Celebrating Nurses’ Monumental Impact
There is a myriad of ways to participate in National Nurses Week, which is celebrated May 6-12, from honoring your staff RNs with a gift or event to taking steps to let...
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By: Paula Watkins
Published: 7/14/2008
I've learned to take on big challenges the same way you eat an elephant: one bite at a time. I've walked confidently in every adventure I've undertaken, especially in the OR. Unfortunately, that attitude hasn't always prevented me from occasionally ordering up a big slice of humble pie. Especially in the OR.
It always happens the same way. Things are going smoothly. I'm thinking, "Damn, I'm good." Then I fall on my backside and it's 28 years of cool — yes, I've been an OR nurse for that long — down the drain. I'm not the only one who sometimes feels less than sure of myself, but when you foul up as described below, you're on that stage all by your lonesome.
Sometimes I can't pronounce the words. Sometimes I forget the one thing the surgeon loves for a case. Sometimes malfunctioning equipment drives me to a rage, particularly when the problem involves the on/off switch. I'm not the perfect circulator, but I am human, taking care of other humans, and still loving it.
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