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By: Paula Watkins
Published: 10/10/2007
My co-worker Bird asked me if I was going to write something about fireworks for the July issue of this magazine. Well, not directly. But a conversation with my friend Haley about some recent sparks and flames around the OR put those incidents into perspective.
There are times when everyone feels the need to blame something or someone for the mess they're in. It makes no difference if you're on the nursing staff, in the management offices or performing the surgery, it's a natural reaction to want to shift the responsibility for errors to anyone but yourself. Just keep in mind that it's not always the truth. From any of us to all of us, here's a list of grievances.
It's not my fault:
I've got to say, after 27 years of nursing, only the names, faces and places change. The blame, however, remains the same.
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