scrub tech= scrub nurse? hmmm....

[OhioCCRN]

Re: the recent hype r/t Minka Kelly,

puzzled.... since when is a scrub technician a scrub nurse?

http://tonicgossip.com/2010/09/30/minka-kelley-used-to-work-as-nurse/

[klone, MSN, RN]

i doubt it's illegal to simply call yourself any kind of nurse, ha, there'd be millions in jail for it.

what's generally illegal is pretending to be a nurse for employment/practice purposes.

Depends on the state. In some states "nurse" is a protected title.

[klone, MSN, RN]

P.S. Who's Minka Kelly?

[morte, LPN, LVN]

She doesn't hold a California nursing license, if here name is the same...

If she is a tech and not a nurse it would be moot....but try Dufay as a last name.

[oliviajolie]

Most of the public don't know what a scrub tech really is. I think she was just trying to use a title that the public can understand. I am not at all advocating that people should sling around the word "nurse" when they are not, in fact, nurses. I bet it made her feel important though!

lol i just had to laugh

[CCL RN, RN]

If she is a tech and not a nurse it would be moot.....

That was my implication....

[morte, LPN, LVN]

That was my implication....

I understand that, I just thought you might like to make a repeat search on what may have been the name she might have used for lic.