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That last post is quoted from http://conhs.tamucc.edu/ FYI...

attention: students who submitted a nursing application between the dates of 12/26/2005 and 1/05/2006: due to computer system error some applications submitted were not received. please resubmit any nursing application originally submitted between those dates.

See if this doesn't help out http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/Final%20PS%20on%20Correct%20Site%20Surgery.pdf

AORN Position Statement... "AORN believes individuals who are not licensed to practice professional nursing and who perform in the role of scrub person are performing a delegated technical function under the direct supervision of a perioperative registered nurse."

The Secretary of State is Cathy Cox and her office is in Atlanta... http://www.sos.state.ga.us/contact.htm This is an e-mail link to the Secretary's Office http://www.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/email.asp This is a schedule of Board meeting dates... http://www.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/MeetingDatesResults.asp?BoardID=34 This is a list of Board members.. http://www.sos.state.ga.us/plb/rn/board_info.htm you can write them at: Georgia Board of Nursing 237 Coliseum Drive Macon, GA 31217-3858

Here goes...my first post. For the past 15 years I have worked as an OR nurse...at some point in each RN's career, we have been or will be subjected to some form of abuse. I have always contended that the OR is the only job in which you are virtually locked in a room with a sociopath for 8 hours. Yes, you do feel humiliated and powerless...that is his goal. I have even seen a surgeon throw a wet lap at the LPN across the table from him and strike her in the chest with it...without any repercussions. Unfortunately in may locations, especially small hospitals, busy surgeons are the largest generators of positive cash flow and are less likely to be singled out by the administration. I encourage those like you never give in to pressure. This article provides some interesting insight: http://community.nursingspectrum.com/MagazineArticles/article.cfm?AID=13028. Always inform your immediate supervisor and if the behavior warrants, provide written documentation. As a manager, I encouraged my staff to call me when they felt that typical physican behavior trancended into abuse so that I might come to the room and assist them. Truthfully, from my experience, I removed the staff immediately and would deal with the physician's behavior after the case...if necessary, I wouldn't leave the room. At the last hospital I worked, out of control physicians were referred to anger management classes and one surgeon was removed from staff due to repeated DOCUMENTED verbal abuse of the nurses. Don't forget other avenues of assistance such as Risk Management or the Medical Director but follow the chain of command if that is the norm. Most hospitals have procedures in place to report workplace abuse but these systems are useless unless upper level administrators are willing to discipline the physicians who are abusive and protect the nurses who report them.