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The new Emergency Preparedness Tool Kit includes an Emergency Preparedness Checklist. It's a ready-made roadmap to prevent gaps in representation and ensure that all critical functions—clinical, logistical, operational, safety, and communication—are accounted for from the beginning.

Truly effective succession planning in perioperative nursing is about preparation, not promotion. Embracing this perspective has helped us build a bench of leaders who are more confident, better informed, and more ready when opportunities arise. It's also strengthening engagement and retention among high-potential staff.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has entered a strategic collaboration with Johnson & Johnson as part of the Mission Partner Program, marking an important focus on supporting perioperative nurses and advancing safe surgery.

Turnover pressure can lead to missed cleaning steps that increase infection risk. Focus on team accountability, proper disinfectant use, and sequencing to strengthen environmental hygiene between cases.

One nurse talks about advocating for a patient on his family's behalf.

Cardiac valve replacement surgery is one option for mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, aortic stenosis, or aortic insufficiency/regurgitation.

Although most colleagues are helpful and kind, some can be more difficult to work with. The Masked Maven provides advice on working with those challenging coworkers.

Taking responsibility for an entire service line can be a daunting endeavor. This article provides eight tips for perioperative nurses to set themselves up for success as a service line lead.

This article will explore what job aids are, why you should consider using them, and how you can create them.

How can you keep motivation high to engage learners in continuous improvement? One way to increase learning engagement is through fun, games, and competition.

The nursing profession, while deeply rewarding, is fraught with unique stressors that can significantly impact mental health and well-being. This article aims to provide an overview of the problem, highlight key risk factors, and outline actionable prevention steps.

As a new nurse, how can I interact and develop relationships without gossiping?

This article will describe the VARK learning styles model, identify the characteristics of each learning style, and provide tips so you can support learners using their preferred style.

Entering unfamiliar surgical procedures as an orientee or recently trained nurse can be daunting. Utilize the preference card as a resource to alleviate fears and position yourself to anticipate the needs of the surgical team.

Learn four steps that you can take to effectively develop an assertive attitude that will allow you to be the advocate that you need to be in the OR—both for your patients and for your team members.

Maintaining normothermia during the perioperative period is an essential part of patient care and is a quality objective per the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) merit-based incentive payment system, yet, hypothermia remains a common occurrence, occurring in 50-70% of patients undergoing general anesthesia.

Test your knowledge about malignant hyperthermia with this five-question quiz.

Resources may be strained, but this is a time for resourcefulness and teamwork.

Reflecting on the journey of a Periop 101 nursing cohort, this article highlights the transformation from novice to confident perioperative nurses, emphasizing the role of leadership and teaching strategies in fostering professional growth and resilience.

Meet Sarah, a new perioperative nurse beginning her first service line rotation at a large academic medical center. Sarah is empathetic, driven, and passionate about nursing. However, as she transitioned into the role of primary nurse under her preceptor, she began to experience intense anxiety. Her fears centered around the possibility of contaminating the sterile field, miscounting instruments, and retaining a surgical item.