Precepting new staff members in the OR

Very nicely done. Thanks for writing.Good points to consider regardless of the department one works in.

"New members are relegated to standing in the corner without much guidance, and constantly worry if they are in the way. It is an awkward time."My very first time in the OR as a student nurse, I decided to move to get a better look at what the surgeon was doing without first asking permission. I got my butt handed to me because of it (I was getting a weeee bit too close to the sterile field for his liking. I knew not to touch it, but I had never been told how far away from it I was supposed to stay. Woops). After that, I just stayed in the corner of the room and watched. Oddly enough, though, I found everything everyone was doing to be so interesting that I was very content with just dejectedly standing there.