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Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down.

And I'd like to take a minute; just sit right there. I'll tell you how I became a surg tech of a state called North Dakota.

So you may or may not know that I graduated with an Associates of Applied Science in Surgical Technology degree and NBSTSA certification in May. Since then, I've been looking for a job. It's been hard, because all places prefer people with experience, especially in the surgical scene. I got some interviews and considerations, but for one reason or another, none of them worked out. I expanded my search to states I'd like to live--Ohio with my parents, Arizona and Colorado because I've lived in both places, other cities all over Texas, Washington because it's gorgeous, Missouri because I have friends there... Still nibbles, but no bites.

So into September, I decided enough is enough, and I've got to start looking for other jobs as a temporary income while I continue to search. Put a bunch of applications out to all kinds of interesting jobs... I also started applying to surgical tech jobs in North Dakota, because the oil boom has done WONDERS for the economy and job openings.

Almost immediately, I got a TON of local non-surg-tech interview requests! Like, A TON. First interview I had was with Kohl's, and they pretty much dropped the part-time job offer right into my lap! (And I got calls from like FIVE other local Kohl's who also were interested.) I decided to go to my next interview, for an upscale security officer, which I thought sounded AWESOME. They would provide a couple weeks of training WHILE paying me, and then I would be posted somewhere locally.

...They offered me a job, too. This was literal days after I accepted Kohl's. But the security job paid a lot better, so I accepted and gave Kohl's the fair two weeks notice, which was fine, since it would take a while for my security job's background check to get processed. ...The next day I got a call from North Dakota...and they offered me a JOB AS A SURGICAL TECH. Which of course pays WAY better than a security officer and is what I went to school for, so of course I accepted. Had to turn down the security job, and now I've been working at Kohl's for a week (they wanted to keep me for the short time because they're about to do inventory) to gain a little extra cash.

Already got me an apartment waiting for me, which is superb and has everything I was looking for and is fairly new; especially a blessing because it's super hard to find vacancies due to the explosive population growth. Now I just have to finish up the last week at Kohl's, wait for my ND registry to go through, pack, and move! ...Within a week an a half now. Oh my gosh. As Kohl's juices me dry with near-full-time hours, and I'm exhausted.

I've never been to North Dakota, but the hospital personnel sounded nice, and I've heard the people are nice, moral, and conservative (yisssss). Winter is going to murder me, but eh. The most I'm worried about is living SO far away from ANYBODY I know. Like, holy crap, what an adventure.

TL;DR, I'm going to and have been busy, and I always have an excuse for why I haven't responded to everybody, but this one is legit, I promise???

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Anybody else at the Association for Surgical Technologists National Conference?

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Congrats on the degree what do plan on doing

Thanks!

I'm going to browse this very good market for jobs. I don't really have a set desire--no particular place I have my heart set on working. Heck, I don't even have a favorite specialty yet; all I know is I dislike gynecological cases.

As for options...

Big hospitals are always hiring and would allow for more flexible hours, and it would get me a lot of experience with various/trauma cases.

A surgery center pays more but deals with smaller cases, which means less experience.

Working for a particular physician would also pay more, and I'd get to become comfortable with his/her particular routine. Better hope I like his/her specialty, though!

My lifestyle is particularly fitting of possibly becoming a travel tech--I'm comfortable with traveling and I don't have a relationship to support. Travel tech jobs pay more, too. But I'm sure they require more experience, and I'd like to get more comfortable with my skills and status first.

Labor and delivery is an option I'd rather not have to pursue for several reasons. One is that C-sections and vaginal deliveries are all you'll ever see, and my other surgical skills will atrophy. It's also less of a learned surgical environment; the nurses don't understand how to circulate as well, and the facilities aren't as extensive or convenient as the actual OR. Though I admit, it's a wonderful feeling to bring new life into the world and be able to share that joy with the parents.

If I can't seem to get my foot in the door as a surg tech, I could try sterile processing, which I'm also qualified for. Could be a good way to ease myself in, but I really want to get out there and keep my skills sharp.

I'm going to be focusing on the local area because of my familiarity here and the particularly needy job market, but really, I could go anywhere. I'll probably also look in specific places I'm fond of, like the state where some of my good friends live, the state where my parents live, and some of my favorite states in general.

I have somewhat of an advantage over a lot of others, because my life is untethered to a lot of complications. I don't have a family to support or anybody to stay home for, and I'm a night owl, so I can work odd hours/shifts.

Basically, I'm putting feelers out anywhere and seeing who bites. Money isn't my top priority right now. What I need most is a foot in the door and some experience. What I want most is a place I belong, where people value, appreciate, and respect me. It's tough being a new surg tech. I have the feeling I'm going to become even more of a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong than when I was a student. But hey, if I survived this far, I can survive the future.

I just really hope I find a specialty and people I love.

General surgery is a mixed bag and full of interesting cases. I haven't done much trauma, but I wonder if I'd like the excitement and variety (perhaps with a little more experience). I seem to be really adept at inguinal hernias somehow? Laparotomies and GI cases can get pretty overwhelming, though. The counts are extensive and complicated in the former, and trying not to contaminate on bowel is difficult in the latter.

Gynecology is difficult and non-intuitive to me--so many tissue layers that all look the same, hard to position your back table in a comfortable place, hard to hear the surgeon or pass instruments at that angle... It just throws me off entirely.

Neurosurgery has a lot of jerk surgeons, and the cases are tedious, but I don't have quite enough experience to rule it out completely.

I am also inexperienced at vascular/heart, but it fascinates me, and I wonder if I'll really like it once I get comfortable. There's just something about arterial blood that's super fascinating~

Urology is meh.

ENT is completely foreign to me; so is ophthalmic.

Not sure about plastics, but I'm wondering if the elective cases wouldn't interest me as much, because I feel like they're not as important as life-saving ones.

I may end up liking ortho a lot. The instruments are hard to learn, and the setups can get MASSIVELY complicated, but the roughness/physicality of it all is great. Though the tons of troubleshooting and the whiny surgeons aren't the best. But I've found that as long as the surgeons aren't whining about me, it doesn't bother me so much. I've really come to enjoy the hand and foot cases (but that might be because every podiatrist I've met has been a saint--to the point that I picked one of them to treat my plantar fasciitis!). Not as much the total joints...though I have to admit, wearing the space suit is pretty fun.

Robotic surgery could be okay. I'd just have to get used to doing it. There's a lot of waiting in the middle of the case, and I'm not sure if I'd be grateful of the rest (and chance to sit down, woo!) or bored, if I had to do them a lot.

TL;DR, surgery is hard but worth it, and IDK what I want to do.

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Today I officially graduated with an Associate of Applied Science in Surgical Technology.

It's been a wild ride! Totally worth all the blood, sweat, and tears. And there truly were all three.