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Archive > November, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 11

Behind Closed Doors

OR Nurses Are a Breed Apart

Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR

Other hospital departments don't always like those of us in surgery. Not that we care —unless it's necessary for them to like us in order for us to get what we need. We're here to do a job, not to win Miss Popularity. Maybe the problem is just that they don't understand us. So here's some insight into why we are the way we are.

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