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Abdominal Skin Prep
Get a quick tips for performing an abdominal skin prep.
3 Strategies to Reengineer a Positive Work Environment
The emphasis on self-care and burnout prevention after the pandemic has almost become white noise in nursing, but are we actually practicing these wellness strategies?
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Get quick tips for performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
On Call and Anxious
A new OR RN seeks advice about their anxiety about being on call for the first time.
Bounced Around and Frustrated
A new nurse seeks advice about the challenges of navigating through orientation.
Introducing The Stitch: Putting the Pieces Together for Novice Perioperative Nurses
We know that perioperative nursing is both tremendously challenging and extraordinarily rewarding. The goal of The Stitch is to be a community and resource to help address the challenges (clinical, interpersonal, and motivational) and to highlight the rewards.
A Message of Support: Take Care of Yourself
A message of support and advice for novice perioperative nurses: You’re doing great!
A Message of Support: Learn All You Can
A message of support and advice for novice perioperative nurses: Always be open to learning new things.
In Scrubs & In Stitches: One Instrument, Multiple Names
They don't use the official names?! A humorous look at working in the OR and dealing with (and learning) the many different names surgeons call their instruments.
One Instrument, Multiple Names -Text Version
They don't use the official names?! A humorous look at working in the OR and dealing with (and learning) the many different names surgeons call their instruments.
Honoring Patients as People
While your values and purpose may change over the years as your role changes, one constant remains: the patient is always at the center of what you do.
Steps to Prepare the OR Before Patient Arrival
This short infographic walks you through the steps to take to prepare the OR before the patient arrives, from finding the preference card to completing initial counts.
What to Ask Exhibitors & How to Harness Your Purchasing Power
While in the Expo Hall, you’ll discover the latest innovations and solutions for the OR. Be ready with probing questions to ask exhibitors so you can establish if the product is a good fit for your OR. Plus, learn what steps to take when you find something you like and want to pitch it to your team.
Building Trust With Your New Hire
At the foundation of any clinical relationship is trust: trust between clinicians and patients, trust among the interprofessional team members, and trust between a new hire and the preceptor.
Quiz: Surgical Attire
How well do you know recommendations regarding surgical attire? Answer these 10 questions to find out.
Crossword: Safe Patient Handling and Movement
Test your knowledge about safe patient handling and movement with this crossword puzzle.
10 Ways to Get You Started on Your Nashville Experience
AORN’s premiere annual gathering of perioperative professionals returns to “Music City USA” (Nashville) next March 9-12, and local ambassador Elizabeth J. Williams, MSN, RN, CNOR, RNFA, can’t wait for attendees to experience all the city has to offer.
How to Tap into Local Students to Attract Future Periop Nurses
Nursing specialty coursework from AORN is helping reduce the risk of nurse turnover after new graduate enter a periop role. Learn how AORN and Chamberlain University College of Nursing and Public Health are giving pre-licensure nursing students a one-on-one clinical experience to get first-hand practice in the perioperative specialty.
Become a Great Preceptor: New Course & 10 Tips to Help You Shine
10 Tips to Help You Be a Great Preceptor — plus AORN's new course for preceptors. Supercharge your preceptor skills. Find helpful situational videos, scenario-based case studies, and other tools to help prepare you to serve as a preceptor. We also offer reflection points to promote critical thinking, tips for supporting and recognizing orientees, a daily feedback tool, a preceptor hand-off tool, and more.
Safety: Are You Using the Right Positioning Aids?
Read important reminders to consider, including length of the surgery, patient comorbidities, patient’s weight, and common pressure points.
