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You Might Be Having a Bad Day If…
When everything that can go wrong actually does.
T
here are bad days on the job,
and then there are days when
nothing goes right. Things get
so bad that you question your abili-
ties as an OR nurse. Here are some
signs that you might be having a bad
day.
• For the third day, your badge
won't clock you in. Every day you
call about it and every day they say
they'll fix it.
• There are no scrubs in your aver-
age size. There are XXL and XS.
There is always XS. I don't think I've
worked with an XS person in 25
years. Who orders stuff like this?
• You went home yesterday
assigned to Room 3 with the surgeon
you love to work with. You come to
work today and there are 3 more
cases added to the 5 that are already
in Room 2 and you're now assigned
to that room. To compound things,
you don't care for the surgeon and
he's not particularly fond of you. Oh,
by the way, those 3 add-ons aren't
pulled either.
• The first case is a shoulder scheduled for 0700. You are set up for
Behind Closed Doors
Paula
Watkins, RN, CNOR
The surgeon is
snapping photos
like this shoulder is
America's Next
Top Model.
• GRRR Some days nothing goes right.