OR Nurse Minimum Requirements
1. Current RN licensure with current BLS certification. PALS and ACLS are encouraged, but not required.
2. Minimum of three years operating room experience in a hospital, surgical center or office setting with OR suites.
3. Candidate must be currently working as an operating room nurse and must work a minimum of 400 hours/year in an OR setting.
4. Candidate must have at least two years OR experience which has included hand and/or orthopedic exposure. Patient populations should include both adult and pediatric patients.A. RN First Assistants are eligible but must agree to participate exclusively as an OR nurse. No first assisting is allowed at this time.
5. Letter of recommendation from current, immediate supervisor.
6. Ability and willingness to teach host colleagues in the OR with formal and informal educational sessions. May also be utilized on the nursing wards to teach patients/families and local nurses about the care of surgical wounds postoperatively.
7. Personal characteristics must include comfort with pediatric and adult patients, flexibility, the ability to work well within a team, cooperation, good communication skills, inventive skills, a positive attitude and tolerance of stress under conditions of hard work and long hours.
8. Physical capabilities must include the ability to work long hours, often under varying environmental conditions, as well as the absence of physical impairments which would hinder one"s ability to fully function as a team member.
9. Sensitivity to cultural differences and the appropriate public relations skills.
10. Preference may be given to nurses with fluency in the native language of the trip site.