tell me about your brainless moments

Specialties Operating Room

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we all have them, and apparently mine is such a doozy that i now tell it to the new staff to make them feel better when they're feeling cruddy for doing something silly.

the day after my work christmas party, i was at work, a little worse for wear, as were my colleagues.

i had a plastics case - i scrubbed, entered the theatre, dried my hands and began to set up my trolley, i'd probably been in the room a couple of minutes, organising my stuff when i realised that i wasn't wearing a gown or gloves and nobody had noticed.

please, spill yours.

Specializes in Only the O.R. and proud of it!.

I have had many brainless moments. Went to lunch. Didn't realize mask was still on until I tried to eat. Entered the OR many times with no mask without realizing it. Left room to get something the scrub asked for. By the time I got to the storage area forgot what I was going for. I have blanked out on surgeons' names. Staff names, etc. and so many more thing that I just cannot remember right now. If haven't had a brainless moment, you haven't been in the OR (or in nursing) long enough.

Specializes in Med/Surg; CVOR; CVICU.

Phew, this makes me feel better. New OR nurse here, haven't started yet and getting nervous!

i got busted the other day turning around so that my body was aligned the same way as the patient's so that i could work out which side the diathermy plate was on and which arm was on an arm board.

Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
i got busted the other day turning around so that my body was aligned the same way as the patient's so that i could work out which side the diathermy plate was on and which arm was on an arm board.

Ha! I have to do that pretty much every time I have to position a patient laterally to make sure everything's set up on the proper side. Glad I'm not the only one!

P.S. Diathermy=electrocautery? I'm guessing so, but not sure.

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