SHARE YOUR STORIES FROM THE FIELD
We need your stories
AORN Connections has launched this new online From the Field series to give members a way to share in their own stories of hope, recognition and innovation from the perioperative field.
Do you have a story to tell? Tell us about it. Send an e-mail to aornnews@aorn.org with your story, images with caption descriptions and permission to post your story and pictures online. You can also address questions to Carina Stanton, AORN Senior News Editor, by calling 800-755-2676, Ext. 269.
Your Stories
A family affair
Kristy Simmons from Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, La. shares a letter she wrote to her daughter after learning she will follow in her mother's footsteps to become a nurse.
Communicating with disruptive staff
Grace Bascetta from Bon Secours, St. Mary's Hospital of Richmond, Va. shares the strategies she has learned to promote better communication with her surgical colleagues.
'Red Zone' in the OR
Sheila Haworth from Memorial University Health Medical Center in Savannah, Ga., explains how a 'red zone' is used in the ORs at her facility to establish a quiet, interruption-free area zone until the closing count is completed and correct.
A definitive breed of nurses
Karen McKown, an AORN member, shares how an incident with a retained sponge helped her realize her surgical conscience.
OR nurses make a change from green to pink
Valerie Kirchmann and Sandy Lapin from Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y., explain how their facility took a different approach to Perioperative Nurses Week by focusing on perioperative nursing and breast cancer awareness.
Catch the wave to patient safety
Jennifer Zinn shares how she and other AORN members from North Carolina and South Carolina recently assembled for a focused conversation on patient safety.
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