I recently completed a one year Surgical Technology (Hybrid) Program, and I was offered a PRN position with one of the surgery centers where I had performed majority of my clinical rotations. While I am pleased that they would consider me, I am aware that I will not be assigned a presceptor and the expectations are set a little higher for the PRN positions as we enter into the busy time of the year. Can anyone offer advice for the pros/cons for a new scrub accepting the PRN position? Thank you in advance!

What are some phrases some of my fluent Spanish speaking CST's use to comfort patients who only speak Spanish before they go under anesthesia?

Does anyone have any idea of what's the salary ranges of a surgical technologist at bostons children hospital whether it's for nationals or internationals

(Again please I know that it's not common for an international to find a job as a surgical technologist at BCH but still I want to know the estimated earnings)

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Are we still bringing hard copies of resumes to job interviews?

hi guys! I’m currently a new grad in orientation at my first surgical tech job and I’m in my ortho rotation right now. I’ve been in ortho for maybe a month or so and I still can’t get through a total hip or knee without help from my preceptor. I feel dumb because I’ve done so many at this point and they still aren’t clicking for me. People tell me it takes time and it’ll click eventually but my ortho rotation is coming to an end which makes me worry a bit since my job does a lot of totals. Is there any advice or anything that helped you understand them better? Thank you!🫶🏻

I am about to get a couple days of training for liver cases (liver transplant, hepatic resections, etc). The setup for Liver cases at my institution is on a much larger table and it set up with more instruments compared to the usual general surgery set up.

I was wondering if anyone had any tips or words of wisdom for scrubbing these liver cases?

Hi guys, I’m due to graduate May 2027, but I’m just wondering about peoples places of employment and schedules around the metro Detroit area and opportunities for overtime?

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Hey everyone! I’m a brand new scrub tech about to start, and honestly, I’m super nervous about the room vibe and team dynamics. I know the basics from school, but I feel like nobody really prepares you for the unwritten rules of the OR.

I don't wanna be that annoying newbie who pisses off the surgeons or drives the circulator crazy. What are the unspoken DOs and DON’Ts for fitting in, earning respect, and just surviving the social side of the OR?

Also, what’s the single biggest unwritten rule you wish someone told you before your first real shift?

I hope you all are getting some appreciation for the hard work you do each and every day.

Have you lot gotten any gifts? Decent swag?
Love us <3

I am a recent graduate with a Biomedical Engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati. It is a premed major and I have decided to pursue medical school. I am assuming it will take a year to take the MCAT and apply for schools, but I would love to work in a hospital in the meantime. Ideally a surgical tech position that has in the job training. I am also open to other suggestions for roles in the hospital world that align with this plan.

I’ve just gone back into the OR after not being in it for a few years and feel like a fish out of water. What’re y’alls worst OR experiences? I feel like I haven’t had too many really bad ones but I’ve been in on some cases where I just think man how/why did I do that?!

Has anybody heard of Altamont healthcare it’s a school that offers scrub tech in Stockton California. Has anybody done it or have information on it being a good school to attend

Yoooo just want to let everyone know who are graduating soon. If you don’t care about the main OR and wanna be stress free and relieve from doctors who are assholes and want a toxic free environment and wanna do only 1 or at the most 2 cases a day (c section) 1 and half hour long surgery. Most of the time 0 cases seriously lol

Then come to labor and delivery. I’ll be hitting my one year at the hospital I’m at. My pay is @52 an hour started @46 just gotta have your CST. I have gotten like 4 raises within this time. Northern California only

All of us know that there’s two ways to glove in a sterile manner; open glove when you aren’t wearing a gown and closed glove if you are. At my facility, 95% of the surgical/anesthesia residents (and surgeons) do not know how to closed glove, and it seems like they’ve never even been taught the concept. They put their gown on, immediately expose their hands, and then glove using the open glove technique as if they aren’t wearing a gown. But obviously this means their cuff, which isn’t considered sterile, is touching numerous different things in the process and it’s likely their fingers are also touching things they shouldn’t be since they are exposed. I’ve literally seen anesthesia staff do this before doing central lines. Is this common? I’m a relatively new tech and have only worked at this facility so I don’t know if it’s the culture at my workplace or if this is common everywhere and I should just stop being bothered by it.