Roles of a Scrub Nurse
Jun 2017 »
Scrub nurses spend their time in the middle of the surgical action – and unlike on TV, most surgeons don’t throw instruments, anymore. The ability to duck is no longer a surgical nurse requirement. In many hospitals, surgical scrub technicians, not nurses, have a place at the OR table. But some hospitals still utilize nurses and on some units, particularly labor and delivery, scrubbing in for surgery is part of the job.
