AORN Journal
The Official Voice of Perioperative Nursing
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May 2025 Issue
4.5 CH
The AORN Journal May Issue features the following articles:
- Maintaining Perioperative Normothermia in Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery
- The Association Between OR Traffic and Airborne Microbial Counts During Two Types of Abdominal Surgeries
- Exploring Patient Experiences With and Perceptions of Robotic-Assisted Surgery in Denmark
- Back to Basics 2.0 Team Communication (1.3 CH)
- Clinical Issues (1.2 CH)
- Wearing wireless earbuds in the perioperative setting
- Sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquets
- Communicating specimen identification
- Patients wearing continuous glucose monitoring devices
- Periop Briefing: Adenosine Triphosphate Testing Helps Boost Environmental Cleaning Practices
- And more!
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