This handy pocket guide describes the four classifications of surgical wounds to identify patients at risk of surgical site infection.
Can you guess a word related to the environment of care in six tries?
Learn how to organize your next escape room.
Learn how exposure to novice experiences will help you grow upwards in your profession.
Abdominal Skin Prep: A Skill-Builder & Refresher: Read and share this bite-sized overview focused on abdominal skin prep in AORN’s online magazine, The Stitch.
Learn about and view the various instruments used during thoracic surgery.
Learn about and view the various instruments used during cardiothoracic surgery.
This handy pocket guide can help ensure you don’t miss a step when starting each case.
A new nurse seeks advice about not being sure they are cut out for the OR.
AORN introduces The Stitch: a free online magazine, featuring brief, practical, and interactive articles. The Stitch is designed to help new periop RNs address clinical, interpersonal, and motivational challenges.
Test your knowledge of basic surgical instruments.
Get a quick tips for performing an abdominal skin prep.
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.
Find all the words related to preoperative patient skin antisepsis in this word search.
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.
Get quick tips for performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Perioperative nurse = multitasking ninja. When four people call your name and there are 10 essential things to do all at once, it can certainly be overwhelming. It is essential to have a strategy for being organized.
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.
Even with the best training, new and experienced nurses alike can forget a needed item.
When you come to Pennsylvania Hospital, an entity of Penn Medicine, located in Philadelphia, you can take a step back in time to surgical origins.
