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hey say breakfast is the most impor-
tant meal of the day, but I'd rather
sleep a few minutes longer than
make bacon and eggs or eat cereal that
changes the color of my milk. Besides,
breakfast is only worth having when
somebody else makes it for you. I'll
just gulp down something while driving
to work, like a quick, delicious and filling
chocolate SlimFast. Yummmm. Some days
my co-workers remind me of breakfast items.
• Sunny-side up. Undercooked and needs more experience. That's
everyone at one time or another starting out in a new OR or with a new
surgeon. Stick a fork in that delight and you'll need lots of stuff and
help to stop the running everywhere that you're going to have to do.
• Scrambled. Your field looks to be a scrambled-up mess. There are
instruments on the patient, on the table and on the floor. Where are
all your sponges? I know I gave you at least 20. I don't know which is
worse: this scrambled-up mess or the sunny-side up disaster.
• Hard-boiled. Your surly circulator who's been doing this for 40
years. She's had her fair share of sunny and scrambled surgeons. Just
as an egg is boiled until the white and the yolk are solid, a hard-boiled
person is roiled until tough and cynical.
• Omelets. Organized and all together. Meat, eggs and whatever
extra you might want and need, it's in the room. You got a great scrub.
• Egg whites. Where's the joy and satisfaction in having this? What's the
point in doing this procedure in an OR? With a little local, you can stick,
What's on the Menu for Breakfast?
Bacon and eggs got me thinking of the people I work with in the OR.
Behind Closed Doors
Paula Watkins, RN
