President's Message

Support Your OR Colleagues

Abstract

When I reminisce about my career in Perioperative Nursing, I have to admit my first few days/weeks of orientation (that's not what they called it in those days) do not conjure up fond memories. The staff nurse who was assigned to teach me the ropes, took vicarious pleasure in rearranging the instruments on my Mayo Tray with a lifting forcep while making disparaging remarks about my organizational skills in front of the whole surgical team, much to my humiliation and embarrassment.