OR delays can compromise sterility. Following AORN’s evidence-based strategies—like covering tables and limiting traffic—helps maintain a safe sterile field.

A routine relief shift turned into a powerful reminder of why surgical teams must never skip the Time Out. When a nurse noticed a mismatch between the consent and the patient’s account, her quick action—and her team's calm, collaborative response—prevented a wrong-site surgery.

Enhance your OR team's effectiveness with strategies for Code Blue response in the OR, reducing chaos and improving patient survival rates.

A multidisciplinary team transformed intraoperative emergency response by refining code protocols and implementing simulation-based training. Their approach empowers perioperative teams to respond confidently and effectively to airway complications and cardiac arrests.

AORN’s updated Guideline for Transmission-Based Precautions outlines evidence-based practices to reduce infection risk in the OR. From PPE selection to EID preparedness, the guideline helps teams strengthen safety protocols and stay compliant with national standards.

Multiple state legislatures take up the issue of surgical smoke in the operating room.

One nurse describes her years as a new nurse, the bullying she faced, and how she overcame the challenges she experienced to thrive as a perioperative nurse.

Encoding information for long-term storage is a strategy that we can apply to teaching methodologies. It helps improve information recall and subsequently knowledge transfer for our learners.

Ask any perioperative nurse, and they will tell you about a personal experience (or two) with a medical device failure. Therefore, knowing how to prevent and handle medical device errors is critical.

Codes are very stressful and emotional situations for everyone involved. Regardless of the outcome, sometimes you must keep going with your day.

As a new nurse asks for advice about how to bolster patients' trust in them and the team.

This article will provide some tips to help you navigate The Joint Commission onsite visits with ease and confidence.

Creativity is another hat for a nurse leader to wear. But this one pays off in recruitment rewards.

Emotional intelligence is key to improving communication, reducing toxicity, and fostering teamwork in the perioperative setting. Discover practical strategies like the TIPP technique to help nurses manage emotions and resolve conflict more effectively.

Discover the latest AORN recommendations for surgical attire, focusing on minimizing surgical site infections by managing contamination from lanyards, personal devices, and proper OR clothing practices.

AORN’s Guideline for Pneumatic Tourniquet Safety offers evidence-based recommendations to help perioperative teams minimize patient risks through safe selection, application, monitoring, and team competency. Key practices address preoperative assessment, inflation pressures, intraoperative monitoring, and safe deflation.

State poised to enact surgical smoke evacuation legislation in 2026.

Practical strategies debunk myths about OR sustainability, offering cost-effective ways to reduce waste, improve recycling, and promote environmental stewardship.

National Nurses Week (May 6th-12) is here, and it’s time to celebrate you, your colleagues and the incredible periop nursing profession!

Many of our habits and techniques in patient care stem from one intent: to prevent harm to our patients. There is one tool that you likely do not utilize to its fullest potential to optimize your patients’ safety. The way in which we use our words significantly impacts our patients’ risks for sentinel events.