lisa203

So I appreciate your comments, and I to would normally do it myself and not leave it for the relief nurse, however there was still two hours to go in the case, and she insisted that I leave. She said their is too much time left in the case for me to write a report up and something else with the count could also go wrong. She had no problem with doing the report. It was the scrub nurse that seemed to be upset by the incorrect count. I understand that both of our names are going to be on the count sheet, and I do think that noting in the chart that the count was incorrect is something that must be done, but it was her attitude about it that aggravated me. Despite going through the garbage's, and doing multiple recounts, and agreeing to mark the count as incorrect she was still angry. I guess I was just venting about attitude.

Today I was working OT and when my relief came in my scrub nurse and I counted sponges, sutures ect. and found that our suture count was incorrect. We counted 18 sutures, 18 suture packs but 19 were written down. I went through the garbage and found 18 suture wrappers. I guess I made a mistake and wrote the wrong number down when I gave sutures up to the sterile field. The team was told about it and was happy with the search. I understand that this would make for an incorrect count, and that a report would need to be written up as things get lost. My problem, besides feeling bad that I left a report for the relieving nurse, is the scrub nurse seemed angry with me. I'm not perfect, it was a busy case, and I made a mistake. It happens. What would you all do in this situation? Lisa