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Staring Down OR Bullies
Disruptive behavior among your physicians and staff is a problem you can't afford to ignore.
Irene Tsikitas, Associate Editor

Surgeons throwing instruments in fits of rage and nurses sabotaging each other are nothing new to those who've spent any time in the OR. "Unless you've been there," says one circulator, "you wouldn't believe what goes on behind those closed doors." But no longer do you have to turn a blind eye to so-called doctor road rage and nurse-on-nurse hostility. Here's how you can root out unacceptable behavior — be it short-fused surgeons driven easily to extremes or nurses accomplished in the art of passive-aggressive behavior — and create a safe and civil workplace.

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