don't bond together and Sue strike for more money because of the deterioration it does to our bodies. But I'm at the point now that I'm going to sue the hospital I work for because they have been harassing me because I keep getting sick from working with these degenerate people that they keep shipping in from 6 or 7 other hospitals. Because all they care about is making their bottom dollar from the six hospitals and we are the hub in and why everybody keeps getting sick and we are 0.0. Help if you can cuz I can't take it anymore and I want to spend time with
I apologize for my response looking like it's all over the place. I was attempting to talk to text as I was driving and my phone kept cutting out. Basically what I was saying is that.... I love being a tech.... I just hate how sedentary it is and how you have to deal with an inquisition Everytime you call out because no matter what..... Any hospital I've EVER WORKED AT IS ALWAYS "SHORT STAFFED" DUE TO BUDGET.... YET THEY CAN GIVE MANAGMENT INCENTIVE BONUSES and all the suits five to six figure boosts....our pay should have a significant increase
...across the board.... If S.A.G. & A.F.T.A. are striking due to pay wage.... We should be right next to them if not above them!!!!