If you’re taking call, it’s still required to work your regular shift. Most nursing supervisors will allow a scrub tech to leave early due to fatigue only if the position can be filled.

Same I’m stuck between these two

What is LPN?

@@ayatturrahman2750License Practical Nurse

Are you enjoying it?

I'd love to hear your process

Which college how much is the fees

Fortis Institute in Houston TX North Campus

There is a school called Dignity College of Healthcare Professions and the surgical tech program is 4 months long and classes are online and accredited in 44 states and the price is $2,500

2 yrs

It's sort of hard to describe but it really the stage of surgery and the type of tissue being worked on, etc. Some surgeries require very large setups with multiple pans, trays, cords, and things you would never see in school and learning all this comes from learning from techs who are currently working with that experience in the field. Some things however can be anticipated by just watching what the surgeon is doing. An example would be that once the surgeon has made incision into the tissue, usually the next steps are to have a forcep ready so they can do fine dissection of the tissue which means you would have either a pair of scissors like a metz ready to hand to them or the electrocautery. It really is surgeon specific and tissue specific. It really just comes with time. Another example is if you are in an ortho case and the surgeon asks for an osteotome. Most likely the next instrument after that would be a mallet (hammer). You just learn the surgeon specific techniques as you go and it takes time. Be patient with yourself. Surgeons are notoriously impatient but don't let that detour you. Hope you get into the field as we need more of us!

@@JenniferSmith-lu5cn I am interested in this job how many years of study to learn technology surgery?

Hello my name is Tareq I'm from 🇾🇪 I'm surgical technician . I worked there 2years for many surgery firstly in ophthalmic surgery then in general surgery and orthopedic surgery and etc.. Steps choose the suitable instruments for operation Ex. Rt. Radius # for patient his age is 11 and he is slim I'll choose orthopedic instrument 3.5 D.C.P also 3.5 Plates , knife , metz scissor ,dissecting forceps toothed 2 one for surgern and other to the resident, small gauze , mayo scissor, screws(have many shapes), screwdriver, maybe use k-wire( has many sizes) , drill , suitable bit( has many sizes) thank you sir have a nice job.

@@cernechristina6552 In the US, the best route is to get the 2 year Associates degree in surgical technology. I would also strongly recommend becoming certified as some hospitals will not hire a tech without that certification. Some places will pay more because you are certified. There isn't a whole lot of "grandfathered in" as they call it which is where you can walk in and someone just trains you without any education whatsoever. That is going bye bye and for good reasons as this is patient care and it is surgery. So a 2 year degree with national certification through NBSTA.

How do you anticipate the surgeon’s needs? Experience!

Go for it girl, everything is possible if you keep your mind up

Hey don't be discouraged it's a lot of us and go to school and don't work in the field that we went to school for. so if you decide to change that's on you make that sacrifice and do what you want to do good luck boo.

Giirl its calling me too and I already have a good career and degree in a totally unrelated field. Choices....

My advice is if you feel like surgical technician may be your thing, see if your local hospital will let you shadow the OR for a couple of days. Here is some additional info/advice. 1- The thing they aren't showing you in this video is that the OR can be a hostile work environment. Surgeons are notoriously aggressive, OCD, mean, like to throw things, and are bullies. And they are like this to everyone. There are some nice ones out there but I've met more mean ones that nice ones. Your right hand man will be the nurse, called a circulator and some nurses are also mean, rude, and aggressive. The saying, "Nurses eat their young" is a saying for a reason. Some techs are also not very nice. Again, the OR can be hostile. We the tech tend to get it more because we are the ones assisting the surgeon so if you aren't fast enough or moving when you should be holding still, the surgeon will most likely let you know...and not in a nice way. I love my job but you have to have VERY thick skin and take everything with a grain of salt because though you are responsible for a ton of things in the OR, primarily sterility and instrumentation, you will be treated with the least respect. You will be blamed for things, cursed at, thrown out of rooms ( some surgeons don't want travelers in their rooms so yes, I occasionally get thrown out) , etc. 2. The pay is sub par. I think the average tech makes 30,000 a year which is terrible especially with the amount of education we have to maintain and pay for and for the amount of responsibility we have in the OR. That is why I am a traveling surgical tech. 3. You may have to do surgeries that you don't necessarily agree with. 4. You will be REQUIRED to take call shifts. The more staffing shortage the hospital has, the more call you will take. And it can vary from a few hours to an entire weekend and you could literally be working ALL weekend, just to have to come back and still do a full week shift. 5. Now with all of that said, being a surgical tech can be very rewarding. Overall I enjoy my job. I love helping patients. I like the challenges. I love hard, complicated things that make my mind really work. Surgery can be fun and very interesting. And I travel so I make more money than the average surgical technician and this on it's own has it's own set of challenges. It's full of pros and cons. You just got to ask yourself how much your willing to deal with. Hope this helps.

The plastic around de instruments is not sterilized, we only use gloves after we opened all packages on the surgical table.

Hey how has it gone so far? I’m considering this too but I hear it’s stressful

Surge techs are better because scrubbing cases are all they do.

Hi

Will you explain what was incorrect; how the scrub technique should be performed?

I’d like to know as well?

Can i ask you a question?!i am interested in a school but all they have is the ncct?is that bad?

It's a bit same but ot tech is typically better

Hello i went to sjvc in california. Im doing my extership and im getting train as a medical assistant. But im not really good in my eanglish communication when i call patients to remind them about their appointment. My question is can i still work as a surg tech with my am certificate.

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@@joseluisakachoche7483 no u need to pass a CST certification test

How long was your course

@@joseluisakachoche7483 yeah you have to take a whole different test. Go back and take a different program or study and just pay for the exam out your pocket I don't know the situation if they got financial aid or not but I do know you can pay to take the certifications in surgical tech.Good luck to u whichever route u take.

Same!

Go for it !!!! I’m in clinicals now and I love it ‘

I’ll be posting a video of my first week of clinicals soon as a student If interest 💪🏽

@@prclessveve do you have to remember all the different instruments name?

@@prclessveve I would love to see d vid cause I start n Jan.

@elnarrador: Ese no es un hospital. Es un salon de clases de este instituto donde entrenan a "surgical techs". Son estudiantes en un simulacro de cirugia.