Venting

Specialties Operating Room

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Specializes in Perioperative / RN Circulator.

I’m in a very basic urology case and we have an anesthesiologist, rad tech, surgeon, two scrubs (barely need one) and two RN. I’m charting and the other RN is circulating the room.

I need to replace my lead because it doesn’t fit right so I step out to find another set, and when I get back the board manager is in the room telling me the second scrub had gone and reported me for abandoning the patient because I left the room.

Maybe strictly we shouldn’t do it but circulators leave the OR all the time without a second RN to run for meds, get missing and replacement supplies, etc and nobody says anything about it.

Board runner told me not to worry, I did nothing wrong, and the scrub who reported me doesn’t get along with anyone; but I always thought we got along fine so I’m pretty upset that she reported me for that.

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Specializes in Periop.

What are the dynamics here? Is the board manager new? Are she/he and the scrub techs friends? You left to get new lead and the other nurse was in the room. You didn't do anything wrong in my opinion.

 

Watch your back with the scrub tech that complained though ?

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