Bridging Generational Divides (Pt. 1): Listen to a conversation between AORN President Vangie Dennis and a Gen Z periop nurse about the hurdles of being the youngest member of an OR team and challenging her generation’s stereotypes. Listen to this new episode.
Do you have a sense of something new calling you? The resilience you built through COVID has readied you for new professional pathways to uncover with these career tips from Dr. Phyllis. And if you're an AORN member, schedule a career coaching session.
Learn three (3) key considerations when building and launching an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).
Join us on Saturday, Feb 11, from 10am – 12pm (MT) when the candidates for the AORN board of directors and the nominating committee, 2023-2024 term, will present their election speeches to the membership. Register to attend.
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.
New to the OR? Here are 3 tips to build practice skills and capitalize on unique professional growth opportunities happening now.
The recently revised Guideline for Hand Hygiene recommends that healthy, short, natural fingernails should be maintained.
A team from Southern Ocean Medical Center shares their success story.
Make sure your practices are current for eight updated guidelines that provide 70 new evidence-based practices for safe surgery in the 2023 edition of Guidelines for Perioperative Practice.
Guidelines Editor-in-Chief Erin Kyle gives us her top tools and strategies to implement updates across eight guidelines that AORN just published.
For many, New Year’s is synonymous with resolutions. We asked chapter leaders what tops their lists, and they were eager to share some fresh ideas for bringing together periop colleagues at the local level.
Governor Kathy Hochul shows commitment to safe workplaces for operating room staff in New York State.
Newly revised Guideline for the Prevention of Pressure Injury recommends assessing skin perfusion by using long-wave infrared thermography. Learn why.
OR leaders set the stage for success when they give preceptors and orienting nurses the tools to become their best.
This year’s Salary Survey results show staff nursing pay and on-call pay went up, however, dissatisfaction with pay, employer and culture is causing one third of surveyed nurses to consider leaving their jobs.
AORN Expo keynote speaker shares how to change your mindset to get somewhere new.
Check out these 31 gift ideas from AORN nurses for your nurse colleagues or your own wish list.
For a periop professional, a promise has the potential to go a long way.
Learn how the team at Rady Children’s Hospital is using non-opioid options to reduce opioid exposure.
AORN committee leaders share their stories of mentorship, greening the OR, and advancing public health.
