I was invited by an ortho surgeon to spend a day in the OR observing four procedures. Shoulder reconstruction, hip replacement, and two orthoscopic procedures. As a nursing student this will be my first time in the OR. I would love to hear thoughts and concerns for what might be the proper etiquette in the OR. I figured ahead of time to read up on the procedures and as always be polite and respectfull of all. But any other ideas or thoughts?
And don't drink too much. If you have to pee after scrubbed it's a pain. I had a bad experience in the OR when I was a student. Our instructor warned me the scrub nurse I was assigned to was mean and not to talk to her. I stood and watched a fem-pop surgery and nearly passed out from fatigue and boredom. The vascular surgeon was mean to the scrub tech too. Just a general atmosphere of negativity in that room. I'm sure you're experience will be better.
Try to bond with the nurses there, so it doesn't look like you're a pet of the surgeon. Enjoy!
Being a pet of surgeon is a bad thing I suppose once you are in the OR. The surgion is a nice guy, he works for the air national guard as a flight surgion and full time as an ortho surgion. AS my job as the fire chief for the base we have had time to talk and share some laughs. He loves firefighting and loves to hear stories about the job. And I ask him questions about his work. Thank you all for taking the time to post. I will post something after my day next week in the OR.
Tweety, BSN, RN
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And don't drink too much. If you have to pee after scrubbed it's a pain. I had a bad experience in the OR when I was a student. Our instructor warned me the scrub nurse I was assigned to was mean and not to talk to her. I stood and watched a fem-pop surgery and nearly passed out from fatigue and boredom. The vascular surgeon was mean to the scrub tech too. Just a general atmosphere of negativity in that room. I'm sure you're experience will be better.
Try to bond with the nurses there, so it doesn't look like you're a pet of the surgeon. Enjoy!