My First Month as an OR Nurse - Orientation, Transition, & Losing Nursing Skills

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I wanted to share my experience so far as an OR/Operating Room nurse orientation so far. I talk about the transition from working night shift on a med surg floor to working day shift as an OR nurse. I also share why orientation is so long and whether or not I'm worried about losing my nursing skills. Let me know if you have any other questions for me! I'll be making a video soon about the typical work flow of an operating room nurse as well. I think that needs to be it's own video. 😊
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@meerschweinchenn 4 года назад

omg you posted this the day i started as a new OR orientee!! after 9 grueling months, i'm off orientation now and i wouldn't trade this shit for the world!! orientation felt like a never ending hell and i worried if i would even last in the OR. being off orientation, i fucking love it and i'm shocked every day at the situations i'm able to handle, because last year i knew absolutely NOTHING about the OR.

@abbygreenville5033 2 года назад

This is so motivational and encouraging for me! I’m not a new nurse ( 4 years ICU experience) but I will be new to the OR starting next week and I am so nervous to blindly go in, but I’m also soooo excited to start this new journey.

@tracygunit2 2 года назад

Do you still love it? Any update? 😊

@bmffamily8766 5 лет назад

I work for a crazy busy ophthalmologist as his surgery coordinator. He let me observe surgery and the nurses in the OR were amazing. They were nice and all about teaching me. And I honestly enjoyed watching them work and how they flow more than surgery itself 😂. T minus 6 months until nursing school and observing the nurses in the OR honestly helped light a fire under my but and get the ball rolling.

@jennmcg4068 5 лет назад

Woohoo! Love you Alyssa! I’m so happy you are doing better with your new position and now day shift! I’m excited for you! 🙌🏾 I just got hired as an ORA, which is a dream job and a foot in the door as I’m about to start school for Surgical Tech next year! I have wanted to be in the OR for a while now so I’m excited to start on Nov 11th!

@katec1576 5 лет назад

Haha yes, the OR transition is like being a new grad all over again. Hey, at least you’re circulating only! At my hospital we had to do both, so holyyyy moly, that was a steep learning curve!

@ICUAdvantage 5 лет назад

That's great seeing you explore and finding the area of nursing that really interests you and that you enjoy. The beauty of this profession is having SOOO many choices and fields to work in. Wish you all the best with this transition and can't wait to hear more about it!

@accountforwastingtime 5 лет назад

I met my BFF of 11 years so far in job training on the first day :D definitely introduce yourself around and don't be afraid to try to get to know other newbies! So glad that you're happier now, hoping this works out much better!!

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing! Maybe I haven’t met my future BFF yet 😂

@kaylastokes1854 5 лет назад

Thank you for posting!! I just accepted my first OR circulator job and I love hearing about experiences from others :) good luck!!

@StarsHollowHoney 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for this video. There really isn't a lot of information out there about OR nursing. I had zero OR nursing clinical experience in school. I always thought that the OR would be the place for me, but ended up taking a position on the post-op surgical floor I worked on as a student nurse, mostly because it would be an easy transition and I was already familiar with our patient population and the staff. But now I'm about nine months in and feeling super burnt out of working bedside, especially working nights, wishing I had gone into the OR right out of school. My manager has advised others in my same position to stick it out for the two year nurse residency contract while getting the fundamentals in and ACLS certification before transferring. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? Felt super burnt out and dissatisfied with floor nursing and found that the OR was their happy place?

@taylorkelly9101 5 лет назад

I just started my perioperative program in California almost four months ago, mine is 6 months! You absolutely hit it on the head of feeling like a nursing student all over again and basically feeling dumb everyday at work 😂 it’s totally it’s own world and there’s so much to learn. I’m learning to scrub as well as circulate, the learning process is definitely difficult.

@Sandhq 4 года назад

I’m working towards being an OR nurse but I’m wondering if there’s a way to know if a facility will have you scrubbing or circulating?

@SL-zn9oh 4 года назад

Christian Sandoval They'll probably train you to scrub but off orientation, you'll probably be circulating most of the time.

@mohammedshaheel1855 2 года назад

Do you get paid during those 6 months ?

@taylorkelly9101 2 года назад

Yes but significantly less from my experience. Like $14/hour less than once I became permanent. This is in California.

@abbygreenville5033 2 года назад

I’m transitioning from 4 years of strictly ICU nursing to intra-op. I haven’t started yet, but will be very soon! Thank you for talking about your experience, it has helped ease my mind some. I’m nervous but really excited to start something new! I’m hoping to have a better work-life balance and healthier lifestyle by transitioning from night shift in the ICU to this day time M-F position

@indy3240 2 года назад

I’m almost graduating and was interested in ICU but I hear so much about other LPN friends saying their location is understaffed the bullying the patients and their families 😒 I know it’s stressful but I’m hope it doesn’t break people 🤨 I heard OR nursing is awesome! Best to you

@katherinestrotman1162 5 лет назад

Don't be worried about losing your nursing skills! Nursing is this wild field that there are so many opportunities. So, I graduated and went straight into the OR in 2016. Unfortunately for me, it wasn't my cup of tea, so after a year, I left and went into clinical research. That in itself is an entirely different cup of tea. However, I was fortunate to get the job, which I have done for two years and now hopefully going into a role as a clinical research associate. I know it seems like a lot, and not necessarily explained, but in my opinion, it's the ultimate role of a nurse. Regardless of my opinion, PLEASE realize that there are SO many options out there for you, that you don't have to just be a floor nurse. There are so many options that you don't even realize that profitable for the future, and worth looking at. While I have worked a couple years to get to the point where I am now, I know that I am set for the future and will make more than an APRN. Why I know that? My mom is an APRN, I'm getting my masters as an APRN...annnd I know this future job will provide for more than that. Clinical Research, is where it at, and I promise there is an absurd amount of opportunities with it...be it this job or even if you go for masters. Regardless, this is such a pandoras box of a nursing job, and I WISH so many more people knew the opportunities it had so that they went for it. I truly didn't know until I went through it myself by luck, and I think so many people should know this route!

@katherinestrotman1162 5 лет назад

Sorry, I know this is so extra with this post, but I feel like it's so worth knowing that there are more options out there for nurses that aren't exactly bedside. I think there is so much value in being in the OR...I was there for a year, but knowing your knowledge and desire for growth...it's worth exploring past nursing and realizing there is more. Perhaps the clinical research route isn't your path, but it's a disservice for all nurses if they don't at least know about it. It's such a good route with an incredible amount of opportunities....and ideal for the nurse that is searching for their way...so it might not be your cup of tea..but it's worth knowing about!

@sunayya 4 года назад

Katherine Strotman hey I’m a senior nursing student. Do you think there are opportunities outside of bedside nursing for new grad nurses

@CDinah 4 года назад

@ Katherine Strotman- I've been wanting to get into nursing research for years with no luck. Do you have any advice as to what I can do? You mentioned the pay. Do you you think you have the potential to make a decent salary? What do you do at your job?

@kyleedraper4578 4 года назад

@@katherinestrotman1162 hello 👋 I'm going to be graduating from nursing school in May, and I'm interested in research nursing. Would you say it is a good career for an introvert? How did you get your foot in the door? Do you think its possibe to get into research nursing as a new grad?

@norajung4513 5 лет назад

You have so many great skills with the experience you have. As for the attitudes and negativity, it is in every field out there. I have gotten so callus to things, it's like nothing could shock me. I work in retail. One of the worst areas to work. I have to say I have always been fascinated with surgeries. You used to be able to watch surgery stories on TV. My husband thought I was crazy for watching them. Enjoy the experience.

@susanoliver1971 5 лет назад

Your energy in this vid is awesome! So glad you're happier and are loving the new shift and position!

@helenebevhelen4010 5 лет назад

Thank you for publishing vids! I've been following you - well since you were in school. I'm grateful you share your work life with us. It makes us new nurses seem less alone in this journey! I am starting with my preceptor tomorrow after 5 long weeks of didactic classes. I can honestly say I'm scared to be operating under my own licence!! It didn't help that HR told us a story of a person in the last co-hort that was in their last week of preceptorship, who had a major med error that ended in patient death. That new nurse was in their last week of preceptorship and we were told is no longer practicing. :( I can say that initial impression of my preceptor is good. She is excited and happy that I will be joining her during her shifts, which is really reassuring! But I can tell you the fear is real - tomorrow morning is going to be interesting. Best of luck with your new role! Thank you again for sharing your life with us.

@jillianroe9461 5 лет назад

im pretty sure nightshift really pronounced my underlying depression and screwed up all of my hormones! its important to experience nightshift as part of being a whole and well-balanced nurse butttt NEVER AGAIN lol

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

Same! My hormones were all messed up too. My hair was falling out and everything. It was awful!!

@bash9032 5 лет назад

Currently watching this video after 4 years of night shift and losing my mind, my hair, and my compassion day by day

@maryamelissa922 3 года назад

@@bash9032 I’m sorry for that I feel you 💔💔♥️

@bash9032 3 года назад

@@maryamelissa922 Have been on day shift for 8 months now -- the difference is literally night and day

@gretchenlarrion6795 5 лет назад

I have my first Graduate Nurse interview next thursday and super excited and nervous! Love watching your videos, they give me confidence and motivation 🙂

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

Good luck!! You’ve got this!

@jacqueflaim9738 4 года назад

I’m a new grad starting off in a CV/thoracic 24hr OR and i’m so excited to start this journey!! my hospital will have us circulating and scrubbing in (excited for that part haha).

@thesunnyedge 4 года назад

Jacque Flaim that will be exciting!

@mermaidatlantica 5 лет назад

In Ireland we scrub in the OR as nurses. We have a scrub nurse and a circulating nurse and then a couple others doing other jobs, along with the surgical team (the docs) and as nursing students we get right into it. I scrubbed in for a tonsillectomy in February! We don't have techs the way you guys do.

@wp2727 4 года назад

This is really interesting to see how American ORs work. In Australia the OR has usually 2 doctors a surgeon and anaesthetist. We don’t have CRNAs here. So all our anaesthetic providers are doctors. There are also always 3 nurses in the OR: the scrub, scout/circulator and anaesthetic nurse.

@hehehehfun4938 4 года назад

Proton - CRNA is nurse anesthesia.

@wp2727 4 года назад

heheheh Fun they are not in Australia. Anaesthetic nurses in Australia act more like anaesthetic assistants rather than independent providers. You only need to be an RN.

@hehehehfun4938 4 года назад

Proton - We have anesthesia assistant (CNA) but it only require a high school education. CRNA here makes almost as much as a primary care doctor or a hospitalist.

@melinasantos7680 5 лет назад

Aw I’m so happy you’re on a day shift schedule now!! OR sounds awesome!!

@alyssacruz6742 5 лет назад

sounds like you really like it !!! yes keep sharing your experience please and your babies are the cutest !!

@shimamirzapanah9571 5 лет назад

Love you so much, Im so glad you feel better/ happier now. ❤️❤️😘😘

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

❤️❤️❤️ thank you!

@Looskss Год назад

I’m so discouraged! I have tried medsurg, psych, hemo Dialysis, peritoneal Dialysis, home health, pediatrics, hospice, I have HATED everything! I’m starting to feel like I made a mistake in nursing. I quit so many jobs. I am also so scared lately to lose my license because the patients and family members complain and record everything these days. My nurse manager told me maybe I need to get out of direct patient care or bedside nursing and try OR circulator so I’m really hoping I like this path. I’m not complaining or anything I’m just so depressed because I have not been able to find my way in nursing. I applied for GI lab and OR so hopefully this works out better. 🙏🏻 Thanks for the video. ❤

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 10 месяцев назад

I wish you lots of luck!

@carolinekorosec 5 лет назад

I'm so happy I found your channel! You're awesome:) I'm an OR nurse too and would love to make some videos about it because there's not much on youtube!

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

Thank you! Also when does it get easier? 😂

@carolinekorosec 5 лет назад

Almost a year 😭😭 lol. but obviously there’s so much to learn and so many specialties! You got this!

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

😅😅😅

@talisac107 5 лет назад

I am too and was thinking the sane thing. There’s not much

@45trlu 4 года назад

I studied LVN in the U.S. and I'm getting my BSN in Finland. I was so worried that I wasn't being taught much because our OR sim lab was legit just 1 day ~ 6hrs and a couple of case studies in the sim lab mainly geared towards discharge and pre-op assessment etc. I was wondering how American BSN programs were. This calms me. lol When I asked my teachers why we don't get more surgical nursing skills, I mean even information on SCDs, Bovie machines, neptune or any suction machines. The tasks a circulating nurse and scrub nurse do in more detail etc. they said that not many students go that route anyways right after school and there are more pressing matters to focus on in nursing school so yeah. Nice to know it's not an isolated case.

@mjhufano6404 3 года назад

Looking forward for new informative details in the O.R and cool gadgets... ❤

@X3Lovelle 5 лет назад

I start my residency for the OR in November. I am so nervous! 😭

@nataliefisher8978 4 года назад

How's it been? Do you feel this video is spot on?

@bronicaloglesby3610 4 года назад

I love your honesty!

@tatjanamiteva6308 5 лет назад

Love your positivity 💜

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@MissBeeAnna 4 года назад

I feel like being a OR circulator as new grad isn’t the best choice. I worked in the OR as a circulator for 3 years then went to ICU because I wanted more of a challenge. Let me tell you, just like you said “if you don’t use it you lose it” and I lost a lot of my skills. I was literally relearning everything and more. OR to critical care is a complete 180. You have so much autonomy on the floors and in the OR you are always part of a team which is nice but can also be a set back. I feel the OR is more geared towards people who have families or are retiring soon since the hours are nice (expect call) and the job is fairly simple. The surgeon and anesthesia mainly do all the work. Nonetheless it is a great job but you just have to make sure the gain of surgical experience is worth the loss of complex nursing skills.

@TheArtOfEmotions 5 лет назад

I'm a lpn in the last semester of nursing thinking about or nursing!

@malmalm5352 Год назад

Girl!! Yes!! Thank you for your insight... people are rude!😢

@oliviapetrowski4553 5 лет назад

I’ve been gone for a long time, and I didn’t know you became an OR nurse!

@clairiechicas8427 3 года назад

Tomorrow is my first day as an OR nurse! Super nervous!

@シシ-z9v 3 года назад

how is it so far?

@nursenicolerod3132 5 лет назад

What an awesome job! Loved the video! 💕

@giulianaherrera7775 5 лет назад

I wanna do surgical NP too! 👌🏽

@rae7269 4 года назад

Giuliana Herrera what is that? What school offers it?

@deathangelo06 3 года назад

Hi! Thanks so much for sharing this video! This is very informative! I'm actually about to start OR nursing too but most likely will go through 6-7 months of orientation. After watching your video, now I wonder as a circulating nurse, can you give advice or tips that will be definitely be helpful to become more confident when it comes to circulating? Thanks in advance!

@teebrown999 2 года назад

Hey how did your orientation go? I just accepted a job in the OR and I’m so nervous

@lucerolopez7101 2 года назад

@@teebrown999 How has it been going??

@teebrown999 2 года назад

@@lucerolopez7101 for the little bit of time I was there it was okay. In September I’m doing CVOR instead of general OR

@ircouple4 3 года назад

Hi great video. I was wondering how was your experience in PeriOP 101 as far as How to set-up an operating room. The Operating Room Circulating Zone (TORCZ) is a standardized way to teach new operating rooms how to set-up the operating room. We as circulating nurses have standardized processes for so many procedures within the OR such as how to prep, how to count, how to position, how to place a foley. But, what about the MOST important and safety things we as operating room nurses on how to set-up the operating room. There is no standardized process. This is a forgotten practice and it varies from nurse to nurse. (TORCZ) teaches new operating room nurses to focus on one section at a time. If this is something you think would be helpful please let me know. thank you.

@julianalarson8358 5 лет назад

currently studying malignant hyperthermia while you were mentioning it!!

@Purpleharts 5 лет назад

Thank you I needed this video

@lilianamarques8242 5 лет назад

Ishcial tuberosity....omg... i have my AP 1 lab midterm practical tomorrow lolol

@shelleyroman255 3 года назад

Do you have any tips for my resume when applying to the OR?

@414s4 Год назад

Had the opportunity to be a patient in the ER. The Dr used the line, that what I was telling him was wrong, he knew better because he is a surgeon. I smacked him down hard, he was 100% wrong, and I let him know it. He never came back in the room, I assume he looked up my records/imaging. He sent in the nurse from there. Big personalities are right, but they aren’t always correct.

@Toebi15 5 лет назад

Can you do a video how you eat on work days?

@JaSp78 3 года назад

When you mention surgery NP, are you referring to Nurse First Assistant? I don't know if there are different names or if they are different things. I was interested in NFA. Great video. Very helpful.

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 3 года назад

An NP is different than an RNFA. You can be a first assist without a master's or doctoral degree if you go through a first assist program. We don't have many first assists where I work and there are NP's and PA's that fulfill that role.

@UUwUU80 Год назад

I’m a night owl and I can’t wait for night shifts! I am not a morning person at all 😂

@welprn5391 5 лет назад

I graduate in 59 days and I have no idea where to start 😭

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

Just start looking at job postings and/or watch videos about different kinds of nursing jobs. That will help you get an idea. ❤️

@jillianroe9461 5 лет назад

start in medsurg and learn from there!

@hehehehfun4938 4 года назад

Jillian Roe or burnout from there. Floor nursing is the thing of the past. Literally we have all of the ICU, nursing home, ER, and med surge nurses in my OR. They vowed never to go back on the flr.

@cocoreo89 3 года назад

What do you mean when you say “you have to advocate for your patient and will have to go up against the surgeons”. Can you give an example of this?

@katsch 2 года назад

Hi! Do you recommend 8 hr shifts? As a new grad i know 5 8s and call is standard but I’m wondering if 4 8s would be attainable later on?

@welprn5391 5 лет назад

My hospitals OR jobs are typically a M-F thing, is that how yours is? Or do they offer 3 12s?

@maryamelissa922 3 года назад

Sorry can i ask what you mean by M-F thing ? And what 3 12s 😿

@tracygunit2 2 года назад

@@maryamelissa922 Monday through Friday and three 12s means 36 hours a week, three 12 hour shifts.

@briannalemay5464 4 года назад

Thanks for your videos!! I have thought about surgical NP too! I saw where a lot of hospitals require to get your RN first assist certification then a masters for this position, but it seems like job opportunities for surgical NPs are slim overall. Have you seen a decent amount of opportunity for that NP specialty?

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 4 года назад

I don’t believe there is much opportunity because each surgeon only has one if any assistants. I’d say the opportunities are pretty slim.

@dole2186 3 года назад

How did you get a job in the OR without any critical care experience? Did you work there as a tech before hand?

@bettysmith4527 4 года назад

Don't you also have a nurse doing counts and documentation? You could become a first assist, then you can scrub.

@ChickenBeans8002 2 года назад

Do you think CV OR (cardiovascular OR) is too challenging for a new grad? I am trying to decipher between that and or General surgery?

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 2 года назад

I don’t have any CVOR experience so I can’t give an honest opinion.

@billieeilishhirt2944 5 лет назад

Notification squad🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻❤️

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 5 лет назад

Woohoo! Notif squad is the best squad! 💯❤️

@glentranchi 2 года назад

Hi! Im a new grad RN and will be working in OR, do you need to pass the exam for perioperative? im so anxious I don't know where to start preparing like knowledge wise. any advice?

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs 2 года назад

Yes, you do, but they will prepare you.

@glentranchi 2 года назад

is it unlimited take or if you fail you cannot retake anymore?

@luthatswho7148 5 лет назад

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@selleisa121626 5 лет назад

I want to start in the OR, but a lot of nurses are saying it’s hard/impossible to get out of it in the future... is this true?

@hehehehfun4938 4 года назад

Simone Wade No, we have an OR nurse that went to ICU after two years of OR nursing. She is now a CRNA. Be ready to lose your skills and pharm in the OR. As an OR nurse, I the only assessment I do is skin assessment, I do not administer any medication i just prepared them, i do not do any patient education, i dont do any nursing skill except for foley. My patient interaction is less than 5 mins. My report for other nurses is less than 3 sentences. OR nurses have very low liabilities and the mistake you make in the OR is not as detrimental as the mistakes on the flr. Med errors on the flr kill.