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Would You Operate On This Patient? - October 2015 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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1 9 6 O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | O C T O B E R 2 0 1 5 • A drop-in from the boss. When your supervisor visits the OR during a case (which is creepy enough because how often does your supervi- sor actually set foot in an OR?) and says, "When you have a minute, I need to talk to you." • Unexpected add-ons. You finish a long afternoon of cases and finally exhale. As you head for the lounge and possibly a cup of coffee, you feel a chill in the empty corridor. You shudder as you realize that each OR you've passed is still going. Your room was the first to come down … and as you draw near the schedule board, there it is [sinister organ music playing]: an add-on! Worse, it's with Dr. Dread! [Psycho stab- bing chords here]. • An attorney on the gurney. You interview the patient, a mild-mannered, soft-spoken woman. You go over her consent and confirm the proce- dure, transport her to the OR and transfer her onto the table, cover her with blankets and secure her with a safety belt. After the time out, you chitchat with her while anesthesia prepares the induction. Right before she drifts off to dreamland, she says, "Now y'all do a good job, I'm an attorney." • The wife of the hospital's CEO. A friend assigned to that case told me it was like something out of the Twilight Zone had sucked the coordina- tion and confidence right out of her. Whatever it was also increased the pull of gravity, so that everything she handled fell immediately to the floor. • Possessed equipment. There are certain nightmares of electronic equipment that I can never seem to get working. If I call another nurse for help, he carries out the same steps I've tried 3 times and, boom, we're operational. I need to warn him: It's very clearly a female demon that has designs on him. • Uncooperative EMRs. For older nurses: You struggle to control your B E H I N D C L O S E D D O O R S

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