You finished a 12-hour day of cases. You can set up a trauma laparotomy in your sleep, you have run...
You skip lunch again because room 3 is turning over and the add-on is already in holding. You eat crackers...
You have been first-scrubbing a surgeon for two years. They start asking you to hold retraction the way they like,...
The offer letter says $28 an hour. Your classmate takes nights at $26 with a differential that looks small on...
You have the certificate, the CST date on the calendar, and a case log from school that felt huge while...
A recruiter tells you there is a sterile processing opening and “a lot of people use it to get into...
The first time someone asks what you “want to do,” you are usually still learning how to keep a mayo...
You show up at 6:45 on a Monday thinking you will shadow for two weeks. The charge nurse looks at...
They ask how you would handle a count discrepancy. You recite the textbook chain of command and “the patient comes...
You can first-scrub a total knee and keep your cool when the count is off. Your resume says “responsible for...