Originally Posted by
js1993
Words have meanings. This thread was the first time I had ever heard of a surgical nurse being referred to as a “first responder.”
agree. i was referring to the OP being an ER doctors.
That being said, I'm sure the nurse has to scrub/circulate with urgent/emergent surgical patients that are covid+, so they are still on the front lines. And don't forget, during the surges, these same nurses were pulled into duty on COVID units and the ER when hospitals were overrun. People maybe not remember or realize that.