I am an operating room nurse (to be seen as OR from here on out). I’ve been a nurse since 2001. I have been an OR nurse since 2002.

I always wanted to be an OR nurse. My mother is an OR nurse. So there is a proud tradition in our family of service. My father was in the Air Force and now he substitute teaches. I get it from both sides, apparently.

I have worked at 4 different hospitals: the small, rural California hospital where I learned my trade, the specialty orthopedic hospital, the main hospital attached to the ortho one, and a smallish suburban hospital. I currently work in the smallish suburban hospital. I’ve been here eight years, I think?

I may use big words, or acronyms, but I will try not to. Or, if I do, I will explain myself.

I will not spare the gore though, or the bloodshed, or the profanity.

Because the OR is a batshit crazy place to work. Full of sharp instruments, sharp voicesm verbal slaps, both mine and others.

And I would not work anywhere else.

Because this place, this is where we heal people.

Um, when I woke up this morning I was not intending on getting a website or relaunching my OR nursing blog on a new platform.

Oh, shit! What happened?

No, I was supposed and still am supposed to be doing statistics homework. Which I still have to do, by tomorrow night. Plenty of time, right?

My name is Kate DeVine. No, not really, but sometimes it behooves me to be anonymous. This will be a not safe for work blog, that means there will be graphic descriptions, and definitely be profanity. I mean, all the swears, so many fucking swears. And I will probably abuse people I work with. Names and details will be changed in order to comply with HIPAA. I will not name the town or corporation I work with. But the corporation will probably be abused too, if that makes you feel better.

I will be bringing over posts from my tumblr site of the same name. But I kind of tend to get lost on tumblr and that isn’t conducive to being prompt and timely with posts.

I’m also in graduate school and I’m hoping to use this blog as a way to blow off a little steam. I’m going to post Sundays and Fridays to start.

Shall we begin? Here’s hoping this goes well.