Operating Room Pros and Cons...Registered Nurse Circulator👍👎
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2024
- 😁Hey there Nurse Family!
I hope everyone has been staying safe through these difficult and trying times. I wanted to make a video on just some of the pros and cons of working in the OR as an RN circulator. These are just a few of my pros and cons. Maybe you have some similar ones or personal ones of your own depending on your experiences. Either way I would love to read about them in the comments section! Stay Blessed
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Girl I don’t give a darn about losing some nursing skills that I hate performing 99.9% of the time anyway 🤣 lol. I’ll take OR for $500 Alex
I’m screaming 🤣🤣 in nursing school and I feel this way so much
Lol 😂
Listen all her cons were pros to me lmaoooo
That's what I said too! lol
@@teebrown999 yup! lol
My wife is the clinical coordinator for an OR. She has been a RN now for 38 years. Started at 20 years of age in ICU. Did that for 10 years before doing a stint as director. She found she did not like not doing hands on care so with her ICU background she moved into cardiac surgery. This really changed her mind about the job a Circulator does. She just finished 68 hours this week. Still loves her job and mentoring to her crew. Nurses are awesome
I am a Circulating nurse in the Cath Lab. I get to perform moderate sedation. If the patient status changes I hang drips, push meds, and give recommendations to the doctor. I get to interact with my patient before and after the procedure. Now l must agree, l am not a fan of taking call. However the experience of saving a life due to a heartattack is very rewarding. I don't miss floor nursing. Look into becoming a cath lab nurse. It's like ICU/MedSurg Tele on super speed with a side of sedation.
I did conscious sedation surgeries in the OR. Acls certification.
How do I get into cath lab/OR? I applied for those jobs but I feel stuck in medsurg.
@@naciamaj Keep applying. Let them know you're really interested. First they're going to try for someone with experience. That doesn't always happen. We all had to start sometime. I know my boss didn't want to hear "for the hours." They want to hear like you want to learn, the surgical field has always been your dream.
@@ccoop3774 Thank you! I'll keep trying.
@@naciamaj after l graduated from nursing school l got hired in a critical care nurse residency program and then worked in ICU. Try going to step down unit or ICU. Having critical care experience can help boost your career. Also have someone look at your resume. ask if you could shadow in Cath lab/OR. Keep letting them know you are interested. Unfortunately it can be challenging advancing out of Med Surg. Don't give up just try a different approach.
LOVE this video!! Starting in the OR soon after 2 years in Labor & Delivery. I was burnt out, staffing was horrible, patient acuity was scary, and looking for a change! I cannot wait!
How did it go for you if you don't mind me asking? I'm a current L&D nurse been for a little over 2 years now and struggling with those same thing 😭. Thinking about making the move to OR.
I’m a L&D nurse too and thinking about OR nursing.
I am with you all, I only lasted 4 months in L and D, and they wanted us to even learn to scrub into c-sections which only added to the extreme stress and anxiety, as an experience nurse with no prior L and D experience it was TOO MUCH too soon. I will also pass worrying about getting sued for the next 21 years! I ended up leaving and going to their postpartum unit, which was better, but it was night shift and being in my 40s my body just couldn't deal with nights. Anywho, my point is don't give up, I was very lucky and found my dream niche job soon after I left my PP/L and D job (not in or, but on a vascular access team)!
Thank you!
I'm a new nurse (not a young one, either) and I have been hired for the OR for my first job. I appreciate your honesty. I will definitely use the advice you gave here.
XOXO
How is it going?
I'm interested as a new grad. Can you share tips on what to include in the resume? I really want to be an OR nurse
Hello how is it going so far?
How did you get hired? I'm a new nurse searching for an Operating room nursing job
Im 35 ,nurse and it will be my first time to be an OR nurse..🙏
I’m an operating room nurse too! I wish these resources would have been available when I was in nursing school! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Im finishing up my 3rd semester of nursing school, is a circulating nurse the title of nurses that work in the OR?
Also are their other positions in OR for nurses?
@@quelquun2018 Congratulations! And Yes! Circulator Nurse is another name for an O.R. nurse. The other position a nurse can do in the O.R. is called a Scrub Nurse! I also have a channel with videos about the O.R. if you want more info check it out! Thanks!
@@nicolleasencio654 hi, i did check out your channel. Can you please make a video on the difference between a scrub nurse and the circulating nurse. No OR video that I've come across has been able differentiate the roles. Thanks in advance!
@@quelquun2018 a scrub nurse is someone who sterilely gowns up and sets up the instruments on the sterile OR table and then passes instruments to the surgeon during the surgery. Most facilities utilize surgical technologist instead of scrub nurses.
A circulating nurse is not sterile, the circulating nurses main role is to be an advocate for the patient and ensure the sterile surgical team and anesthesia has everything they need, and if something is needed then the circulating nurse will go get or assist with whatever.
@@quelquun2018 k
Thank you for such a detailed honest opinion!
I love your demeanor So much. This was Such a great video, thank you!
Thanks for sharing! I started working in a stroke/tele floor and I'm hoping to apply to the OR residency in April. All your cons were my pros too.
OMG, this is my first time watching your channel. I’ll graduate in May ‘21. I just spoke with my advisor about being an OR Nurse.👩🏽⚕️
Such an informative video. All pros to me. Looking to do OR and then after 2-3 years start traveling. I still have 1.5 years until I'm done with school.
This was extremely insightful, thank you!
you forgot one con... personalities!! you're stuck in a room for x hours with a decently sized group of individuals, all with differing coping mechanisms and personalities. there are days you get assigned a room with a circ/scrub/surgeon who hates everyone and everything has to be dramatic and negative. there are days you do a little dance of excitement because you get to be with your favorite scrub or surgeon. you quickly learn which surgeons/staff are fun to work with and which surgeons/staff make your blood boil.
let's not forget, "hey dr, do you want this X set opened instead of the Y set?" "no, i don't want it. open the Y set." "okay." *30 minutes into surgery* "WHY ISN'T MY X INSTRUMENT SET OPEN????? I ALWAYS USE IT!!! WHO OPENED THE Y SET??"
or the classic, "nurse, get me (item here), we need it opened immediately." you run out to find said item, call about 50 people trying to locate it, you bring it back. "don't open it yet, we may not need it." AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
MOST of the time, i love this job and i love the people i work with. there are other times i'm beyond exhausted from running around and dealing with some of these people. you learn something new every single shift, there's never a dull moment.
Sounds fun lol
My friend works with the instruments and she tells me all about those surgeons
I've been a floor nurse for 18years and I was thinking of leaving the bedside and doing OR. I'm not interested postpartum, ICU or ER. Would you say floor nurse is better?
@@KandyKaneNails i'm still in the OR and loving it!! i don't ever see myself doing floor nursing, yuck.
OR has pros and cons, as does any unit. you don't deal with family (other than giving occasional, brief updates), you focus on one patient at a time, majority of meds/IVs are started and handled by anesthesia.
it's a ton of work though. a lot of thinking, planning, gathering, and anticipating everyone's moves the entire time. depending on where you work, you may be taught how to scrub various surgical procedures!! that's both fun/intimidating. some days you are run ragged from start to finish, other days you have some downtime here and there.
it's way, way different from floor nursing. a lot of ex-floor nurses i precepted said it felt like starting over: and it is! i think that might be a con for some people too, you don't utilize your old nursing skills and you take on entirely new skills. in 2 years, i've seen one floor nurse go back to floor nursing. the rest have stayed in the OR and preferred it.
@@meerschweinchenn I agree with all you've written. You have to think fast and prioritize. It is so much to learn. I learned to scrub too. I would never have gone back to the floor. I dearly loved the OR. I was able to work in any room. Spine was my specialty. The call can be brutal. Then other nights, the phone never rings. We only had a couple of butthole surgeons. They never stay in one area long.
@@ccoop3774 thats the tough thing. people think you go into the OR knowing it all. but as a nurse, we don't go through the 2-3+ years of schooling surg techs do! so when we learn to scrub, it's literally all on the fly. we are a fairly large OR and a handful of surgeons aren't that patient and it ruins the experience.
thankfully our call isn't so bad if you're a float nurse rather than on a team. on a team though... brutal. especially if the team is short staffed.
and yep! either you're running your ass off for 12 hours straight, or rooms come down and you're done at 6-7 pm and it's quiet for the remainder of your shift. i enjoy those nights lol. means people aren't getting hurt or sick enough to see us.
i agree too. it can be SO rough, and with this pandemic we have lost a lot of nurses and scrubs who left healthcare due to burnout. we're super understaffed, management still wants us to do the same number of surgeries and then some. but... i do love the OR. i've never felt at home with a job, but i feel like i belong in those halls and rooms!
New OR nurse here and this video has me excited to be on this new journey. Been a med-surg/tele nurse for 17 years💜
Thank you! This was helpful. I just accepted an OR job as a new grad.
Thank you for this video ❤️ extremely helpful
I was a surgical tech and open heart fascinated me. I miss it. I have bad vision,I see double and I have leg problems. I still miss the OR and I am glad TH-cam exists.
Thank you for sharing. It was very insightful.
Love your information you provide the insights ❤
VERY informative. Thank you for this video
this video was very informative for me, as a nursing student. thank you and keep up the good work! :-) ❤️
😁Thank you! I'm glad you found it informative.
Iwuoha!!!! You look beautiful!! So natural in front of the camera! So informative! Awesome job Bestie!!! #subscribed!! Keep the videos coming!!! ❤️😁
Thank you so much for your support girl, it's very encouraging!!🤗❤
this was so helpful!! thank you so much for sharing!!
YOU LOOK LIKE A GOOD NURSE. THANK YOU FOR HARD WORK. GOD BLESS ❤❤🤗😃👍💯🥳🎈🤗
I appreciate your honesty that gives the truth about what OR Nursing is about. Most videos just show a day in the life and how great it is. But every job has Cons and we need to know!
Thank you and you are so correct!
Thank you for sharing your pros and cons of an operating nurse. I am 57 years old and only 3 years as a nurse. I recently got my BSN and I’m not really sure I want to do any more education other than certification. I currently work on an observation/med surg floor and have become increasingly concerned with the wear and tear on my body, as well as emotional wear and tear working with dementia patients or aggressive patients. Also, working with patients who are non-compliant and are in and out expecting us to make them better, when they’re not doing their own part to stay healthy. This can get so frustrating!! Also, with the pandemic, we are having more elderly patients and higher acuity patients and less available help when we have more 1:1 needs. I also just went through a total knee replacement and am going through the recovery process. I am honestly concerned about going back to work and having so many 1-assist and 2-assist patients who all need help at the same time. It is so physically taxing at times that I am not sure I want to continue in this type of nursing. As you mentioned, I love being bedside and am thrilled to have that honor and respect from the providers. I also DO NOT like the variation in scheduling and weekend work. It’s such a love/hate relationship, actually. Haha 😆
Anyway, I recently applied as an OR nurse at a brand new hospital that is right in my community. I got an interview and so I am looking up all of the pros and cons of this new type of nursing. It was really helpful for me to hear your point of view!! It’s funny that I actually came up with what I THOUGHT would be my pros and cons and they pretty much completely match your own! Ultimately, I have been in prayer to ask where I could be most utilized with my new career. I have many great stories of patients who I have prayed with and listened to their stories. I love being a bedside nurse in a lot of ways, but I am looking at my long term needs as I get older. Thank you for sharing! It was very insightful and helpful! Blessings!!
Did you get the job?
I’m starting next month. I’m a new nurse so this really helped
This was very informative. 😊
Very informative. Thank you, stay safe.
This was/ is a WONDERFUL and amazing video! And you seem like a great person and great lady.
P.s. you don't even look short! Lmao 😀
Great video love your candid honesty about OR NSG. “ I always said OR nurses are asset the surgeon, my opinion “ to each is own.
Yes, you're right! What can happen is the surgeon becomes used to working with you. They come to depend on you. They realize that the room will be set up just how they like it. They then don't think anyone else can set their room up correctly! I would make precise notes on the preference cards for everything! If you looked on that card, that told you where everything was to go. I would tell the doc that I was not going to work every single day! I was going to take vacations and possibly be sick sometimes. I warned him to be on his best behavior!! I had to retire early 7years ago. I have been told that he's still bit@hing!!
I don't like the not enough room for growth con. It can scare someone from coming to the OR. The only thing an OR nurse with no bedside experience can not do in my opinion is CRNA or any Acute Care NP. As an OR nurse you work first hand with the surgeons so as you mentioned PA school and NP school with an RNFA is a possibility. Who would be a better first assist than a good OR nurse that can also scrub (was personally told that by a plastic surgeon) . You can also go back to school for perfusion (CVOR nurses work with perfusionist every day and I know a scrub tech doing that now). As a OR nurse in a hospital that does plastics you have an automatic connection with the surgeons if you want to go into plastics as a RN and a NP that other nurses from other floors dont. I understand where you are coming from but as a new grad who loved the OR (working there as a nurse assistant) and didn't get an ICU position out of graduating and did not want to work medsurg, that same con that you said made me depressed hearing that from many others. I looked at a Job that I once loved for a weeks as now career suicide. I am happy choosing the OR!! and guys you can do a lot with that experience, before covid OR nurses were the highest paid travel nurses showing our need and if you can scrub and circulate Ortho and Neuro cases you are a hot commodity.
Spine was my specialty! I circulated, scrubbed and assisted. I was a charge nurse, so I got an hourly bonus for that. I helped train new nurses. I kept up with the spinal surgeries, coordinated with the sales reps, kept up with the instruments and implants. I loved it.
Thank you so much!! I really got worried hearing that con
I like your voice. I don’t how to explain but you look calm and kindly. I wish I could see you in person and we can be friend. I am a graduate nurse and currently working in med-surg unit
This was very helpful 🙂
Hi im a RN in South korea and im working as an operating nurse in OBGY part. I totally agree with all of your each opinions. I have to be on call 5~6times a month very randomly and i dont really like that i should be very nervous about getting a call for emergency c section. If i dont get any call.. it doesn't mean i can enjoy my time without anxious feeling!!
And i sometimes miss the time when i used to work in GS word. Back then i did many nursing skills to patients directly. But for now i feel like i am a kind of technician not a nurse at a time even if i pretty like that i dont need to be night shift anymore and spend my weekends entirely.
Anyway i really love your videos and you inspires me a lot ❤
You could also do travel OR, for a new scenery
Wow now I really want to work OR!
That's what I am concerned about is not using skills. I want to do all the things but just not with 6 patients. Ugh I am really struggling between ICU and OR
Perhaps after spending more than 1 year in the OR you may see how many options there are to advance your career in this specialty. There are so many options if you understand the specialty. I hope that the younger RN's watching this will find other opinions of OR nurses, many of whom spend 10. 20, 30 or more years in this exciting ever changing, technologically heavy nursing specialty. I believe I have touched patients in a more meaningful way '1 at a time' and often helped or single handedly impacted outcomes and mortality than I would have done spreading my care to 5-7 patients at a time.
This video has really helped me with my decision as far as which dept I would like to work in. I am a new RN graduate.
My daughter is thinking about going to college for a nursing degree. This is exactly the advice she needs. She just wants to sit down and have a real conversation about the pros/cons and the different specialties.
There are lots of different TH-cam videos she can watch, as you stated, so that should help her. Highly recommend she do PA school instead though, more autonomy, and less waiting on patients.
Omgg i wish i knew this before i pick cardiac tele RN residency 🥴🤣 this is my second week of it too but them 8 hr and 10hr for the OR is at my hospital too & is perfect for my 3 y/o son ! Thank god my manager said i can always transfer in 6 months !
I am set to graduate in May. I have been in contact with a Periop 101 program recruiter at my local hospital. However, I feel stuck I am not sure whether to go into med surg first or what I truly want to do. I always had a fascination with the OR though.
I would quit nursing and go work at Walmart if I had to work on a floor, just not for me!!! I do vascular access nursing and it's a sweet gig, go in start ultrasound guided PIVs, place PICCs, and trouble shoot central lines; best of all NO PATIENT LOAD!! 32 hours a week, weekends and holidays are 7-330, and no call! Best nursing job I have ever had, would recommend! OR sounds sweet too, except the call part you mentioned!
Thank you so much for the information! Its very helpful. Could you please tell me about being an on call? Is it a Monday thru Friday schedule? 8 hour shift? How many times in a month that you have to be on call? Greqt video!
Just started in the OR after a decade of night shift on a tele floor. Looking for to the change and challenge. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
ive done tele for 8 years planning on switching to peri op are you loving it ?
OMG, ten years of nights, that sounds absolutely terrible!!
Thank you for this video. My question is how is the pay? Is it better than bed side, equal or not as much?
Hello! I’m in my final year of nursing school and we just got our assignments for preceptorship. Currently I’m assigned to be in the IMCU, but I found out that one of my peers who is signed up for the OR might want to switch. I like trauma and the idea of surgery. So the OR always seems fun and exciting to me. However, I’ve been told by previous OR nurses to start on a med surge floor first and then transition. I really want to develop my nursing skills and challenge myself so I think the IMCU will be good but at the same time I want to know if the OR is for me...so I guess I was wondering what is your opinion on this. Should I keep the IMCU or take the OR?
Also this video was helpful in getting me familiar with the duties of an OR nurse ☺️
😀Hey there, Im glad this video was helpful. If you already know you have an interest in surgery or the OR, I say go for it. However, I won't downplay how grateful I am for my med-surg background because it's where I learned all my skills and base knowledge. Since you enjoy trauma, it might help if you know what type of surgery you will be doing because not all surgery is trauma related.I don't think you can go wrong either way, it's just a matter of which one you want to do first. Hope that helps, Good luck!!😁
I’m starting OR nursing this upcoming month. I wanted to ask what can you do as a nurse to elevate and make more money as a OR nurse. First assist seems like it makes the same as a OR nurse.
I really appreciate your insight, having worked in the ER (not my jam), Med/Surg for the past 5 years, tough on the body for sure. Never stop running in that position, but fulfilling is an advocate for me. What about the surgeries, does it vary on a case by a case by case basis and are these positions usually 4-days week instead of the 3/week? Thanks
The good thing about the OR is that they have different shifts. You have five 8 hour shifts, four 10s, or three 12s. Surgeries can depend on the specialty you are working in...neuro, urology, vascular, etc. You definitely advocate in this position!
Hey girl!!! So I’ve been a floor nurse for a little over a year now but I desperately need a change. Your input has helped a lot. I’ve been looking into the OR and am considering applying; however, I have 1 question that maybe you could answer-what is the requirement for on-call? Do you have to have like 4 on-call shifts per month? Or how does it work necessarily?? ❤️
It depends on the facility. Some larger hospitals run 24 hour shifts. They may have call staff in case they're overrun. I worked in a smaller hospital. I worked 7A-3P. M-F. We had enough staff that I had call 1 night during the week and 1 weekend every 2 months. 1 holiday per year. 3 people were on call. At least 1 RN had to be on call. We could switch call, give it away if someone wanted OT. My boss didn't care how we worked it as long as at least 1 RN was on call. RNs scrubbed where I worked.
Thank you for making this video! There's not many out there and this really helped me. I have also been advised by other nurses to start in med surge (BTW I'm a nursing student) but I was so set on wanting to work in the OR and now I feel like I'm questioning myself and I'm afraid that I will miss out on something. I feel anxious that if I start in the OR it will be very hard to move to med surg if I ever chose to in the future. However, so far I haven't found myself interested in any of the med surg units that I have had clinicals at but so far I had the opportunity to watch a c-section and I was fascinated. I'm also afraid that I will not be welcomed into the OR as a new grad. Could you help a stressed/confused/anxious girl out?
If you find that you are very interested in the OR, I say go for it. The great thing about being a nurse is that you have many different avenues. There is no right or wrong way. Just like you can learn how to be an OR nurse, you can learn how to be a med-surg nurse if you choose to. Good luck!🙂
@@NapturalAI Thank you, now I have a clear understanding of what to do after I complete nursing school! I love your videos! I have one more question though. How does being on-call work? I was reading up on it that it varies according to facilities but is a circulating nurse ALWAYS on-call or is it once/twice a week?
@@cinthia0amoinuyasha hi there! It depends on the facility. Some do get more calls than other places. Some only do one or two a month but other places they do one a week. It just depends of the number of people and the number of cases they do.
Omg you hit the nail on the head! This is exactly how I am feeling since I’m graduating in May. I’m looking into a Periop program but the program requires you work for them for 3 years. I’m afraid of needing to get med surg experience first as well. I feel lost.
I'm a 20 year RN, 16 years in the OR. The OR, ER, ICU, etc will always be there. I had a scholarship with a hospital and when I graduated, they put me on the medical floor and on nightshift! I thought I had been sent to Siberia! It turned out to be the best action for me. Now, I still hated night shift. I had young children in school, so I got very little sleep. I learned so much. You get a good, strong base. You really learn how to interact with the patients. You learn the meds and disease processes. We did quite a few conscious sedation or moderate sedation surgeries. You, the RN, monitors the patient. There is no CRNA in the room. You watch the BP, sats, the rhythm. You give the IV meds. In other surgeries, you'll assist the CRNA. Like, I have had to remind the CRNA if the patient was a diabetic, or long term steroid treatment. Some facilities wouldn't hire new grads for certain areas, unless they were in a crunch. The OR is a great area to work in. I truly loved it. Guard your body! There's so much lifting, pulling and tugging. I'm not complaining. I didn't want to transfer a desk job. I wish everyone the best of luck!
You could be a RNFA. I was an RNFA. Fun stuff. You could be a coordinator of a service line. I enjoyed your video!!
how difficult is it to become one?
@@areslegion0 it’s not terribly hard. You have to be CNOR. Take a class through NIFA or an independent one if available. That’s the route I took. Then get 125 clinical hours in various surgeries with some surgeons. Some states hire them as staff. Some days you circulate some days you first assist. Great fun!!
@@katiedickinson7866 So once you register in NIFA, your job will start to allow you to train? Also, does it increase your pay? Im curious as I just applied to the OR as a new grad and im looking to become an RNFA eventually :)
@@areslegion0 I worked at a hospital that didn’t hire RNFA’s. I had to train on my own time. I sometimes had to switch shifts with people to allow me to do cases as an RNFA student. You have to find a mentor surgeon also. I had been an OR nurse FT for 5 years before the scheduling became too much of a hassle. (I worked 12 hr day shift 6-6. So I left to be a first assist full time. The rules of how you process depend on your state. I had my own billers. I had an LLc. I was independent. There are first assist companies where you get assigned cases and go all over to a bunch of hospitals and take call etc. I don’t want that. I had a young child. And a family that I wanted to be home with. Hope that helps.
@@areslegion0 It depends on your state. I'm in SC and they didn't recognize RNFA. I scrubbed, assisted and circulated, but the money was the same. The RNFA can do a bit more that I could do assisting. Like, I wasn't supposed to suture (wink wink.)
Hi! I’d really want to become an OR Nurse. But i dk where to start. Any tips for starting Rn like me♥️
Hi! Thank you so much for this video. It was very informative. I'm currently an IR nurse at a level 1 trauma center in Detroit MI. Prior to me working in this area, I was a PACU nurse for 3 years and I worked in the ED for 4 years before that. I love the fast pace environment of both areas but after having my son I desired a dayshift position and IR gave me the opportunity to do that. I was originally reluctant to apply to the OR because I didn't want to lose my skillset however, I hate the call in my current position because we are a stroke center so I'll get called in on numerous occasions when I'm on call.
So my question is, how many days per month are you scheduled for call and if you have to come in do you stay for a certain amount of hours or do you leave after you finish the case and remain on call for the remainder of that day?
One time we had 3 strokes in one day and I was back and forth between my home and the hospital 4 times in one day and it was super annoying! I also am responsible for coordinating care for the patient post procedure so that involves me having to get in contact with the bed coordinator, PACU , & the ICU. That is a headache in itself and if I'm by myself it's a lot for one person.
I don't want to make IR nursing seem unappealing for those that are interested it's just not a good fix for me because I have a 2 year old son.
If you could give me any advice or additional information that you would think would be helpful it would be greatly appreciated. I recently reached out to the OR manager so I'm waiting on a response to see if I can shadow in the OR prior to applying.
It’s there a lot of discrimination? Because I experienced a lot on the medical floors from other nurses.
Let me fill out this application now. 13 year floor nurse and I am done!! 😂
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I hope you read this... I'm asking for a friend, she is being offered a job at a Surgical Center, and she have no idea what compensation is like at an outpatient Surgical Center. Could you give please give me a range for OR RN's at SurgiCenters. I work at an ambulatory center that is part of a hospital, so I can only give her my pay-range, but I think Surgical Centers pay more?
I want to transition to OR Nursing, but On-Call is a little scary. Can you give us an example of your schedule with on call
I am interested in OR. Is it always on-call?
I’ve been a nurse for 11mons now and I’m really interested in becoming an OR nurse. I’ve been working on a med/surg teley floor. I was planning on working in this position for at least two years before I transitioned over. What are some of the requirements typically needed to become an OR nurse?
See if you can apply to a periop program to train you to work in the OR. That's the route I took. I have a video that talks about this program. You just have to be a registered nurse and you don't have to have experience for that program. Other than that most places want you to have at least a year of OR experience.
Thank you
This answer helped me😍
As with any other speciality, how do you get in? I'm in the OR clinical right now and my Lord, the pettiness of it is horrible! I had a ST tell me not to take it personal, they treat everyone like this hoping you would quit and if you don't quit then you are suppose to be here. I'm 50 plus years old and I've pledged already and I don't want to be hazed. So, how do you become a New Grad OR circulator?
How frequently have you had to deal with a patient dying on the table as an OR nurse? I know in nursing that death is inevitable, but each specialty is different.
Great question. Not very often for me and the places I have worked. You could possibly see that more in trauma hospitals.
What about it being freezing in the OR and having to stand the full duration lol
How often are you on call?
how long was the orientation
I still wear makeup, but it’s mostly the eyes. 😅. Nothing else shows.
What scrub hats do you use? I can’t find ones big enough for all my hair.
Just search for extra large or large scrub caps on Etsy or eBay
You may have to wear 2 caps. Can y'all still wear your own caps? I thought there was a study a few years ago that found those blue ones the hospital provides were actually the better choice.
Don't bother, the hospital provides them, and most will no longer let you wear your own in the OR unless it is covered with a hospital one.
Is it a requirement for all OR nurses to be on call?
Do most PACU jobs require call or does it depend on the facility?
All PACU nurses will do call.
What about nurse assist ? Cause i’ve seen those positions and you have to have been an OR nurse
Is it difficult to transition to OR from Med surg?
That's what I did. Now this was in 1998. I was trained on the job. I started by scrubbing. I scrubbed the different areas, ortho, ENT, general, urology, vascular, etc. I scrubbed for awhile before circulating. It took me around one year to feel comfortable with whatever would walk in on call and to be able to work in any room. However, I see where some of these hospitals have programs for new hires. Having that med/surg background will help you. You will know and understand your patient's history. Good luck!
Great video! I’m curious.... can you become a scrub nurse right after school or do you always have to start as a circulator?
At my hospital we have scrub techs that scrub and the RNs circulate. I’ve heard some hospitals have RNs scrub but I don’t think it’s very common because they can pay a scrub tech half the pay for the same position.
I scrubbed, assisted and circulated. My state doesn't recognize RNFA. I started out scrubbing to learn sterile technique, the instruments, the surgeries and the docs. I did that before I learned to circulate. I loved scrubbing and assisting. I loved all of it.
I don't mind seeing blood and organs, it's seeing broken bones that makes me cringe.
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I am a new grad. An OR nurse reached out to me that they are in dire need of help. As much as I want ICU or ER, I have to take this for the meantime while I fix my financial woes. I know OR can be really a routinely job, and I definitely hate it. But this may be good for now.
Who told you the OR was routine? I worked OR for 16 years. It's not routine. It depends where you work. Like if you work in an eye clinic, then that's what you'll do. A hospital OR will do most everything.
Losing skills? Please i don't want them in the first place
THIS!! LOL
May i ask who manages the ventilators, do you manage emergency meds alone or does the CRNA/anesthesiologist help you?
The anesthesia team manages emergency meds.
@@NapturalAI thank you!
@@kidsofyesterday17 Do y'all do local or moderate sedation surgeries?
@@ccoop3774 neither haha not in the op area thats why I was curious
@@kidsofyesterday17 Well, over the years I have had to help the CRNA with meds. They would tell me how much to give. Sometimes you have a fast MDA to get to the room and sometimes you have the slow one.
Would a hospital hire me if I went straight into the O.R. After nursing school and eventually wanted to switch to L&D?
yes, some.
I wouldn't inform them that you're planning to switch to another department after they've trained you for the OR.
As someone else said OR training is very lengthy, so don't do it unless you intend to stay there for at least 3 plus years!!
R U still in the OR?👩🏽⚕️
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Should I start in med surg first as a new grad?
Hey there! Med surg isn't necessarily a place you have to start before working in an OR setting. Med surg, for me just helped me to look at the bigger picture. It gave me knowledge and experience that you don't learn in the OR🙂
Naptural_RN what's the point of OR if we can't have knowledge?
You have knowledge but it's not going to be the knowledge that one would learn in the icu or med surg or any other specialty. OR Nursing is It's own specialty.
Naptural_RN oh ok! Thanks hun! Is it freezing in general surgery? How do you stay warm?
@@rae7269 The patient's temp is monitored. Our PACU team would whip out their thermometer and keep one eye on us and one eye on the numbers. You would get the stank eye if thet temp was a 1/10 th of a degree off! We compromised with anesthesia to keep the room temp at 96, I believe. When you have to wear your labcoat to cover your arms, then running all over, you'll get hot! If it's a child, the room temp really has to go up.
But why you only work as a circulator ,why not also work as a scrub nurse ?
You can in some facilities. I scrubbed, assisted and circulated.
@@ccoop3774 thank you for the reply
Any tips on how to get an OR nurse residency?
Short answer: have your RN license, then research periop 101 programs in your area and apply. They accept new grads. I have a more detailed video on this exact topic that I will be posting this week!🙂
Naptural_RN okay thank you!
@@NapturalAI may I ask which country/ state exactly is this that they accept new grads because i thought for every specialty you need 2-3 years experience well atlease where I am in the Caribbean
Very helpful vedio thanks
That's not necessarily true as an OR nurse there are avenues to grow for instance first assistant, nurse anesthesiologist. At least to my knowledge those are areas that a nurse can also move into while in the OR.
You're right, you absolutely could do those things. I actually talked about RNFA in this video as well as continuing education and possibly becoming an NP or a PA. I should have specified that you can advance in the OR when you continue your education.🙂
Yes you can grow and become a RNFA there are some Hospital such as Tampa General Hospital that offer very good program
You need ICU experience, not OR experience to do nurse anesthetist!
Or does have opportunities. Rnfa
Or nurses don’t have to work weekends???!
Hi there! It depends on the facility. Some don’t do surgeries during the weekend except for emergencies and there are on call people to do the case.
Such a helpful video. I'm looking in to going to the OR but sometimes I wonder what it's going to be like being black in the OR. Every time I see a video showing OR staff it's like all white. Worried about BS or microaggressions.
Girl! The majority of my OR is black. With the attitudes I wish it were more diverse... don’t worry about that life is simpler when people don’t have attitudes for no reason! If you know you know!
@@trayoniabenjamin9618 I'm thinking about moving over. I am over bedside completely. Diverse is always best. I was mostly nervous about being in mostly white ORs
I worked with people from all over the world- the staff and surgeons.
Can we please stop with the racism stuff, SO OVER IT ALREADY!!
@@bettysmith4527 Who cares what you're over? Save that shit for your diary.
All u do prep the pt
Bullshit that's insulting
I don't even like seeing peoples' outer anatomies in the locker room at the gym. No thank you.