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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Home > News > February, 2012

You Might Be an OR Nurse If ...

34 dead giveaways that you're hooked on surgery.

Published: February 10, 2012
Categories: Humor, Staffing/Training

When bathing or showering, do you start from the center and wash out, like you do on a prep?

Do you think the best photograph of yourself lately is the one on your ID badge?

"You Might Be an OR Nurse If ...", published in our July 2005 issue, was one of the funniest "Behind Closed Doors" columns by Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR. We thought you might enjoy reading it again.

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Elderly Woman Severely Injured in Fall Off OR Table

ASC Administrator Stabbed to Death by Estranged Husband

Patient Dies After Admission for Gallbladder Surgery That Wasn't Performed

Orthopod Owes $150,000 for Post-Op Knee Infection

Ophthalmologist Sues His Own ASC for Blocking Plans to Open Competing Center

So-What Study Finds That ASC Owners Perform More Surgery

CMS Updates Emergency Equipment Requirement

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