The surgeons, the surgical technicians, making sure your equipment is working before you even bring a patient in the room on time. Consents must be checked and verified, if the patient codes on the table you have to know what to do. If a surgeon asks for a certain suture you better know it they're very impatient and hot headed
So informative because no one would ever think of it being dangerous in regards of surgical smoke. Wow...what about the surgeons inhaling all of these fumes throughout the years.
Starting my preceptorship in the OR next week for senior practicum, and applying to residency programs at the same time! Thank you so much for this info!! Great stuff to know that I've never heard about!
Hi! I'm an aspiring male nurse switching careers at 30. Your channel has inspired me, thank you for the content you make! I'm wrapping up my prereq and coreq classes now, hopefully start nursing curriculum and clinicals first thing spring!
I'm so happy i bumped into your video! Thank you for the honest insight, loved it and found it super useful, I had been contemplating OR for a few months. Thank youuu
The OR has its days. But it's HIGHLY STRESSFUL most times. If you're in a surgery clinic you can be pushing out 40 to 90 patients a day and stay longer than your shift hours. Hospital OR is more stable hours longer and complex cases but the stakes are higher, and you do on call and you circulate and scrub. Im an OR charge nurse for 10 years
Thank you for this very informative and direct video. I’m an LVN, working towards a BSN, trying to decide between ICU, ER, and OR. Your video had insightful information.
Thank you for this. I binged watched all your videos and they were helpful. Can you please give us an update on where you are at now and a video on the pro’s / cons also
Hi! Aspiring OR Nurse here, can you tell us what you use to protect from the surgery smoke and also can you show us an example of a good, accurate chart for a "patient" who's going for a surgery along with an explanation
I love this video! You address little things that we wouldn't otherwise know about just through an interview. Thanks! I'm weighing the pros and cons in case I want to get into OR nursing.
Thanks for posting this. Not sure where you are now but hope you are happy. I'm trying to switch from ICU to OR. Nice to see a run down of how things kind of go in this unfamiliar world to me.
Hi! No, you dont do any of that working in the OR. The ratio is 1:1. You stay in the OR room with the same patient from start to finish. OR Nursing does not utilize those typical nursing skills. You help position the patient, do a time out, confirm counts with scrub tech, make sure equipment is functional, and get any supplies the surgeon asks for. Thanks for watching!
I am currently an IV compounding tech. I was thinking that I wanted to become a surgical tech first but now that I have a better paying pharm tech job I am thinking about just going straight for nursing. Your thoughts? Also had no idea about that smoke... Woah....
Hi there! I would go straight to nursing. There are so many things you can do with a nursing degree. I feel like being a surgical tech is intense. Depending on the case, you are standing on your feet for hours, some of the instrument trays are pretty heavy(especially in ortho), you could accidentally get cut with the knife when the surgeon passes it to you etc. Idk...I just dont think its worth it but thats just me 🤷♀️.
Hello, I am a surgical technologist in Iran, which is different from an operating room nurse in America, we spend a four-year bachelor's degree as a surgical technologist, is it the same in America? Can I apply for a job as a surgical technologist in American hospitals?
Hi Khris! Honestly, no. It was cool seeing different types of surgeries and all that goes into the process, but you dont use any nursing skills. You just run around getting what the surgeons needs, make sure equipment is functioning properly, help with prepping the surgical site, and positioning the patient, and of course making sure counts are correct. Its one of those jobs that either you love it or you hate it, and i definitely didnt love it.
@@luvnurseb5552 Hey NurseB, reading that is kind of what I figured...do you think it would be worth it to go into the OR with the goal of becoming a first assist as an RN? It sounds like it might get old doing what you said, but assisting in the surgery sounds like you might learn more. Otherwise it seems like you’d have to go CRNA to be involved more.
@@SatoshiSky hi Josh! I don't know how often nurses become a first assist. That is something you can ask when you interview. I think you would need at least like 5 years, if not more of OR experience. Try to scrub in the cases as much as possible to gain the hands on experience of assisting the surgeon and learning the instruments, sutures, and other machines. If you want to go the CRNA route, dont bother working in the OR. ICU experience is what you really need for that.
@@luvnurseb5552 It looked like there's an RNFA first assist certification course you go through after having 2 years of OR experience and get RNOR certified. So I think anywhere you work you'd need to be RNFA certified but I guess it varies by hospital if they hire RNs for that role? I know PA's and med students often assist.
Check out my "OR Nurse Interview" video for tips. Don't get too bummed out if you don't get the job. I didn't get the first OR job I applied for. I applied months later to another hospital and got it! Good luck😎
can you talk about the stress of the OR, like how that stress differs from like med/surg stress. :)
The surgeons, the surgical technicians, making sure your equipment is working before you even bring a patient in the room on time. Consents must be checked and verified, if the patient codes on the table you have to know what to do. If a surgeon asks for a certain suture you better know it they're very impatient and hot headed
So informative because no one would ever think of it being dangerous in regards of surgical smoke. Wow...what about the surgeons inhaling all of these fumes throughout the years.
Starting my preceptorship in the OR next week for senior practicum, and applying to residency programs at the same time! Thank you so much for this info!! Great stuff to know that I've never heard about!
Hi! I'm an aspiring male nurse switching careers at 30. Your channel has inspired me, thank you for the content you make! I'm wrapping up my prereq and coreq classes now, hopefully start nursing curriculum and clinicals first thing spring!
Good luck to u on your nursing journey and thanks for watching!
Please do PACU vs or pros and cons! Those are my top 2 options right now. Loved the video!
I'm so happy i bumped into your video! Thank you for the honest insight, loved it and found it super useful, I had been contemplating OR for a few months. Thank youuu
Excuse me i have a question , it would be great if you help me . Do we need special certification for working in Or? I mean besides RN degree.
The OR has its days. But it's HIGHLY STRESSFUL most times. If you're in a surgery clinic you can be pushing out 40 to 90 patients a day and stay longer than your shift hours. Hospital OR is more stable hours longer and complex cases but the stakes are higher, and you do on call and you circulate and scrub. Im an OR charge nurse for 10 years
Thank you! Really thinking about the OR. Bedside is draining my soul
Yes! Explore your options. Don't let bedside make you hate nursing
Thank you for this very informative and direct video. I’m an LVN, working towards a BSN, trying to decide between ICU, ER, and OR. Your video had insightful information.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this. I binged watched all your videos and they were helpful. Can you please give us an update on where you are at now and a video on the pro’s / cons also
Thank you so much for watching! I plan on making videos again soon but I do travel nursing now in endo and pacu.
Lpn nurse cardiac floor , graduate in December RN and plan on going to OR! Thank you so much
Hi! Aspiring OR Nurse here, can you tell us what you use to protect from the surgery smoke and also can you show us an example of a good, accurate chart for a "patient" who's going for a surgery along with an explanation
I love this video! You address little things that we wouldn't otherwise know about just through an interview. Thanks! I'm weighing the pros and cons in case I want to get into OR nursing.
Thanks for posting this. Not sure where you are now but hope you are happy. I'm trying to switch from ICU to OR. Nice to see a run down of how things kind of go in this unfamiliar world to me.
Hi Skunked Fishing! Im in PACU now and I absolutely love it. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much!!
INFORMATIVE!!
Thank you for watching!
Great tips!
Can you double mask when there’s smoke?
Thanks for telling me about the smoke
Great video thanks for sharing your knowledge.
No problem..thanks for watching!
Thank for this, it’s great information.
Thanks for watching!
& do you know for sure if N95s will protect us from the surgical smoke ? What about K95s?
Did you hang IVs in the OR? What was the nurse to patient ratio? And what common skills are required (ex. Foley catheter, feeding tube)?
Hi! No, you dont do any of that working in the OR. The ratio is 1:1. You stay in the OR room with the same patient from start to finish. OR Nursing does not utilize those typical nursing skills. You help position the patient, do a time out, confirm counts with scrub tech, make sure equipment is functional, and get any supplies the surgeon asks for. Thanks for watching!
Very informative! Thanks
Hi I’m thinking of transitioning from UR nurse/office job to OR nurse? I have preliminary interview, not sure if I’m personality type for OR.
Great video! New sub! Looking forward to more content from you!! 🙏🏾❤️
Thanks for watching! 🙂
I am currently an IV compounding tech. I was thinking that I wanted to become a surgical tech first but now that I have a better paying pharm tech job I am thinking about just going straight for nursing. Your thoughts? Also had no idea about that smoke... Woah....
Hi there! I would go straight to nursing. There are so many things you can do with a nursing degree. I feel like being a surgical tech is intense. Depending on the case, you are standing on your feet for hours, some of the instrument trays are pretty heavy(especially in ortho), you could accidentally get cut with the knife when the surgeon passes it to you etc. Idk...I just dont think its worth it but thats just me 🤷♀️.
Hello, I am a surgical technologist in Iran, which is different from an operating room nurse in America, we spend a four-year bachelor's degree as a surgical technologist, is it the same in America? Can I apply for a job as a surgical technologist in American hospitals?
Is it hard to get a job in the OR as a new grad?
No, its not. OR hire new grads as well.
How much pay should be expected as OR nurse who has 4 years o international OR nurse experience???please respond
Hi there! I cant give u an answer because pay vary drastically depending on where u live.
upload a new vedio nurse b
Wow I got asthma thanks for info
Great vid , a lot of same stuff that I have questions about and would like to ask you . Hope to talk if you have the time .
Hi John! Thanks for watching. Feel free to ask your questions as a comment below. Thanks.
Hi Nurse B,
What specialty are you in now?
Hi!! Im in PACU now and I love it! Im going to try and make some more videos soon.thanks for watching
@@luvnurseb5552 I like the PACU and its my goal too. but am going to start in the OR to get my foot in there 1st.
Update please?
Im no longer in the OR...wasnt for me. Now I do PACU and ive never been happier 🙂
@@luvnurseb5552 So how about endo?
You’re beautiful & so Is your hair
Hi NurseB ! Do you feel like you learn a lot working in the Operating room ?
Hi Khris! Honestly, no. It was cool seeing different types of surgeries and all that goes into the process, but you dont use any nursing skills. You just run around getting what the surgeons needs, make sure equipment is functioning properly, help with prepping the surgical site, and positioning the patient, and of course making sure counts are correct. Its one of those jobs that either you love it or you hate it, and i definitely didnt love it.
@@luvnurseb5552 Hey NurseB, reading that is kind of what I figured...do you think it would be worth it to go into the OR with the goal of becoming a first assist as an RN? It sounds like it might get old doing what you said, but assisting in the surgery sounds like you might learn more. Otherwise it seems like you’d have to go CRNA to be involved more.
@@SatoshiSky hi Josh! I don't know how often nurses become a first assist. That is something you can ask when you interview. I think you would need at least like 5 years, if not more of OR experience. Try to scrub in the cases as much as possible to gain the hands on experience of assisting the surgeon and learning the instruments, sutures, and other machines. If you want to go the CRNA route, dont bother working in the OR. ICU experience is what you really need for that.
@@luvnurseb5552 It looked like there's an RNFA first assist certification course you go through after having 2 years of OR experience and get RNOR certified. So I think anywhere you work you'd need to be RNFA certified but I guess it varies by hospital if they hire RNs for that role? I know PA's and med students often assist.
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I’m really into OR. What should I prepare for the interview? It’s very competitive 🥲
Check out my "OR Nurse Interview" video for tips. Don't get too bummed out if you don't get the job. I didn't get the first OR job I applied for. I applied months later to another hospital and got it! Good luck😎
Thanks a lot for ur info. When I get a job, I will update you 👍