• Note to self. Ask patient why he would clean under the lawn mower
while it was running.
• It only takes 1 bad apple. The anesthesia providers come in and set
the mood while we're setting things up for our 7:30 case. That 1
volatile surgeon out of 5 comes in and changes the mood for the
worst.
• Sis-boom-bah. Sometimes female surgeons have their own unique
way of doing things. Like the one who prefers to do the time out her-
self and presents it in the form of a cheer. I guess whatever it takes to
get the job done.
• What did you call me? OR nurses can have their own vocabulary to
communicate with each other. For instance, Doo Mass, Asweepe, Shi
Theed. This excludes the non-favored surgeons and anesthesiologist.
Somehow they don't seem to have a clue.
• Why so high? Some day I'm going to
ask a surgeon, "Why do you pump the
bed up as far as it will go and then ask for
a step stool?"
• Don't just sit there. Why would a sur-
geon sit down in a room we are turning
over and ask multiple times, "How much
longer?" I feel like saying, "Well, there's a
mop and the linen is over on the cabinet.
Knock yourself out. Really. I mean it."
Behind Closed Doors
CD
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Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
