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Career Coaching for AORN Members: Get help establishing your professional goals, making career choices, creating an academic roadmap, polishing interview techniques, and becoming skilled in marketing yourself.

Pediatric patients do not undergo procedures exclusively at pediatric specialty facilities. This article presents insights into the stages of pediatric cognitive and psychosocial development and special pediatric health care considerations. (2.2 CH)

AORN's Periop Today provides updates on news around the perioperative community.

“Post boot camp, we noted a 30% increase in self-confidence and reduction of anxiety by 50% at the three-month mark.” So said a leader from the System Professional Practice Department at Inova Health System, which recently implemented initiatives to help new graduate nurses transition to practicing nurses.

Read Clinical Issues (1.5 CH) in the June 2023 AORN Journal and boost your knowledge with the latest topics.

Learn about the latest checklist tweaks that are bringing OR teams together for more consistent and effective safety checks. Find give tips to boost safety checklist use and team engagement.

Effective ways to refine your skin prep protocols. See why you should make skin prep a yearly competency to reduce SSIs.

ASCs: Learn how a strong governance program helps ASCs thrive in this fast-growing, complex environment.

AORN is stressing more nurse involvement with OR design, construction and day-to-day maintenance. Get up to speed with the latest standards and take your seat at the table.

The importance of validating someone’s identity can’t be underestimated. Hear some pragmatic solutions perioperative nurses can implement to improve the environment for both TGD patients and employees.

During Nurses Month we're spotlighting AORN members who are elevating our profession. Meet Temple Kellermann, DNP, MSN, RN, CNOR. Hear how mentors gave her the push she needed to reach her full potential. Now a nurse leader, Temple shares how she's helping to shape the next generation of periop nurses.

New recommendations provide guidance to perioperative team members on the prevention of perioperative pressure injury (PI) in patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures.

ASCs: From gloving to hand hygiene compliance, here’s how to ensure consistency among your OR team. Learn how standardization staves off infections.

In this AORN webinar, perioperative nurses will find guidance for positioning patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures in the perioperative practice setting .Earn 1.0 CH.

SSIs can be costly for facilities and lead to negative outcomes for patients. Learn how leaders can make an effective business case for investing in infection prevention. (CH Available)

How a nurse-led team in Dallas reduced overall use of antiemetics during recovery by almost 40%.

During Nurses Month, AORN is honoring periop nurse members who elevate our profession. This week, we spotlight Ray Talatala, MAN, MN, RN, CNOR, a nurse educator at NYC Health + Hospitals.

Anesthesia Alert: Patients who use marijuana are at increased risk for negative outcomes.

ASCs: Preparing for a surveyor’s visit requires a combination of effective protocols and policies with regular audits, education, and training.