Sharing Your Stories and Advice

Margaret Vance, a Clinical Nurse Education Specialist in the OR, shares the time she cut the pump line without clamping it first.

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.

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

Even with the best training, new and experienced nurses alike can forget a needed item.

It is important to identify at least one thing a day that was positive. In a short amount of time, you will be amazed at the perioperative nurse you have become.

While your values and purpose may change over the years as your role changes, one constant remains: the patient is always at the center of what you do.

A message of support and advice for novice perioperative nurses: Always be open to learning new things.

We know that perioperative nursing is both tremendously challenging and extraordinarily rewarding. The goal of The Stitch is to be a community and resource to help address the challenges (clinical, interpersonal, and motivational) and to highlight the rewards.

A message of support and advice for novice perioperative nurses: You’re doing great!

A nurse shares the lessons she learned after her patient experienced anaphylaxis in the OR.