Orientation in the Operating Room (OR) is tough. There’s no other way to put it. The days are hard and the environment is overwhelming. You can be reduced to tears without warning due to frustration, anxiety, fear, attitudes of others, or just the sheer amount of information you’re expected to take in. And in such… Read More How to Survive an Intense Orientation in the OR
It’s my first day in the O.R., I’m lost and overwhelmed!Why’d I think that I could do this job? What’s the chance I will excel? I feel I have to prove myself, every eye is fixed on me;I know I’m being closely watched, and I hear you whispering. It’s my first week in the O.R.,… Read More It’s My First Day in the O.R.
I distinctly remember my first day in the O.R. Even now, when I think back on it, I still remember feeling excited and amazed, yet also overwhelmed and scared to death. Everything was so different than what I had always imagined the operating room to be! Then you add in the strange equipment and thousands… Read More Real-World Advice for New O.R. Nurses
Conducting a fantastic pre-op interview can seem a little challenging if you’re new to the O.R. Our interactions with conscious patients are very limited. We introduce ourselves before surgery, do a quick interview, and then it’s off to dreamland for our patient while all of the work goes on around them. Yet, even though our… Read More Conducting A Fantastic Pre-Op Interview
I will never forget my first day on orientation in surgery. Total information overload – I had a deer-in-the-headlights look that everyone could see from a mile away. I watched a surgeon do a knee scope and I remember thinking, “What have I gotten myself into??!” My anxiety level was sky-high. I’m pretty sure I… Read More Orientation In Surgery: How To Be Successful
The O.R. can be is overwhelming. Whether you’re a new grad showing up on your first day as an RN, or you’re new but been a nurse in another department for 20 years, it’s a whole new world behind that red line. It’s a world where a beach chair has nothing to do with the… Read More Practical Tips For New OR Nurses
So let me tell you about the first time I ran my own room… I was fresh off orientation, and willing to do whatever assignment I was given. The new O.R. nurse has to prove herself, right? Much to my dismay I was assigned to Dr. FratBoy (names have been changed to protect the guilty).… Read More New OR Nurse Meets First Case Catastrophe