CVOR Surgical Tech Jobs: What Open-Heart Work Is Really Like
A CVOR posting that pays more is often selling call. Here is what open-heart scrub work, orientation, and the phone actually look like before you bid.
Surgical Tech vs Circulating Nurse vs First Assist: Who Does What in the Room
A student shadows one Tuesday and sees three people in blue: one is opening pans, one is on the computer, one is holding a retractor and talking to the surgeon…
Labor and Delivery Surgical Tech Jobs: What the Work Is Really Like
A main-OR friend tells you the L&D tech job is the move: “It’s mostly scheduled sections, you get out of neuro and call with Dr. Nightmare, and the nights are…
Why Surgical Techs Burn Out — and How to Stay in the Job
You skip lunch again because room 3 is turning over and the add-on is already in holding. You eat crackers from the core at 2:40, scrub a case that runs…
Call, Nights, and Callback: How Surgical Tech Pay Really Works
The offer letter says $28 an hour. Your classmate takes nights at $26 with a differential that looks small on the flyer. Six months later they are talking about a…
Your First 90 Days in the OR as a New Surgical Tech
You show up at 6:45 on a Monday thinking you will shadow for two weeks. The charge nurse looks at the board, looks at you, and says room 4 is…