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

The rise of wrong site surgeries signals a call to action for every periop team member. Here are three ways you can ensure a proper safety check before surgery.

National Time Out Day draws attention to the need for everyone on the surgical team to pause before the procedure begins in order to make sure all are on the same page about the right patient, right site and right procedure. As we mark this milestone, we shift our focus from recognizing the importance of the surgical time out to ensuring that surgical teams are making adequate time for the time out.

Periop nurse and environmental health advocate shares how to get started.

A periop educator shares ways to cultivate a healthier mindset.

Deck shares a variety of ways to teach nursing students about the OR in her education session as part of the Virtual AORN Expo 2022.

Nurses have provided impactful testimony during legislative hearings that prompted several state assemblies to support – and pass – new laws mandating surgical smoke evacuation.

Create your own preceptor stars with these tips from the program creator of the Periop Preceptor Program at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Industry should be stepping forward to help nurses, says Owens & Minor’s Alex Hodges. That’s why Owens & Minor upped their year-end match of AORN Foundation donations to $30,000 this year. Hodges shares why every donation counts.

There is an uptick in requests for non-pharmacologic solutions to patient discomfort and more research is coming out on how these alternative approaches are helping patients.

If your biases are unconscious, how do you recognize and overcome them? We spoke with, leadership and diversity coach Dima Ghawi for advice.

Connect with AORN Expo 2022 keynote speaker Jermaine Davis, PhD about how to identify your communication blind spots.

The holiday season is here and it’s time to spoil your colleagues (and make a list for yourself).

Obtain your CNOR certification to help further career goals, increase salary, and explore professional opportunities.

AORN Expo 2022 keynote speaker Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour tells OR nurses how to get gutsy.

Making time for rest, recognition and reflection can help renew your sense of purpose for your patients.

AORN Expo 2022 keynote speaker Alison Levine shares lessons from her expeditions.

We’re excited to be back together this coming March in New Orleans at Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2022. While attending, make some time to enjoy the sights and sounds of The Big Easy.