Lisa2902

I was scrubbing an inguinal hernia (very large by the way) case with an absolute jerko surgeon. The surgeon was using the "pop-off" sutures left and right and my needle box was full (very small magnetic type). I asked for a new needle box and began placing my used sutures safely inside. So this jerko had to wait for like a fraction ... and I mean a mere fraction ... of a second for me to pass him a suture right ... an he threw this raging tantrum because I was slowing him down. Well, very professionally I might add, told him I had to secure the contaminated sutures for his safety as well as my own. Needless to say, the jerko threatened to throw the needle box across the room just to see mine and the circulators reactions. Real professional huh? Needless to say, the same jerko doc threatened to stab one of the techs with a contaminated scalpel during another procedure. He got written up and I'm sure berated for this episode. He's still the same old jerko though and I'm sure will never change.

I will be 30-years-old and hoping to be accepted into the RN program at the community college for fall '02. I already have an associate's of applied science in surgical technology which I recievied in '97 at the age of 25-years. I plan, as well, to pursue my BSN sometime after finishing RN.