Flirting in the OR

[Laurel123]

So, this is just a thread for my curiousity. It came up, because my sister is a Human Resources manager for a large company and she was at my house and working on her materials for these seminars she has to do regarding sexual harrassment. It shocked me because pretty much everything that they tell you not to do - is done in the OR. I mean, in residency, we were always raunchy and full of dirty jokes - but that's residency and residency is like school.


So I have been in private practice now for about three years and I have noticed that there is a lot of flirting and suggestive conversation in the operating rooms (and hallways). I work at a 12 room OR that runs all night. Mostly between young female techs and nurses and older (usually married) male surgeons and anesthesiologists. These girls are always giggling, flirting, hugging, teasing the surgeons and anesthesiologists. Sometimes these guys are twice their age, often they are married. The girls invite them out to bars or invite them to go work out with them. The girls will tell these men 'you look hot today' or 'you smell sexy'. I don't kinow if it goes beyond this.

Anyways, just curious what all you male doctors' experience with flirtatious, young nurses and techs are. Is this normal OR interactions in private practice. Personally, I am a married, female doctor (and my husband has nothing to do with the medical field) that has pretty much been one of the guys my whole life so none of this really affects or involves me. I'm just nosy and curious.

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[cchoukal]

Dicey. I'm a dude and a resident, and I find it a little hard to flirt with the girl surgery residents in the OR because doing so in front of their attendings always feels like their parents are right there watching! And our nursing and tech staff are not, as they say, cable-ready.

 

[leaverus]

I've not noticed it either - it may be more prevalent in private practice where there are no residents. An attending in private practice is probably at more liberty to engage in such activities without having to worry about potential repercussions, whereas a resident really has to watch what they say/do.

 

[Planktonmd]

So, this is just a thread for my curiousity. It came up, because my sister is a Human Resources manager for a large company and she was at my house and working on her materials for these seminars she has to do regarding sexual harrassment. It shocked me because pretty much everything that they tell you not to do - is done in the OR. I mean, in residency, we were always raunchy and full of dirty jokes - but that's residency and residency is like school.


So I have been in private practice now for about three years and I have noticed that there is a lot of flirting and suggestive conversation in the operating rooms (and hallways). I work at a 12 room OR that runs all night. Mostly between young female techs and nurses and older (usually married) male surgeons and anesthesiologists. These girls are always giggling, flirting, hugging, teasing the surgeons and anesthesiologists. Sometimes these guys are twice their age, often they are married. The girls invite them out to bars or invite them to go work out with them. The girls will tell these men 'you look hot today' or 'you smell sexy'. I don't kinow if it goes beyond this.

Anyways, just curious what all you male doctors' experience with flirtatious, young nurses and techs are. Is this normal OR interactions in private practice. Personally, I am a married, female doctor (and my husband has nothing to do with the medical field) that has pretty much been one of the guys my whole life so none of this really affects or involves me. I'm just nosy and curious.

It is very common and mostly harmless.

 

[dhb]

Something is wrong if there isn't at least one conversation about sex every day... but nurses flirting with attendings in the way you describe no.

 

[Bertelman]

I've not noticed it either - it may be more prevalent in private practice where there are no residents.

Ka-Ching!

Definitely more prevalent in PP. Flirtations are pretty common, maybe because you are mostly isolated into small groups for long hours. Generally harmless, but like anywhere else, relationships develop. Some honest, some not.

 

[JP2005]

i do it ALL the time....but you do have to be careful (a lot of young nurses over the hospital are friends with each other, even at a big place...ive learned the hard way)......😀

being in PP when im 28 yo is gonna be a blast if thats the case.....😍

 

[tussionex]

hospitals are passion pits, throughout the whole house.

 

[jwk]

Many of the nurses I work with are absolutely shameless when new young doctors start in practice.

 

[militarymd]

The hottie nurses are ALWAYS hitting on us male doctors.

It's about the $$$$$.....

Have I said that before?

 

[2win]

The hottie nurses are ALWAYS hitting on us male doctors.

It's about the $$$$$.....

Have I said that before?

what happens in OR stays in OR!

 

[militarymd]

what happens in OR stays in OR!

it's the stairwell at my hospital.

 

[coprolalia]

I can tell you this much: I've noticed that it's only the fat, ugly, bitter, unattractive older female staff who complain and get upset about it. Must be an attention-seeking thing. As an example, I know all the names of the young hotties in the OR (and the rest of the hospital). I can barely remember the names of the not-so-much ones.

Hey, just keeping it real. Youth and beauty is paramount. That's just the way it is.

-copro

 

[zippy2u]

Perhaps Laurel you're subconsciously jealous of these young cougars. These youngins exude sexuality with a capital S and you prolly don't. You can throw up your best bikini pic and prove me wrong but ya prolly won't. Hey, don't feel bad, People magazine ain't beatin' down my door for the sexiest man of the year award. Regards, ---Zippy

 

[deleted9493]

Perhaps Laurel you're subconsciously jealous of these young cougars. These youngins exude sexuality with a capital S and you prolly don't. You can throw up your best bikini pic and prove me wrong but ya prolly won't. Hey, don't feel bad, People magazine ain't beatin' down my door for the sexiest man of the year award. Regards, ---Zippy

Alright. That does it. May we please make a quotes 'sticky' and label it "The Best of Zippy2u"? It'd be nice to be able to just go to that when in need of a good chuckle. Bravo, Zippy. Bravo.

 

[jetproppilot]

Alright. That does it. May we please make a quotes 'sticky' and label it "The Best of Zippy2u"? It'd be nice to be able to just go to that when in need of a good chuckle. Bravo, Zippy. Bravo.

Uhhhhh, Hudson, let me help you:

THE ZIPPSTERS IS BACK!!!!!

C'mon, Zip.

Ya can't be that busy.

PLEASE visit here more. I've yet to read wanna your posts that hasnt made me laugh.

For our readers out there, YA GOTTA search Zippys posts for the post that describes the last day of his residency, and how he rode into the sunset in his uncle's car with....uhhhh....I'll leave some mystery.

Truly a f ukking hilarious post that'll make you pee pee in your panties.

Maybe Cop or another computer savvy stud can find it and post it here.

Believe me, its worth perpetuating!

 

[bubalus]

Many of the nurses I work with are absolutely shameless when new young doctors start in practice.

You got a spot in your group for a new young doctor?

 

[Laurel123]

Perhaps Laurel you're subconsciously jealous of these young cougars. These youngins exude sexuality with a capital S and you prolly don't. You can throw up your best bikini pic and prove me wrong but ya prolly won't. Hey, don't feel bad, People magazine ain't beatin' down my door for the sexiest man of the year award. Regards, ---Zippy

Haha! Oh, I am not upset or offended. But I think I am jealous! Not of the girls, but of all you male doctors that get your butts kissed by hoards of young, hot subordinates everyday at work. I mean, some of these anesthesiologists are old and wrinkly and still get fawned all over. So yeah, if you are young male doc and not fugly - you will get the pick of the crop. In the OR last week, I had to ask twice for my dilaudid because the circulator was too busy flirting with the new ortho doc and trying to take off his lead from under his gown (that sounds dirty). Oh well, I guess it's just penis envy. First, you guys get to pee standing up and don't have to take all your crap out of your scrubs back pocket everytime you go to the bathroom - and now this.

 

[coprolalia]

Maybe Cop or another computer savvy stud can find it and post it here.

You callin' me a computer geek?

(P.S. Zip has an uncanny way of ever-so-bluntly posting exactly what I'm thinking. I think he's all up in my brain and whatnot.)

Last day of residency was ,without a doubt, one of the best days of my life... I was on call, 3AM get a call from burn unit to emergently intubate a big guy that had been 50% burned upper torso with smoke inhalation. Half a stick of STP and 100 o' sux-- all edema. I told myself I wasn't goin' out like this. Just rammed a 7.5 where I thought it should be and it slid in. BS bilateral and PCXR was solid. O2 sats golden and RT lady all happy. No procedure note, no charge sheet. Beeper left at OR board when no one was lookin'. Slid out hospital at 0645 with no goodby's, thank you's or gonna miss you's. Got to the apt. and loaded up U-Haul with 100% VA disability, 100% SS disability uncle( Vietnam, agent orange, PTSD--you know the bogus gig). Letter and keys in an envelope dropped in the apt. night box. No change or forwarding of address with post office, no cares about apt. or electric deposits. ZIPPY DONE EVAPORATED! Roll on out at 1700 with floorboard boom box playin' "Comfortably Numb", and a bottle of chilled Wild Turkey in the ice chest. Uncle drivin' and on outskirts of town we light up a big fat doober. I told him not to shut off the old biitch until we were home. Ole Hunter Thompson didn't have a thing on us that night... Regards, ---Zip

No, MY regards, 👍

-copro

 

[coprolalia]

Haha! Oh, I am not upset or offended. But I think I am jealous! Not of the girls, but of all you male doctors that get your butts kissed by hoards of young, hot subordinates everyday at work. I mean, some of these anesthesiologists are old and wrinkly and still get fawned all over. So yeah, if you are young male doc and not fugly - you will get the pick of the crop. In the OR last week, I had to ask twice for my dilaudid because the circulator was too busy flirting with the new ortho doc and trying to take off his lead from under his gown (that sounds dirty). Oh well, I guess it's just penis envy. First, you guys get to pee standing up and don't have to take all your crap out of your scrubs back pocket everytime you go to the bathroom - and now this.

If I was at your hospital, I would hit on you, Laurel. Even if Mr. Laurel got jealous. Your posts here are great. And, what's sexiest is what's between the ears. I bet you're a fireball. Don't have penis envy. I know how a lot of the female 'ologists are treated... like nurses. You gotta deal with the lack o'respect thing all the time, and do it gracefully... or you're labeled a "b*tch"... usually behind your back... most people are cowards.

But you. You're cool. I bet you're sexy as hell, too. You show up, do your job well, and even if you sometimes get frustrated with all the soap-opera crap you see every day, you don't let it get to you... too much. I bet Mr. Laurel gets a nice reward every day you come home with all that pent-up energy and frustration. Women like you are a rare find. Mr. Laurel doesn't even know how lucky he is.

Yeah, I'd hit on you, Laurel. I'd do it because I know you'd appreciate be appreciated for being more than just a superficial POA. I'd acknowledge how smart you are, how hard you've worked to get where you've gotten to in life, and that you have to deal with sexist crap everyday without complaining. I'd know that there's a brain in there. I'd imagine what you looked like not wearing those unflattering scrubs. I'd want to know what makes you tick. I'd listen to you. And, I bet you're fantastic and complex and much more interesting outside of the OR than you are during the daily grind. I'd appreciate you for the total woman that you are. I'd know that you have so much more to offer than some young chick fresh outta diapers that's fawning over some geeky doctor that probably doesn't even know how to properly use his equipment anyway because he spent most of his time in college and med school studying. It'd be tantric between us. I'd recognize the full sexiness of you, both inside and out.

Yeah, Laurel, it'd be different if I was at your hospital. 😍

xo,
-copro

(Feel better?)

 

[Bertelman]

Last day of residency was ,without a doubt, one of the best days of my life... I was on call, 3AM get a call from burn unit to emergently intubate a big guy that had been 50% burned upper torso with smoke inhalation. Half a stick of STP and 100 o' sux-- all edema. I told myself I wasn't goin' out like this. Just rammed a 7.5 where I thought it should be and it slid in. BS bilateral and PCXR was solid. O2 sats golden and RT lady all happy. No procedure note, no charge sheet. Beeper left at OR board when no one was lookin'. Slid out hospital at 0645 with no goodby's, thank you's or gonna miss you's. Got to the apt. and loaded up U-Haul with 100% VA disability, 100% SS disability uncle( Vietnam, agent orange, PTSD--you know the bogus gig). Letter and keys in an envelope dropped in the apt. night box. No change or forwarding of address with post office, no cares about apt. or electric deposits. ZIPPY DONE EVAPORATED! Roll on out at 1700 with floorboard boom box playin' "Comfortably Numb", and a bottle of chilled Wild Turkey in the ice chest. Uncle drivin' and on outskirts of town we light up a big fat doober. I told him not to shut off the old biitch until we were home. Ole Hunter Thompson didn't have a thing on us that night... Regards, ---Zip

I know it's three years away, but that just put a big smile on my face, maybe enough to get me through my last intern call day.

🙂

 

[Bougie]

Summing up copro's post...



The hotties at our program (rad techs, nursing students) are quickly run out by the older, jealous, fat, saggy, warty, Helga type charge nurses so you only have like two weeks to work it. Gotta love the challenge.

 

[Planktonmd]

If I was at your hospital, I would hit on you, Laurel. Even if Mr. Laurel got jealous. Your posts here are great. And, what's sexiest is what's between the ears. I bet you're a fireball. Don't have penis envy. I know how a lot of the female 'ologists are treated... like nurses. You gotta deal with the lack o'respect thing all the time, and do it gracefully... or you're labeled a "b*tch"... usually behind your back... most people are cowards.

But you. You're cool. I bet you're sexy as hell, too. You show up, do your job well, and even if you sometimes get frustrated with all the soap-opera crap you see every day, you don't let it get to you... too much. I bet Mr. Laurel gets a nice reward every day you come home with all that pent-up energy and frustration. Women like you are a rare find. Mr. Laurel doesn't even know how lucky he is.

Yeah, I'd hit on you, Laurel. I'd do it because I know you'd appreciate be appreciated for being more than just a superficial POA. I'd acknowledge how smart you are, how hard you've worked to get where you've gotten to in life, and that you have to deal with sexist crap everyday without complaining. I'd know that there's a brain in there. I'd imagine what you looked like not wearing those unflattering scrubs. I'd want to know what makes you tick. I'd listen to you. And, I bet you're fantastic and complex and much more interesting outside of the OR than you are during the daily grind. I'd appreciate you for the total woman that you are. I'd know that you have so much more to offer than some young chick fresh outta diapers that's fawning over some geeky doctor that probably doesn't even know how to properly use his equipment anyway because he spent most of his time in college and med school studying. It'd be tantric between us. I'd recognize the full sexiness of you, both inside and out.

Yeah, Laurel, it'd be different if I was at your hospital. 😍

xo,
-copro

(Feel better?)

I have to borrow this from Jet:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA......

 

[2win]

If I was at your hospital, I would hit on you, Laurel. Even if Mr. Laurel got jealous. Your posts here are great. And, what's sexiest is what's between the ears. I bet you're a fireball. Don't have penis envy. I know how a lot of the female 'ologists are treated... like nurses. You gotta deal with the lack o'respect thing all the time, and do it gracefully... or you're labeled a "b*tch"... usually behind your back... most people are cowards.

But you. You're cool. I bet you're sexy as hell, too. You show up, do your job well, and even if you sometimes get frustrated with all the soap-opera crap you see every day, you don't let it get to you... too much. I bet Mr. Laurel gets a nice reward every day you come home with all that pent-up energy and frustration. Women like you are a rare find. Mr. Laurel doesn't even know how lucky he is.

Yeah, I'd hit on you, Laurel. I'd do it because I know you'd appreciate be appreciated for being more than just a superficial POA. I'd acknowledge how smart you are, how hard you've worked to get where you've gotten to in life, and that you have to deal with sexist crap everyday without complaining. I'd know that there's a brain in there. I'd imagine what you looked like not wearing those unflattering scrubs. I'd want to know what makes you tick. I'd listen to you. And, I bet you're fantastic and complex and much more interesting outside of the OR than you are during the daily grind. I'd appreciate you for the total woman that you are. I'd know that you have so much more to offer than some young chick fresh outta diapers that's fawning over some geeky doctor that probably doesn't even know how to properly use his equipment anyway because he spent most of his time in college and med school studying. It'd be tantric between us. I'd recognize the full sexiness of you, both inside and out.

Yeah, Laurel, it'd be different if I was at your hospital. 😍

xo,
-copro

(Feel better?)

hey copro - you made my day buddy!

 

[Strength&Speed]

why is the anesthesiology forum more fun than the other doctor forums? Im not trying to kiss ass here, it just seems like there are real people here, with real goals in life other than medicine, and real senses of humor.

 

[Bubblehead-to-MD]

why is the anesthesiology forum more fun than the other doctor forums? Im not trying to kiss ass here, it just seems like there are real people here, with real goals in life other than medicine, and real senses of humor.

I was just thinking the very same thing...have I been looking into the wrong specialties?

 

[Laurel123]

I was just thinking the very same thing...have I been looking into the wrong specialties?

Because while it isn't considered a 'lifestyle' specialty (I work a lot, and long hours!), it is easy to leave my work at work and then spend my free time doing lots of different things. I think anesthesiologists seem to have a lot of different and cool hobbies and interests. Maybe I'm biased - but the people in my group are just fun people.

Also, if you look through the different threads here, it appears that the people here are working out a lot and getting buff, have nice watches, own a variety of weaponry and are always being hit on by young cute 'support' staff!

 

[badasshairday]

why is the anesthesiology forum more fun than the other doctor forums? Im not trying to kiss ass here, it just seems like there are real people here, with real goals in life other than medicine, and real senses of humor.

So true. I'm still a couple of weeks from starting my first year of med school and I find myself visiting the anesthesiology forum because its the best one. haha.👍

 

[jetproppilot]

why is the anesthesiology forum more fun than the other doctor forums? Im not trying to kiss ass here, it just seems like there are real people here, with real goals in life other than medicine, and real senses of humor.

The TOP TEN reasons why the anesthesiology forum is more fun than the other doctor forums.........


paul schaeffer raises hand and DRUM ROLL ensues.....

"NUMBER TEN!" ONE OF THE FORMER MODERATORS, NOYAC, USED TO PLAY FOR THE NEW YORK METS SO THE ANESTHESIA FORUM CONSISTS MOSTLY OF BASEBALL-HOE-GROUPIES

"NUMBER NINE!!!" CASH EQUALS FUN

"NUMBER EIGHT!" THERES NOT AN ACADEMIC ANESTHESIOLOGIST ON THE PLANET THAT WEARS A BOW TIE

"NUMBER SEVEN!" ARNIE MADE IT TO GOVERNOR!!!! [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqtTaJzON0M[/YOUTUBE]

"NUMBER SIX!" OUR INDUCTION AGENT OF CHOICE IS WHITE AND MILKY

"NUMBER FIVE!" IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR TICKET, YOU CAN WRITE YOUR TICKET

"NUMBER FOUR!" EVEN MY MOM COULD FIGURE OUT SOME COOL S HIT TO DO WITH TEN WEEKS OF ANNUAL VACATION

"NUMBER THREE!" THE A.S.A. MOTTO IS PUT THE TUBE IN THE HOLE

"NUMBER TWO!" LIFE IS A TEETER-TOTTER BALANCE AND WE'RE JUST BALANCING IT OUT......REAL PEOPLE ON THE ANESTHESIA SIDE, EGOTISTICAL DICKSWINGERS ON THE SURGERY SIDE

"AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY THE ANESTHESIA FORUM IS MORE FUN THAN OTHER DOCTOR FORUMS......"

ITS HARD TO RESIST HAPPY MEN OR WOMEN WHO MAKE LOTTSA CASH DOING A JOB THEY LOVE WAKING UP AT FIVE-TWENTY IN THE MORNING FOR

[B((CROWD APPLAUSE)[/B]

 

[Brocsonic]

The TOP TEN reasons why the anesthesiology forum is more fun than the other doctor forums.........


paul schaeffer raises hand and DRUM ROLL ensues.....

"NUMBER TEN!" ONE OF THE FORMER MODERATORS, NOYAC, USED TO PLAY FOR THE NEW YORK METS SO THE ANESTHESIA FORUM CONSISTS MOSTLY OF BASEBALL-HOE-GROUPIES

"NUMBER NINE!!!" CASH EQUALS FUN

"NUMBER EIGHT!" THERES NOT AN ACADEMIC ANESTHESIOLOGIST ON THE PLANET THAT WEARS A BOW TIE

"NUMBER SEVEN!" ARNIE MADE IT TO GOVERNOR!!!! [youtube]JqtTaJzON0M[/youtube]

"NUMBER SIX!" OUR INDUCTION AGENT OF CHOICE IS WHITE AND MILKY

"NUMBER FIVE!" IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR TICKET, YOU CAN WRITE YOUR TICKET

"NUMBER FOUR!" EVEN MY MOM COULD FIGURE OUT SOME COOL S HIT TO DO WITH TEN WEEKS OF ANNUAL VACATION

"NUMBER THREE!" THE A.S.A. MOTTO IS PUT THE TUBE IN THE HOLE

"NUMBER TWO!" LIFE IS A TEETER-TOTTER BALANCE AND WE'RE JUST BALANCING IT OUT......REAL PEOPLE ON THE ANESTHESIA SIDE, EGOTISTICAL DICKSWINGING ASSFU KKERS ON THE SURGERY SIDE

"AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY THE ANESTHESIA FORUM IS MORE FUN THAN OTHER DOCTOR FORUMS......"

ITS HARD TO RESIST HAPPY MEN OR WOMEN WHO MAKE LOTTSA CASH DOING A JOB THEY LOVE WAKING UP AT FIVE-TWENTY IN THE MORNING FOR

[B((CROWD APPLAUSE)[/b]

preach on playa, preach on! 😎

 

[Jape]

I agree, this is by far the best forum I have ever been to, I mean I first got hooked when I started reading vents, jets, Noyac's, and cops post. They always crack me up. U guys always seem to be able to mix in some fun with the informative post.

 

[Laurel123]

Oh you guys are funny. Though I really don't want fake flattery - just someone to get my an upper body bair hugger for my patient, since some genius decided to stock the cysto room with exclusively lower body bair hugger and the extra non-scrubbed in tech is too busy doing a 'reach around' on the cheesy old urologist who I believe has scrubbed in and purposely clipped his cell phone at the very front of his scrubs...

Hey, the flirting is actually often a wonderful thing! There are a bunch of grouchy old surgeons that I don't think 'get some' on a regular basis at work. When they have a haggy old nurse and tech, they are a bear to work with. Pitching hissy fits at the stupidest things, complaining like a teenage girl about everythingg.... They give me such a headache. Even the music can't drown out their negatively. But when they have a hot young nurse or tech in the room that knows how to work it and stroke the 'ego' just right... these guys become putty in their hands and the whole day is just peaceful. The surgeons are happy and pleasant all day long!

 

[Bertelman]

...and the extra non-scrubbed in tech is too busy doing a 'reach around' on the cheesy old urologist who I believe has scrubbed in and purposely clipped his cell phone at the very front of his scrubs...

I believe that's a reverse reach-around

 

[IctalSmile]

Pacu nurses at my hospital.....and one of em's smokin!

 

[cockblockandrun]

I actually think the hottest hospital employees are nutritionists and circulating nurses in the OR