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Meet MSF Operating Room Nurses


Louise Fang, Operating Room Nurse
'It’s not—at all—your daily working environment back home, and you have to be able to improvise in many situations.'

Work in the Field

Operating Room Nurses

Operating Room (OR) nurses often work with emergency teams to treat people wounded in conflict zones or they join teams that are providing longer-term surgical care to communities without access to functioning health care systems.

Basic diagnostic equipment and facilities needed to run an operating room will be limited: there may not even be an X-ray machine. MSF may ask OR nurses to depart on very short notice to meet the needs of emergencies that require their skills.

Requirements

  • Must meet general requirements
  • Minimum commitment of 9 to 12 months
  • Appropriate diploma, degree (RN or NP), and current license
  • At least 2 years of experience working in an OR
  • Current or recent practical experience
    (i.e. at least 6 months of clinical practice within the last 2 years)
  • Ability to work with limited technical resources
  • General knowledge of all OR duties and therefore able to be a manager and trainer in the OR
  • Experience in general surgery, obstetrics, orthopedics, and/or trauma

Assets

  • Experience as an OR nurse manager/charge nurse
 
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