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Understand the risks of retained surgical items (RSIs) and learn how AORN guidelines can help prevent them. Discover best practices for counting, team communication, technology integration, and education to ensure patient safety in the operating room.

One expert shares transition tips for a future ASC nurse.

Perseverance and adaptability define Ashley Bartholomew’s perioperative nursing journey. We spoke with her about the significant challenges facing nurses today and how she balances a demanding career with personal life.

How detection systems could reduce up to 97% of unintentionally retained surgical items.

Discover the crucial role of perioperative nurses in ERAS implementation. Learn about preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care strategies, and how to optimize patient outcomes. Explore AORN Guidelines Workshops for in-depth ERAS training.

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Interactive digital resource and community offering brief, practical, interactive content for your first two years of practice.

The magazine and website facilitate the exchange of ideas, advice, experiences and up-to-date information and ambulatory surgery news.

Get an inside look at the people, ideas, and perioperative resources that will inspire your periop work life and beyond.

Your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperative nursing.

The AORN Government Affairs team analyzes and reports on the impact of local, regional and national policies, regulations and legislation as it relates to the perioperative profession.

Periop Today is our bi-weekly digital newsletter comprised of perioperative news, announcements, guidelines, professional development opportunities, legislative guidance, and timely updates to our members.

AORN represents the interests of more than 200,000 perioperative nurses by providing evidence-based research, nursing education, standards, and practice resources to enable optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures.

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AORN supports the efforts of journalists to report on the latest findings in perioperative management, teaching, and practice of perioperative nursing. Our clinical staff and leadership are experts in the standards and recommended practices for the perioperative settings in hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and physician offices.

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