Registered Nurse Operating Career Guide and Counseling

Question: What's the difference in positions as a Registered Nurse? I'm starting to look into the nursing field, and I'm looking into getting a degree from a community college to become an RN and was wondering if I would need any specialization to work in different places, particularly as a nurse in an operating room. What about the ER or a doctors office? is the two year C.C degree as a nurse qualifying for these positions?

Answer: In many if not most hospitals, a nurse usually works on a med/surg floor for a year before going into any specialty at all. As you go into a specialty unit, you will receive on-the-job training. If you wish to take some additional training in that specialty from an outside source, you can become certified in that area and most likely get paid more. ER and ICU nurses, regardless of their degree, almost invariably earn more than med/surg nurses. Dianna, Your remark (you're just not as "knowledgeable" and promoteable as an associate degree nurse) is ill-informed and arrogant. I am certain that you were told this when you were in school. This elitist attitude is not only false but also is one of the reasons why there is a nursing shortage. EDIT: There are a lot of rewards in nursing: I was always happy with knowing that I had done my job well, with the thanks from relatives of a patient, with a smile from a child, having a recovering alcoholic come up to me in a parking lot somewhere, with a big smile on his face, telling me that he had just celebrated a year of sobriety. My joy has been in the simple things like that; knowing that I had somehow made life a little better for someone else.

Question: What area in a hospital would be best for a registered nurse to work with? I think emergency room is best fitted for Nurse to work and also in Operating Room how about you?

Answer: There are RN positions in all areas of a hospital. There is not one particular area that an RN is better suited for-- they are needed everywhere. It just depends what the nurse in question wants to do.

Question: How does one become a CRNFA: Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant? The CRNFA assists the surgeon in the operating room. How does one become a CRNFA? I know it takes more than a BSN and I know an MSN is not required.

Answer: First you have to be an RN. You do not have to have a BSN, you can have an associates degree in Nursing. But you must be an RN. Then you need two years of experience as an operating room nurse. It would be a good time to get your certification as a CNOR. (Certified Nurse Operating Room.) Then you just need to attend some courses, pass some tests and you are in. Many states do not require you to be certified to first assist a surgeon so check your state law. However, if you are serious about it, you should get a bachelors degree because eventually they will make this like all other areas of nursing, a masters level program and if you do not have a bachelors degree you will not be able to get in.

Question: Oregon Registered Nurse Pay Rate? I'm an RN working in the Operating Room and am thinking of moving to Oregon. Any registered nurses in Oregon: what is your current pay rate along with years of experience. Thanks.

Answer: Actually, I am a CNA and I work with nurses everyday. I am in pre-nursing. One of my friends is an RN that works at OHSU (Oregon Health and Science University) Hospital. He has been working for about 5yrs. He makes over 80k/YR, and he has a great house. Oregon is nice, I have lived here for 18yrs and wouldent even think of moving. Oh and by the way....Milk costs $1.98 - $2.50 per gallon not $3.99. Cost of living here is not bad at all. God Bless You I wish you the best in all that you do. I hope I helped. Susie <3

Question: Question about Registered Nurses? I am currently taking up nursing in college. I was just wondering what are the average salaries of the different nursing fields or titles in California as of 2009 (entry level) CCU nurse, certified nurse midwife, operating room nurse, emrgency room nurse and a nurse in a medical and surgical ward. thank you

Answer: I'm not in California but in my area I can make more than most any other profession in a rural county except for doctors and dentists. I have 27 years of experience. The more experience you have, the better your pay will be.

Question: how can i take the LPN course here in Toronto? i arrived here in toronto with a work permit as a liveincaregiver, as for formality only so i can go here in canada, im a registered nurse in the phils and i've worked in singapore as enrolled nurse in a operating room as anaesthetic unit nurse. Is there any way i can take the LPN course even i got only a work permit?

Answer: Good question. You can work here, but in order to study here, I think you need a student permit. I'm giving you a link that will allow you to find a legal clinic, and they should be able to help you. If they can't, they'll know where you can get help.

Question: Why is it that when an adolescent says they are pregnant people say such nasty things but? no one says anything to older women who have kids? I am a Registered Nurse who works in the pediatric Operating Room. I have seen a lot of deformed children (hundreds), from cleft lip/palate to major lung/heart deformities. I have never seen a deformed child with a mother younger than 32. People need to say something to older moms. They may have more money to provide for there kids, but many of there kids have dislexia, downs syndrome, mental retardation. That is selfish of these women.

Answer: That interesting. It just goes to prove that we are really meant to have children in our late teens and twenties. My midwife said something similar to me, just on the basis of labor and recovery, is that even with completely drug free, sometimes days long, painful labors the young mothers really bore down on the responsibility, showing little discomfort and agony, and in the end were wearing their size 6 pre-pregnancy jeans by the time she came back for her 1 week check-up. In my opinion (im 24) I'm glad i have my young one now, and babe in the belly - I am strong enough to work hard *and* play hard for them without being exhausted. They know who their mother is :) Its too bad that after such a long wait so many women cant conceive, but its probably for the better, especially with such a long line of healthy kids waiting to be adopted.

Question: someone please check my grammar! 7th grade!? Please read this composition and tell me ANYTHING I need to improve. p.s. am I supposed to put a comma after the word "because"? p.s.s. please correct my grammar, puncuation, spelling and everything so I can learn and pass the 7th grade!!! I'm not exactly sure what I want to be when I grow up, but I have a few ideas. The first idea I have of what I want to be when I grow up is a Registered Nurse (RN Nurse). RN nurses have a wide variety of different tasks to do each day. For instance, some highly-qualified RN nurses help doctors while in the operating room, some teach new nurses what to do, and others take care of patients in general. I think I would like this job very much because I have always been interested in health and helping people. Another reason this would be a good job for me when I grow up is because it provides a good amount of income (around $50,000 - $85,000 a year) and I need to have a good-paying job so I can help support the family I want to have in the future. The second idea of what I want to be when I grow up is a meteorologist. Meteorologists study the atmosphere and try to predict the weather. This would be a great job for me because weather intrests me, especially tornadoes and hurricanes. Although I think this might be an intresting job, it doesn't pay very much ($25,000 - $29,000 per year) and wouldn't be worth going to college. The third idea of what I want to be when i grow up is an interpreter. Interpreters translate languages for people, businesses, tourists, and other people. I would be very good at this job because I am very skilled in learning languages, I've been teaching myself spanish for about 2 years. I already know around 1500 words and I can put sentences together to form a conversation. However, most interpreters need to know more than two languages in order to get a good job, and to get paid well you need to learn a language that not very many people in your country speak. This would be hard for me because most people where I live already speak fluent english and spanish. That means I would need to learn a language like chinese one day, but that would be way to hard. Even though all these ideas of what I want to be when I grow up are definite possibilities, my dream job is to become a diagnostician. A diagnostician is a doctor that diagnoses diseases. This job would be great for me because, as I mentioned earlier, I've always been intrested in health. Even though I would have to spend around 4-6 years at college, and about 4 years at medical school, I feel it would be worth it because diagnosticians get to help people alot, the job is interesting, and the money you spend on college and medical school would be paid off in no time because diagnosticans earn around $100,000+ per year. being a diagnostican would make me very happy, but as great a job as it seems, I can't let myself get carried away. I might not have good enough grades or enough money to get into medical school and should have a back up plan to fall back on. That's why I think being a RN nurse would be a good job, even though it's not as exciting as being a diagnostican, it's still in the medical field and I can still help alot of people. please also check if I used paragraphs correctly!! thanks :)

Answer: Good job! This is very good writing for a seventh grader. No, you don't need to put a comma after the word "because." The paragraphs are correct, just make sure you indent at the beginning of each new paragraph. Like this: What I want to be when I grow up.... Make sure you capitalize the beginning word of each sentance, such as "Being" at the beginning of the last paragraph. The abbreviation "RN" stands for "Registered Nurse", so you don't need to put the word "nurse" after "RN". Also make sure to capitalize your "I's". For example: ...when "I" grow up...in the second to last paragraph. In an essay, you are not supposed to use contractions. So write "I have" instead of "I've" and so on. Any number under the amound of ten should be spelled out. (Two instead of 2). Great job and hope you get good grade!

Question: EEO, Do you think I was discriminated against....? I am a Registered nurse. I am an addict. I have over 2 years clean time. I am monitored by the Louisiana Nurse Recovery Program. I can operate as a RN and do everything any other RN can do. Anyway, I had a job interview this week, and after I informed the interviewer that I was on the RNP, she stated, "Well, we don't hire RNP nurses, period." Does the Equal Employment Opportunity Act cover me? Should I write a letter to the CEO or turn them in or get a lawyer? Being an addict in recovery doesn't make me a lousy clinician. I am monitored stringently. Please give me input. OK, but addiction is considered a disease now. So, would it fall under a disability.

Answer: Equal opportunity laws do not protect recovering addicts. It's harsh, but you have no case.

Question: I am (hopefully) moving to Connecticut from the UK and want to know about nursing here? I am a registered nurse, have worked for 18 yrs, currently as an Occupational Health Nurse, but have my critical care nursing qualification and worked in intensive care for 6 years as well as operating room, what do I do to practice and get a work visa? I am so confused by the different requirements, I cann't e-mail the board of nursing as you have to supply an address and it won't except non american addresses and phoning is difficult as I am working when america is awake. (My husband has a job offer there hense the move)

Answer: I understand that if you can secure employment with the State, they are high paying jobs. Also, what I have learned about work visas (through a friend) is that working in research hospitals that require your level of experience may expedite the process.