KY-RN
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| 07/22/2010 11:04 PM |
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I work in a very busy OR in a rather large Healthcare system. We recently acquired 2 other hospitals and I have spent much of my time getting them up to speed on equipment and training so I really haven't been able to actually "Work" in the rooms for the past two years. We have a training program where we hire experienced nurses from the floors and train them to be operating room nurses. This is a long 6 month precepted program with another 6 month probationary period. I was walking down the hall and saw one of these new nurses almost in tears. She has been in the OR now for all of 3 weeks.She held back the tears as she told me about how the surgeon had yelled at her and thrown her out of his room. I asked her to come with me, I got her some juice to drink and sat there and talked with her for nearly 30 minutes. she would tear up but never really cry, I told her it was OK to let it go but she said she didn't want to cry over this because we would see her a weak and not being able to handle the OR. I told her that all of us, yes even the guys, from time to time feel like that. That the important thing is to not let the surgeon see you cry, because it is like throwing blood into a pool of sharks. She laughed a little and gained her composure hugged me and thanked me for helping her out. She then asked me what she should do. I told her to make sure she was OK, and go back into the room and ask the surgeon if he would mind if she observed the rest of his procedure so she could learn his routine and perhaps scrub in for a future case. It worked out great and the surgeon commended her for coming back in like that to learn, he never apologized for his behavior, but let her back in. Afterward she said she felt a lot better about the whole incident and thanked me again for listening. I have always thought that we need to encourage our new nurses and students because one day, we will all need a nurse, and I hope I get one who likes their job, is well trained and can handle any situation. This day I made a great new friend and hopefully provided some insight on handling the difficult personalities that exist in surgery. She will be a great surgical nurse and someday will be a preceptor to another new nurse. As for me, sometimes I wish I was still a direct care nurse but I really like the challenges I have in growing a Healthcare system from several smaller hospitals into a world class health care facility.
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