prick and dress this in the office. Treat it and street it. Bam! Ten minutes.
• Bacon. Wimpy and limpy describes a student on the first day in the
surgery rotation. Firm and crispy describes a scrub tech or circulator
ready to do it all the first day after orientation.
• Sausage patty. Experienced with a little spice that can go head to
head with whatever happens to the egg. It's also flexible enough to
mix it up with different procedures.
• Sausage link. The shift leader linking a tech and circulator with a
specific surgeon to get the case done and "outta" here.
• Ham. Works nicely with Dr. Red Eye Gravy. Some staff also like to
ham it up when boasting about all they've done and seen.
• Toast. The sopper-upper of all things runny. Or it's you (You're
toast!) when it's your fault that everything is runny. Think charred or
burnt.
• Biscuits. As in flaky. The new old nurse looking for her new ex-hus-
band is about as real as a roll of compressed dough that you just pop in
the oven. She's got her sights on an anesthesiologist, and the general sur-
geon and the plastic surgeon. Can't find her? Look where Dr. Doing-His-
Job is and you'll find her.
• Pancakes. Sometimes it only takes a short stack to get that over-
whelming case done. I'll pour all the maple syrup gratitude I can thank-
ing them for getting me out of the sunny-side up and scrambled mess.
Best part of waking up
I might rethink skipping a good breakfast during the work week. I
can't go walking into the proverbial lion's den of the OR lightly. I need
to start with a good breakfast. And at least 2 cups of coffee to make
me fit to work with.
OSM
Contact Ms. Watkins at pwatkins12@comcast.net.
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