There are several therapeutic modalities available today that either use the body’s natural thermoregulatory mechanisms to relieve pain, encourage healing, or enhance the body’s ability to maintain a normal core temperature. Therefore, nurses and other healthcare professionals must remain aware of the use of localized temperature therapy as an effective treatment modality.

At this edition of Leader Exchange, a panel of trusted periop leaders will share their expertise on how to engage, invigorate, and better prepare the preceptor.

Gen Z Who? Despite being often grouped with Millennials, Gen Z is a unique cohort with distinct values, communication preferences, and expectations regarding work. Gain key insights around integrating Gen Z into your team, adjusting your management tactics, and tactics to help you lead a multigenerational workforce.

There’s no doubt generational differences impact workplace dynamics, and as a leader these dynamics can be difficult to understand and manage. This session looks at each generation to understand their unique perspectives while providing actionable strategies to bridge gaps and enhance collaboration.

Peer-to-peer and hierarchical incivility and bullying inside surgical departments is more pervasive now than ever before. This panel discussion will provide an increased awareness of how these behaviors manifest, tools and tactics to address, and how leaders can turn the tide inside their department.

Explore how to cultivate a steady stream of new nurses through community-focused programs. Gain insights from leaders who have implemented successfully and learn how to apply their strategies to your own organization.

Review the basic principles of wound healing, the types of wound drains and drainage systems available, and wound drain system maintenance. You'll learn about standards of care and recommended practices for wound care to aid in infection prevention and positive patient outcomes.

The perioperative nurse is responsible for collaborating with team members to ensure the safety of the patient as well as colleagues during the positioning process. This program focuses on correct patient positioning to avoid patient injury to the respiratory, circulatory, neuromuscular, and integumentary systems.

Explore how AORN guidelines can be combined with the latest innovations in surgical infection prevention to improve patient safety and surgical outcomes. You'll learn about AORN's best practices, innovative strategies to minimize SSIs, and the integration of these standards with new technologies.

Learn how one health system has achieved around the clock robotic surgery access through teamwork, education, and process efficiencies, to ensure consistent and optimized patient care at any time.

This educational activity provides an overview of gender and racial/ethnic musculoskeletal disparities, the relationship between obesity, osteoarthritis, and other comorbidities, and the potential impact of the AMA recognition of obesity as a disease. Also discussed are cultural and health literacy considerations of the patients most at risk for disability from osteoarthritis – obese African American and Hispanic women.

Learn first-hand tips from a panel of perioperative leaders who share how they assess current equipment needs, evaluate new OR technology, and approach a business case that leads to successful adoption of new technology.

An overview of the types of chest drains, indications for effective use and key management factors will be described. The safe and effective use of chest drainage systems will be discussed so that nurses can provide high quality care for their patients to achieve optimal care outcomes.

This program will cover the evolution and history of surgical gloves; glove perforations and sharps injuries; the infection risk for the glove wearer and patient; double gloving and glove changing research; best glove practices; and current guidelines and standards of practice for glove changing.

Join a multi-disciplinary panel as they discuss optimizing the OR through strategic alignment, infrastructure, staffing, and data utilization to enhance efficiency, safety, and performance.

The scope of this education activity will address the physiologic effects of different types of diabetes and the means of controlling diabetes to protect a person from diabetic complications and provide quality of life through treatment support.

La colecistectomía laparoscópica (CL) es el tratamiento de referencia para los cálculos biliares y otras enfermedades de la vesícula biliar. Si bien la CL se ha convertido en un procedimiento muy común, a menudo realizado en entornos ambulatorios, todavía presenta riesgos para el paciente. Cada miembro del equipo perioperatorio, incluidos enfermeras tituladas, técnicos de quirófano y técnicos en esterilización, desempeña un papel fundamental en la optimización de la seguridad y eficacia de la CL. Este curso de formación analizará la incidencia y prevalencia de los cálculos biliares sintomáticos, las técnicas quirúrgicas clave establecidas para garantizar la extirpación segura de la vesícula biliar y los aspectos y actividades de seguridad fundamentales para el reprocesamiento del instrumental laparoscópico y de los suministros quirúrgicos (como los clips aplicados en el conducto cístico) que ayuden a cada paciente de CL a evitar complicaciones y lograr un resultado posoperatorio óptimo.

Laparoskopická cholecystektómia (LC) je liečba žlčových kameňova iných ochorení žlčníka. Hoci sa LC stala veľmi rozšíreným zákrokom, ktorý sa často vykonáva ambulantne, stále predstavuje pre pacienta riziká. Každý člen perioperačného tímu vrátane zdravotných sestier, chirurgických technikov a odborníkov na sterilné spracovanie zohráva kľúčovú úlohu pri optimalizácii bezpečnosti a účinnosti LC. V rámci tejto vzdelávacej aktivity sa bude diskutovať o výskyte a prevalencii symptomatických žlčových kameňov, o kľúčových chirurgických technikách zavedených na zaistenie bezpečného odstránenia žlčníka a o kritických bezpečnostných aspektoch a činnostiach týkajúcich sa renovovania laparoskopických nástrojov a chirurgických pomôcok, ako sú klipy na cystické kanály, ktoré pomáhajú každému pacientovi podstupujúcemu LC vyhnúť sa komplikáciám a dosiahnuť optimálny pooperačný výsledok.

A colecistectomia laparoscópica (CL) é o tratamento ideal para cálculos biliares e outras doenças da vesícula biliar. Embora se tenha tornado um procedimento muito comum, efetuado com frequência em ambiente ambulatorial, a CL ainda apresenta riscos para o doente. Cada elemento da equipa perioperatória, incluindo enfermeiros, técnicos cirúrgicos e profissionais de processamento estéril, desempenha um papel crucial na otimização da segurança e da eficácia da CL. Esta atividade de aprendizagem tratará da incidência e da prevalência de cálculos biliares sintomáticos, das principais técnicas cirúrgicas estabelecidas para garantir a remoção segura da vesícula biliar e dos aspetos e atividades de segurança cruciais para o reprocessamento de instrumentos laparoscópicos e materiais cirúrgicos, como os clipes do ducto cístico, que ajudam todos os doentes com CL a evitar complicações e obter um efeito pós-operatório ideal.

Cholecystektomia laparoskopowa (LC) jest metodą leczenia pierwszego rzutu w przypadku kamieni żółciowych i innych chorób pęcherzyka żółciowego. Chociaż stała się bardzo powszechnie wykonywanym zabiegiem, często przeprowadzanym w warunkach ambulatoryjnych, nadal wiąże się z ryzykiem dla pacjenta. Wszyscy członkowie zespołu operacyjnego, w tym pielęgniarki, instrumentariusze i technicy sterylizacji, odgrywają kluczową rolę w zapewnianiu bezpieczeństwa i skuteczności zabiegu. W niniejszym materiale szkoleniowym zostaną omówione zapadalność i chorobowość objawowej kamicy żółciowej, najważniejsze uznane techniki chirurgiczne zapewniające bezpieczne usunięcie pęcherzyka żółciowego, a także kluczowe aspekty dotyczące bezpieczeństwa oraz działania z zakresu obróbki narzędzi laparoskopowych i chirurgicznych – takich jak klipsy do zaciskania przewodu pęcherzykowego – dzięki którym pacjenci mogą uniknąć powikłań po LC i uzyskać optymalny wynik zabiegu.