Sharing Your Stories and Advice

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.

Homework involves collecting the correct supplies and instruments for a case, knowing the basics of the type of surgery to be performed, and preparing for the “what ifs.”

Take some time to reflect and discover what it is that motivates you. Dig deep and find your purpose. And answer this question for yourself, “Why do I work in the OR?”

One nurse shares her journey to becoming a perioperative nurse.

A fire risk assessment should be done prior to the start of every case, and the fire risk should be discussed with the entire surgical team during the time out.

This week, we come together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the surgical time out.

Margaret Vance, MSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC, shares a story about the time she accidentally disengaged a custom-made graft during an endovascular aneurysm repair.

A message of encouragement and support for novice perioperative nurses.

A message of encouragement and support for novice perioperative nurses.