The core team. The very core of the surgical team is the circulator (Perioperative Nurse-RN) and the scrub (Surgical technologist-ST) tandem. The surgeons might be the key actor, but this tag team (RN and ST) is the one that set the stage and direct the play.
The RN and the surgical technologist are two completely unique designations that complement each other. They care for each other’s end of the two distinct fields of responsibility; separated by an invisible wall that