Dating in the O.R???

Paul,
I also bristle at policies that are overly restrictive and seem to have no purpose other than to control people. However, the post you responded to said that there could be no superior/subordinate work relationship between 2 people dating in the department. This could include a manager, charge nurse, or even a circulator/scrub relationship.This is not simply a policy dictating what 2 people can/can't do outside the workplace.
This is an entirely different story and could lead to major headaches, legal & otherwise, in the department.

Similarly, a couple working together in the same room in an OR where there is a bad outcome could find themselves in a very uncomfortable situation if an attorney questions their statements, saying that one of them is untruthful in order to protect the other.
We had an RN couple in our OR who enjoyed doing cases together. I refused to work a room with both of them, not because their work was not good, but because I feared the fallout could be atrocious if anything bad happened. It's really not in the best interest of the couple to share an assignment, for their own protection. If a couple can tolerate working in the same department and avoid working in the same room, and neither of them is in a subordinate position, then go for it. Linda

My parents met "over the table" in the OR -- Dad was an anesthesiologist, Mom was the OR supervisor, in an Air Force Base medical center during the Korean conflict. (Neither was married at the time -- no "hanky panky" on the side!) They dated, married, and have had a v. happy marriage. Mom took maternity leave when she got pregnant with me the following year, and never returned to nursing.

This is endemic in hospitals - and I expect it to be no different when I enter my CRNA clinicals this August.

Don't do it - if they're in a different department, that's one thing, but as a previous poster said, don't poop where you eat. Bad idea.

My background is ICU, but I can tell you that I watched two people who I individually considered to be friends just about ruin both their personal and professional lives by not being able to be discreet.

I'm not going to judge their morality - not my place - but she lost her marriage, he came so close it isn't even funny, and they both lost a lot of professional credibility. She ended up leaving, but she was the one who couldn't keep her mouth shut to begin with...telling us ALL things none of us wanted to hear.

Same female nurse also dated briefly a pulmonologist...he actually talked to me about it after she blabbed his personal bidness all over the hospital, and if he's to be believed (and I do, because of a few things that totally corroborate and make sense) then he's been accused of a lot that he DIDN'T do. I kinda feel sorry for him, 'cause he's young-ish, recently divorced, nice looking and a very hot commodity on the market, but he doesn't want any of the barracuda coming after him right now.

So no, as much as my husband (cop of 21 years, and it's the same way around the police department with the Peyton Place shenanigans) may irritate me and make me want to smack him at times...I'll keep what I have, thank you very much, and not risk my career, which I have worked SO HARD to get.

never fish off of the company pier!

WOW!! Peeeing on myself this is soooo funny!! Thanks for laughs!!