Humidity levels in your ORs should be between 30% and 60%, a range that can be difficult to maintain. That's why I had our HVAC company install a computer program...

Behind Closed Doors: She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not; RN ISO that warm and fuzzy feeling.

Ideas That Work: Greening The OR; Segregate Waste at the Point of Use

Ideas That Work: Team Building; Let Staff Show Their True Colors

Ideas That Work: Sticky Solution; Gum Speeds Up Post-Op Digestive Function

Ideas That Work: Secret Room; Help Staff Spot Mistakes in Seconds

Ideas That Work: Visual Aid; Detailed Guidebook Prepares Patients for Surgery

Ideas That Work: Make It Mandatory; Double (Glove) Or Nothing

Ideas That Work: 12-Step Process; Countdown to Room Setup

Ideas That Work: Staff-Made Reference Videos; An In-house Library Of How-to Instruction

Ideas That Work: Facility Feud; Game-show Themed Events Help Safety Training Stick

Ideas That Work: Seeing Is Believing; Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Warnings

Ideas That Work: Cap and Gown; Caps Put Smiles on Kids' Faces

Patients’ friends or family members are often invited to bedsides in pre-op and the PACU, but don’t always have a place to sit as they offer support to their loved ones....

Sometimes you need to go old-school to get a key point across to your staff. We recently updated our periarticular injection cocktail as part of a multimodal pain...

It’s not uncommon for staff members in one department to believe they do more or matter more than their colleagues who work in other areas of the facility....

When it comes to keeping patients happy when their case start times are delayed, clear and consistent communication is key. That’s easier said than done. Nurses are always...

Looking for a more efficient way to put your OR team’s suggestions into day-to-day practice? First, make it easy for staff to share their process improvement ideas....

Here’s a neat way to boost team morale: Ask each employee to submit a fun fact about her life away from work, then list the interesting tidbits down one side of a sheet...

Taping a blue line on the floor in the sterile processing department where case carts full of dirty instruments should be lined up keeps them organized and eliminates...