Operating Room Nursing

“An OR Nurse has the distinction of working very closely with the surgeon. An OR nurse learns to think like the doctor that they are working with, learns to anticipate surgeon's needs, and works as an intricate part of the entire surgical team. OR Nursing is a very rewarding position for a highly motivated individual.”

Betty Bozzuto,RN, MBA, CASC
Vice President of Surgical Services

Saint Mary’s has 10 surgical suites including a state-of-the-art Open Heart unit and the daVinci^® Robotic Surgical System installed in February 2010.

To develop nurses with an interest in perioperative nursing Saint Mary’s allocates Student Nurse Internships each summer for RN students in an accredited ADN or BSN program who have completed their first round of clinical.

New Grad RN’s with previous experience as a Surgical Tech or who have completed a Student Nurse Internship in the OR will be considered for a one year program in OR nursing which includes an on-line program through Charter Oak College and a dynamic clinical practicum taught by our Perioperative Clinical Nurse Educator.

Additionally our Naugatuck Valley Surgical Center on Robbins Street in Waterbury operates 7 surgical suites in a patient oriented, state-of-the-art outpatient ambulatory surgery facility.

Experienced OR nurses should contact Nancy Miko at (203) 709-3031 or via e-mail at nmiko@stmh.org. Please note that RN’s with previous experience as a Surgical Tech will be given credit for one-half years of service as an RN for each year they practiced as a Surgical Tech.