Comments on: Can You Become A Surgical Nurse With Just A Bsn Or Do You Have To Get A Msn?

By: annejv

annejv — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:42:35 +0000

BSN

By: Nurse Answer Mama

Nurse Answer Mama — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:32:37 +0000

If you mean working in the OR as a scrub or circulator, you just need your RN license. A BSN is a plus. An MSN would probably put you more in an administrative position or along that track.

By: webhead2

webhead2 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:07:32 +0000

Actually, you only have to be an RN, which means you could have an Associate’s degree.
In my area, the OR nurses don’t actually touch the patient except to help prep for the surgery. Scrub Techs are the ones with their hands in all the action with the doc. LPNs used to do their job, but not usually in today’s hospitals.

By: whoknewt

whoknewt — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:10:55 +0000

By “surgical nurse” I’m assuming that you mean a nurse who works in the OR. OR nurses assist the surgeons and the anesthesiologist but they do not perform any actual surgery. To become an OR nurse all you need is to do is become an RN and then get specialized on-the-job training/orientation in the operating room. You do not have to have a bachelor’s degree to become an RN. You can train to become an RN at any accredited RN program in a community college in just over 2 to three years.