I have an interview for the OR this friday.. i'm very excited and nervous at the same time! One of the questions I am anticipating in the interview will be something along the lines of "if you witness a more senior nurse (or surgeon) breaking aseptic technique, how would you react?"
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas how i could answer this question?
Some ideas I had were:
- approach the nurse discreetly and point out the event. The nurse might have made the mistake unintentionally and it's my job to advocate for the patient's safety.
However.. if the nurse purposelly breaks sterility to cut corners and to avoid prolonging the case then I know this can be a serious problem. But.. how to address it? and how far do you go? It doesn't seem feasible re-set all the equiptment up.
