Probably a dumb question from a nursing student

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Hi! I'm a nursing student currently doing my final focus in the OR. I have been there about two months now and have so far been only in Ortho, mostly doing total hips and knees, much to the chagrin of many physicians. It's a very steep learning curve and I feel like a fool often, but I'm beginning to get the hang of things. My question however pertains to getting fat and blood on my gloves, which makes them super slippery, which causes me to take a second to pick up the instruments, which adds to the glares i get by the people who are not happy about having a student in ortho. Does anyone have a trick for decreasing the slipperiness of my gloves? I try to clean them off but once the fat gets on them it takes awhile to get it off. I did warn you this might be a stupid question! Any advice would be very appreciated. Thank you for your time.

C.

Specializes in OR.

It NOT legal! Period! The unliscenced people present pose a risk to patient safety.

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It NOT legal! Period! The unliscenced people present pose a risk to patient safety.

Perhaps where you are it is illegal (which is scary), but obviously not where the OP or petiteOPrn are at.

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