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Archive > July, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 7

Behind Closed Doors

You Might Be an OR Nurse If...

Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR

Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR 1 You're certain that the surgeon you worked with today uses his personality as birth control.

2 You really think the best photograph of yourself lately is the one on your ID badge.

3 Your cabinet at home has more of those blue containers left over from sterile packs than it has dishes. (One has even replaced your butter container.)

4 When you're bathing or showering, you start from the center and wash out, like you do on a prep.

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