Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Behind Closed Doors: An advice column for OR Nurses with a workplace issue. Humor from Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR.

Direct-to-patient marketing? Our Editor-in-Chief reviews The Total Joint Center at Springfield (Pa.) Hospital. Need hip or knee replacement surgery, why not be comfortable?

Cataract surgery, focus on improved refactive outcomes and patient satisfaction. Treating astigmatism and presbyopia add-ons as "cataract upgrade packages" in eye surgery.

Calm anxious surgical patients before surgery with soothing sounds. An Idea that Works from a medical center in Minnesota.

Regional Anesthesia: 8 keys to success with continuous nerve blocks. CPNBs are a popular part of multimodal analgesia, minimize delays and complications.

Infection Control: Could anesthesia providers be spreading infections? Ask yourself these few questions to see if your patients are at risk.

Remoisten ECG pads with drops of saline. An Idea that Works from a Healthcare Centre in Vancouver, Canada.

Cutting remarks: Help, My Equipment's on the Fritz. Humor in the OR from Dr. Kelly.

Thinking of buying anesthesia machines? Electornic advances make the case for an upgrade with these new features.

Dealing with day-of cancellations. A simple move to avoid major disruptions of your schedule. An Idea that Works from an eye center in South Carolina.