codebrownRN

I hear what you're saying. I was a surgical tech for 20 years before I became a circulating nurse. My background allowed me to dodge a lot of the barbs you're receiving from the other end. I know a lot of scrubs that talk that way, and to be honest, it is more aligned with poor character rather than the profession. Team oriented people don't degrade other members of the team especially when it comes to total patient care. I know it sounds cliche, but people who are insecure with themselves or their position tend to do those sorts of things. I know from being on the other side that there are more than a few scrubs that hate the fact they get paid half as much as we do to do what they do. But team players aren't so concerned with their status as much as they are with patient care. I can't say it will ever really stop but just know the most important person in that room is the one laying on the table. How someone else in the room feels about my career choice is rather insignificant in the big picture of things; not to belittle your feelings at all. All I'm saying is sometimes it helps to put things into perspective. We play a very important role, scrubs play an important role, and physicians as well too, obviously. Together, we are all there for the patient at the end of the day. Period.