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  1. Are Techs And RN's equal in managements eyes?

    My music marketing degree is actually a business degree, but thats irrelevant. There is a lot of back story and missing info that I didn't include. If I had refused to go on duty. I would have been fired. I'm sure you say thats wrong, and yes I ...
  2. Fog Out

    try hooking the insufflation up to a different trocar. everone always hooks it up to the trocar the camera goes in. I hook it up to a different trocar and have less problems
  3. Are Techs And RN's equal in managements eyes?

    I have experienced something similar to you. So before I tell you my experience. I will inform you of my background. I am currently the ethics and compliance officer for my company. I have been scrubbing for 4 years. I went to college when I fin...
  4. OR Nurses....Phantom pain....is this true?

    I had a good friend in college who was missing the lower part of his leg. He talked about the phantom feelings. He would talk about how his foot would itch at times.
  5. Count Procedures in OR - who does it?

    I would like to say thank you to those of you who ask the person scrubbed in to count when its conveniant for them. Atleast during the case. The first thing I always count when we are closing is lap sponges and raytecs. When the doc brings them ou...
  6. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

    Ok lets try this again in a nice way. You are the third person to respond to what I said. Please reread what I have stated. I did not say that it is ok for a scrub to be a nurse, or a charge nurse, or a perioperative manager. I have not once sai...
  7. Verbal Abuse in OR

    no it doesn't make it acceptable. i was just asking. thinking maybe he got the point when you brought it up to him about his swearing. I guess maybe everytime he swears at you. You could do the same thing. hopefully at some point he will get the...
  8. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

    Perhaps were just not understanding each other. I am not talking about someone running the OR suite, nor am I talking about someone running the entire operative unit. I have not once mentioned that. I am talking about someone running the entire st...
  9. Verbal Abuse in OR

    did he continue swearing at you after you brought it to his attention?
  10. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

    If you could read. I was replying to someone who stated earlier that there was a scrub running their surgery center. Also if you actually read what I said. It was a scrub running a surgery center. Not a scrub managing an OR suite, or being the pe...
  11. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

    I really want to chew up a lot of people's opinions on this board. Although I do understand that we all have the right to bear our own opinions. I also understand that people get angry at work, and they come here to vent. So there is no point in s...
  12. Has A Surgeon Ever Thrown An Instrument At You?

    I've never had anyone throw any instruments at me. For what ever reason the jerk docs all seem to like me. I don't know if its because I am a guy or if its because I shave my head, have earrings and tattoos. Or if its because we jerks seem to attr...