This website uses cookies. to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic. By clicking “Accept & Close”, you consent to our use of cookies. Read our Privacy Policy to learn more.
By: Margaret Vance, MSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC
Published: 11/29/2023
Margaret Vance, MSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC, Clinical Nurse Education Specialist- Operating Room, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, shares the time scrubbed in a cardiac case and cut the pump line without clamping it first. As she says, “Yes. Mortified.”
In this week’s Periop Life blog, learn how perioperative nurses can prevent these injuries with evidence-based care bundles. Dr. Ray-an Talatala shares five essential strategies, including proactive skin assessments, to strengthen patient safety and teamwork.
With The Stitch, our hope was that novice nurses would have a supportive community to turn to for advice, tips and tricks, and new learning opportunities to bridge the knowledge-to-practice gap.
Resources may be strained, but this is a time for resourcefulness and teamwork.
Connect with our more than 40,000 AORN Members through advertising, exhibits, sponsorships, and more!