At that time they were estimating that NASA would employ 17,211 full-time equivalents (FTEs) in fiscal year 2016 (which ended on Sept 30, 2015). NASA releases a new request every year, usually in February. BTW, a single full time equivalent could be one person working full time, or two people working half time.
What is a Surgical Nurse? A surgical nurse is a nursing professional that is trained to be able to assist during both routine and difficult surgical procedures. These types of nurses can be found around operating tables all across the word, assisting surgeons with both elective and life-saving procedures.
I have been an Operating Room Nurse since 1995. Previously, I worked in the Operating Room as a LPN/Surgical Technician from 1980-1994. I love working there. I do tire of hearing comments from other nurses that OR nurses don't really do nursing duties. I'm here to set the record straight. I am as much a RN as the next nurse and I do patient care. Operating Room Nurses assess, diagnose, plan, intervene, and evaluate their patients just like every other nurse. Let me tell you how. The RN specializing in Perioperative Nursing practice performs nursing activities in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the patients' surgical experience.