Maybe I should tell you a little bit about what I do...
I'm a nurse! An ophthalmic nurse, that is I work with eyes. I work in an operating suite as a scrub nurse, which means I organise everything you need for an operation and then assist the surgeon in passing instruments and equipment.
It's a pretty special place to be orchestrating a mornings worth of work or in the case of today an afternoon list as well. We get to know all our surgeons pretty well and as we work we chat about what's been going on in our lives and what's the gossip in unit! This morning I had two really lovely surgeons, brothers, who have been operating together for years, and then in the afternoon I had one of their sons, so it was a "family day".
Mostly we do cataract surgery and the list length depends on the surgeon and how many patients they have booked. Today I started at 7am and finished at 6.30 pm, so by now I'm pretty tired. I'm lucky I have a really great support base at home. So when I roll in the door at 7.20 my wonderful husband Laurie has dinner all ready for me and my girls. Tomorrow's another long day and then I'll work a short day, that generally how it goes, depends on lists as to shift lengths.
I'm a nurse! An ophthalmic nurse, that is I work with eyes. I work in an operating suite as a scrub nurse, which means I organise everything you need for an operation and then assist the surgeon in passing instruments and equipment.
It's a pretty special place to be orchestrating a mornings worth of work or in the case of today an afternoon list as well. We get to know all our surgeons pretty well and as we work we chat about what's been going on in our lives and what's the gossip in unit! This morning I had two really lovely surgeons, brothers, who have been operating together for years, and then in the afternoon I had one of their sons, so it was a "family day".
Mostly we do cataract surgery and the list length depends on the surgeon and how many patients they have booked. Today I started at 7am and finished at 6.30 pm, so by now I'm pretty tired. I'm lucky I have a really great support base at home. So when I roll in the door at 7.20 my wonderful husband Laurie has dinner all ready for me and my girls. Tomorrow's another long day and then I'll work a short day, that generally how it goes, depends on lists as to shift lengths.
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| Laurie and I at Floriade in Canberra on a recent holiday.Our youngest daughter used this photo in a Facebook post with the title "Arn't they Exquisite" |
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