Please don't think I'm a heartless nurse, these are just my opionions:
1. Minimal patient contact --- meet patient in preop, transfer to OR room, patient is anestetized, procedure complete, patient awake maybe 2 minutes upon transfer to PACU. Total patient interaction time: maybe 10 minutes
2. At my facility, only have to take care of 1 patient at a time in OR.
3. Get to observe all kinds of surgical procedures: laparascopic cholecystectomy (removal of gallbladder), nephrectomy (removal of kidney), replacement of joints (i.e. shoulder, knee, hip) just to name a few
4. Interaction with surgeons. This can be a plus or a negative! More on that later.
5. Get to wear comfy clothes all day (aka "scrubs").
There you have it! My top 5 reasons to be surgical nurse. Later, my top 5 reasons not to be a surgical nurse.
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