One nurse shares the time she spoke up about a missing lap sponge and reminds novice nurses to listen to their surgical conscience and speak up for their patients.

Patient positioning is one essential factor to consider to reduce the likelihood of intraoperative nerve damage.

How to use that colorful ball next to the shovel, rake, and other sand toys currently sitting unused in your garage to review important topics and encourage team participation.

Get quick tips for performing a small bowel resection, which involves removing diseased portions of the small intestine through an abdominal incision and reconnecting the remaining tissue.

Do you have barriers that may be preventing you from acting on your surgical conscience?

Acting on your inner voice will positively affect your patient and your longevity in perioperative nursing.

This handy pocket guide describes the four classifications of surgical wounds to identify patients at risk of surgical site infection.

Can you guess a word related to the environment of care in six tries?

Learn how to organize your next escape room.

Learn how exposure to novice experiences will help you grow upwards in your profession.

Learn about and view the various instruments used during thoracic surgery.

Learn about and view the various instruments used during cardiothoracic surgery.

This handy pocket guide can help ensure you don’t miss a step when starting each case.

A new nurse seeks advice about not being sure they are cut out for the OR.

Test your knowledge of basic surgical instruments.

Get a quick tips for performing an abdominal skin prep.

They don't use the official names?! A humorous look at working in the OR and dealing with (and learning) the many different names surgeons call their instruments.

A new nurse seeks advice about the challenges of navigating through orientation.

How well do you know recommendations regarding surgical attire? Answer these 10 questions to find out.

When you come to Pennsylvania Hospital, an entity of Penn Medicine, located in Philadelphia, you can take a step back in time to surgical origins.