OR manager working a room

[NurseLumpia]

Hello all,

This topic just came about recently... Staff in my OR feel that the managers are all out of touch with the rooms. The staff have spoken to HR about this and the feedback from the managers' are "I'm too busy to work a room"

SO! I was just wondering how feasible is it for the mangers' of their respected specialties to work (do both circ and scrub) the room at least once a month.

Thanks for the input!

[RNOTODAY, BSN, RN]

I kind of disagree. I come from a very large medical center. While I agree the clinical managers should have EXPERIENCE doing what we do, I do feel that they have other things to take care of while the

STAFF runs the room.... for instance.. I am a nurse... I dont feel it is my job to be washing the floor, etc when I have to get, meds, interview patient for my next case, all in 30 minutes. Everybody should have their job.... I cant fill in as manager and still circulate... everybody should be able to to fill their own roles without worrrying about someone elses. Our managers have to do payroll, etc.... they get called all the time by te OTHER rooms in the service.... how can they be expected to run a room or even scrub?

and you can call me a team player or not a team player or not I dont care... this might be off subject but here goes.... I am a nurse and have the responsibility to do many things for a patient that NO BODY else can do. So NO, I WILL NOT be helping you mop a floor, fill toilet paper etc..... they cannot help me with my job, why sould I be doing theirs too? We just have too much that we are responsible for. everybody has a job desription and tere is a reason for it. if everybody did their role, we would have smooth running or's.