Taking Their Last Breath; What if frontline staff demanded smoke-free ORs?

Ideas That Work: 5 Ways to Survive the Fentanyl Shortage

6 Hot Trends in Medication Safety; Add these technologies to protect your patients and staff from drug-related harm.

5 Difference-Making Tools for Total Joints; Investing in these innovations could push your program to the next level.

Surgery Never Looked So Good; The latest imaging upgrades will wow surgeons and allow for safer, more efficient care.

Ideas That Work: Power Pups; Pet Therapy Dogs Work the Waiting Room.

Stay in Constant Communication; Automated text messaging keeps patients engaged and satisfied with their care.

Ideas That Work: Quick and Easy Kid-Friendly Touches

Behind Closed Doors: Practical Jokers; Nothing's more fun than pulling a good prank on your co-workers.

Create the Perfect Cataract Surgery Experience; Pampered patients head home smiling and satisfied with the care they received.

Editor's Page; We All Make Mistakes, But Few Talk About Them.

Disgruntled Central Sterile Employee Shoots and Kills Longtime Nursing Supervisor at Alabama Hospital. Nancy Swift, RN, a 63-year-old nursing manager, was gunned down Wednesday night in her office just outside the the OR at University of Alabama at Birmin

Study Finds Psychosis Drug Amisulpride Reduces Nausea and Vomiting. Small doses of amisulpride, a drug used to manage psychosis, may prevent PONV when given with standard anti-nausea treatment, say researchers.

Embrace the awesomeness of your young colleagues.

What If a Patient Brings Her Service Dog?

Compounders are engineering safety features into their prefilled products.

What AORN's acquisition of Outpatient Surgery means to you [it's all good].

"License PLates" Put Patients' Info Front and Center

Ideas That Work: HIPAA; Keep the Schedule Confidential

Is your staff prepared to swing into action to save a patient's life?