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To strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion in health care, surgical leaders must step up and take purposeful action.

Meeting new staff, learning how they work, and meshing different work styles together to care most effectively for the patients can be a challenging process.

We’re excited to be back together this coming March in New Orleans at Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2022. While attending, make some time to enjoy the sights and sounds of The Big Easy.

Making time for rest, recognition and reflection can help renew your sense of purpose for your patients.

Connect with AORN Expo 2022 keynote speaker Jermaine Davis, PhD about how to identify your communication blind spots.

AORN Expo 2022 keynote speaker Alison Levine shares lessons from her expeditions.

AORN Expo 2022 keynote speaker Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour tells OR nurses how to get gutsy.

The holiday season is here and it’s time to spoil your colleagues (and make a list for yourself).

There is an uptick in requests for non-pharmacologic solutions to patient discomfort and more research is coming out on how these alternative approaches are helping patients.

Create your own preceptor stars with these tips from the program creator of the Periop Preceptor Program at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Hint: support groups are essential. Learn about upcoming meetings.

Stress experts Spencer Byrum and Amy Bair, PhD, PMP, BCB talk about how stress increases our cortisol levels and makes us feel chronically fatigued.

Insider Tips from Conference Volunteer Coordinator.

After multiple failed attempts over a 10-year period, a perioperative team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO changed their approach that led to successfully implementing their Robotic Transplant Team.

RaDonda Vaught shares two action steps nurses can take right away.

Nurses have provided impactful testimony during legislative hearings that prompted several state assemblies to support – and pass – new laws mandating surgical smoke evacuation.

A lack of wellbeing is the central factor in nurse turnover, according to a new study by periop nurse researchers.

As a neurosurgeon, John Boockvar, MD, knows a lot about the brain, including how to cool it down (literally) to manage stress.

Learn how you can fight back to get in your peak performance zone.

The complexities of instrument processing and the daily pressures for processed instruments can create an endless cycle of professional conflict – resulting in toxic work environments and staff turnover.