OR Nurse at UCI Medical Center?

Question

Does anybody know if you have to have 6 months of experience of working in an acute area before working at UCI medical center as a OR nurse?

Answer 1

I am not familiar with that facility, but there are others in which you no longer need the prior experience.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Don't know about UCI in particular but sometimes they will accept new grads into the OR/PACU but the training is generally 6-12 months minimum. Of course if you have a solid med-surg background for a year or more, you can generally transfer into their training program.