>> You can, I think you can go and get an associate's,
but I think it's highly suggested now you go and get a bachelor's.
And then you take your boards to become a registered nurse.
And then some people will work on a floor for a while.
Or, you know, do something else as an RN to gain some kind
of [inaudible] experience and then go into the OR.
I actually went straight from school to the OR.
And they have programs that now; they're about six months' long.
And it's basically on-the-job training.
So you come in, usually to like a big university hospital.
And they have a group of people, who are not experienced as OR nurses.
And they train you on sterility and instruments and different procedures.
And so you have a lot of classroom time and hands-on experience
with the instruments and all the equipment.
And then you start seeing patients.
And you have mentors with you that you follow.
And they teach you all procedures and that kind of stuff, so that you kind of get a good base.