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UPDATED: Review AORN’s latest guideline revision to improve your team’s hand hygiene to improve patient and staff safety.

Make a fresh commitment as a team: understand the latest evidence-based practices and educational resources on RSI prevention. Learn about a new safety designation to promote your commitment to prevent RSIs.

Perioperative nurses are astute patient advocates, and they know the importance of quality in the products and medical devices they use in patient care.

Refresh your knowledge on the safest approaches for maintaining sterile technique to reduce surgical site infection.

Nurses are complaining about a rise in incivility – here are reminders to improve your culture.

Putting evidence into practice is not always simple. Here are a few ways to take the headache out of guideline implementation and pave a path for evidence-based care.

Fire incidents are on a steady rise in healthcare, increasing every year since 2018, according to The Joint Commission’s sentinel event summary data (PDF) —and their latest sentinel event report shows early 2022 numbers are on pace to continue the upward trend.

ASCs are expected to comply with accreditation standards not only to achieve and then maintain accreditation, but also, and more importantly, to help improve and better ensure the safe delivery of high-quality patient care. The "AAAHC Quality Roadmap," issued annually by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), is designed to assist with both objectives.

AORN’s staff nurses share why documentation is essential to protect your practice and offer ways to prevent documentation burden.

These daily practices are habit for perioperative nurses, but they are also based in evidence. Where does this evidence come from and how does it translate into safe patient care?

Use a standardized procedure to prevent retention of foam pieces used with negative-pressure wound therapy devices.

Looking ahead is smart. It gives you a chance to envision where you want to be in your professional journey and what you need to do to get there. Perioperative nursing is unique because there is a defined series of rungs in the career ladder that many nurses take.

If you think you are ready to step up from clinical practice to take on a leadership role, it’s important to understand the true scope of what it takes to be a good perioperative nursing leader. Here are several characteristics of strong perioperative leaders.

Getting upper management to notice you, your skills, and your contributions requires a strategy. Here’s the formula to get your boss to see the impact you're making every day.

Perhaps you just graduated from nursing school and you are considering a career in the OR? Maybe you are an experienced perioperative nurse feeling less than motivated in your current position? No matter where you are in your nursing career, your dream job is out there waiting for you—all you need is the courage to find it!

A large number of perioperative nurses are nearing the end of their career and are looking forward to life after retirement, where they can focus on family and *gasp* themselves.

It may have been decades since you last prepared for an interview or this could be your first interview for your first job in a perioperative setting. Whatever your situation is these six tips will help you be better prepared for your next interview. Preparation is indeed the key to interview success, so read on and best of luck in landing your next perioperative position.

Looking for a new job is a stressful experience. Even more so if you happen to be without a job. We spoke with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan of MFW Consultants about four practical ways to help ease your mind, relax your body, and improve your outlook when looking for your next perioperative position. “Nurses are caretakers and doers, which is a tough combination when the goal is removing stress from your life,” explains Quinlan. Here are four ways to help you feel more relaxed and prepared during your next job search.