Coping After a Code Blue
Codes are very stressful and emotional situations for everyone involved. Regardless of the outcome, sometimes you must keep going with your day.
Using Your Surgical Conscience in Perioperative Nursing
During your perioperative career, it is likely that you will encounter many situations that will challenge your surgical conscience.
What Would I Have Done? Learning From the Mistakes of Others
As a perioperative nurse, you can mentally put yourself into a situation and think, “What would I have done?”
How to Deal With Loss as a New Perioperative Nurse
Take care of yourself when going through loss: participate in debriefs, talk with a friend or therapist, take a break, and learn what you can to keep growing.
Happy First Birthday to The Stitch!
With The Stitch, our hope was that novice nurses would have a supportive community to turn to for advice, tips and tricks, and new learning opportunities to bridge the knowledge-to-practice gap.
Riding the Waves of Disruption: Navigating the IV Fluid Shortage
Resources may be strained, but this is a time for resourcefulness and teamwork.
Advocating for a Patient When Their Family Couldn’t
One nurse talks about advocating for a patient on his family's behalf.
Do Your Homework!
Homework involves collecting the correct supplies and instruments for a case, knowing the basics of the type of surgery to be performed, and preparing for the “what ifs.”
Answering the What Questions to Get to Your Why
Take some time to reflect and discover what it is that motivates you. Dig deep and find your purpose. And answer this question for yourself, “Why do I work in the OR?”
Why I Became (and Stayed) a Perioperative Nurse
One nurse shares her journey to becoming a perioperative nurse.
The Importance of the Fire Risk Assessment
A fire risk assessment should be done prior to the start of every case, and the fire risk should be discussed with the entire surgical team during the time out.
Committing to Safety and the Surgical Time Out
This week, we come together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the surgical time out.
A Mistake During an Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Margaret Vance, MSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC, shares a story about the time she accidentally disengaged a custom-made graft during an endovascular aneurysm repair.
A Message of Encouragement: You’re Going to Make Such an Impact
A message of encouragement and support for novice perioperative nurses.
A Message of Encouragement: Happy Learning
A message of encouragement and support for novice perioperative nurses.
Using "Why" to Find Your Purpose
One way to increase the feeling of purpose is to find your ikigai, or your why.
The Black Angels: Using Our Past to Empower Our Future
The perseverance and commitment to duty of the Black Angels highlights them as trailblazers that paved the way for African American nurses and leaders.
The Black Angels: Meeting a Living Legend
Nurses are familiar with Florence Nightingale, but how many are familiar with the Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis in New York City in the 1930s?