u/Yukkibaki92

Surgeons who are obsessed with the scrub tech.

Have you heard of stories or know a surgeon who is obsessed with his scrub tech? When I first started my job one of my coworkers never scrubbed Ortho spine and I found out the surgeon would purposely say mean things to her and try to find ways to tell it her. It was so bad she requested to not work with him. And he would see her walk past his room and scrub out DURING a case to go to the front and request she be in his room. And then you have to typical dynamic where the everyone says this scrub and surgeon have a strange relationship. I’m curious because I started working with this surgeon no one wants to work with. He has become nicer because he knows no scrub wants to be in his room. But they started putting me with him everyday and he starts asking me questions about myself.Maybe I’m just too socially awkward but I find it weird him asking questions while he is doing surgery and saying it’s like we’re married . I started to be a bitch to him hoping it would get me out of his room. He told me he has been married too long I can’t hurt him. He tried to talk to me on my lunch break in the cafeteria. And circulators I work with have told me stuff that made me feel like I’m not crazy. ( I don’t think I’m hot stuff or the best scrub or anything. I literally try to make sure I do my job well and go home. I don’t talk during surgery unless it’s the usual people I work with.)

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u/Yukkibaki92 — 3 days ago

Having issues with closing count.

Recently I have had issues with the first count. One time I was missing a ray tech and it was stuck on the PAs gown. Second time it was a needle. Same PA Likes to slam the needle driver on the mayo. The needle popped off when he did it and the needle was on the floor. Third time, missing a lap. Haven’t even closed the capsule. Nurse immediately starts calling everyone instead of looking. It was in the trash. She proceeds to tell people and my manager I’m an idiot because I wouldn’t allow X-ray to come in. They haven’t closed the capsule. The surgeon was trying to figure out how to close the capsule after doing an I &D with a poly swap. How would a lap hide in a knee and the capsule isn’t closed? I’m making newbie mistakes and it’s getting to me. I try to keep count of everything. After this back to back I’m feeling not competent.

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u/Yukkibaki92 — 14 days ago