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OR Nurse Credits Foundation Scholarship for Helping Her on SNP Journey
Shereen Cruz, BSN, RN, CNOR is a dedicated perioperative nurse who knows the importance of her role in patients’ lives. Cruz is pursuing her graduate degree online to become a surgical nurse practitioner. Thanks to a scholarship from the AORN Foundation, she can continue honing her skills and focusing on patient care.
4 Steps to Organize Second Victim Peer Support
Perioperative professionals may face anxiety, depression, and other reactions in isolation because of traumatic events in the OR. An OR director found key strategies for widespread buy-in to launch a periop peer support program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center—here’s how.
6 Changes to Help Kids (And Adults) with Autism Prepare for Surgery
How one nurse (and mother of child with autism) helped create a positive path to survery.
3 Tips to Tailor Your OR Nurse Residency Program
One creative nurse educator shares how she shaped a successful residency.
5 Tips to Achieve Recognitions for RSI Prevention and Smoke Safety
Two of AORN’s Center for Excellence Award recipients share what sparked their journey and tips for success.
4 Infection Prevention “Tune-Ups” for All Periop Settings
If common infection risks such as incorrect hand hygiene or not following disinfectant contact time recommendations are happening in your OR, your facility could be a ticking time bomb for a dangerous and costly outbreak.
3 Steps Leaders Can Take to Promote a Healthier Work Culture
Renee Thompson, DNP, RN, FAAN, CSP, the founder and CEO of the Healthy Workforce Institute, says it’s up to nurse leaders to determine the culture in their department and deal with negative behaviors.
13 Red Flags Your Patient Could Be a Human Trafficking Victim
There are countless red flags that help identify victims of human trafficking that nurses should have on their radar. Cynthia Aulds, BS, RRT, shares a few red flags from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center that are specific to labor and sex trafficking.
3 Steps to Stop Stress Now
As JD Buchert, MSN, M.Ed., MS, RN, and colleague Kelly Murphy, BSN, RN, NE-BC, put the finishing touches on their upcoming presentation for AORN’s 70th annual conference on aromatherapy and other strategies to cut stress and boost wellness, they shared a few tips to target stress reduction.
4 Benefits of Game Play in Periop Practice
A team from Southern Ocean Medical Center shares their success story.