Most Recent Articles from AORN Journal

• Bar-coding surgical sponges 

  Annals of Surgery April 2008 Retention of sponges and instruments is a rare but persistent and serious medical error that can result in serious...

  07/01/08 by George Allen · More from publication

• Conversations with Leaders: Frank Talk from Nurses on the Front Lines of Leadership 

  Conversations with Leaders: Frank Talk from Nurses (and Others) on the Front Lines of Leadership Tine Hansen-Turton, Susan Sherman, and Vernice...

  07/01/08 by Daphne Stannard · More from publication

• Wound classifications 

  QUESTION: At my facility, surgical team members continue to have questions concerning wound classifications. The Centers for Disease Control and...

  07/01/08 by Robin Chard · More from publication

• Perioperative celecoxib administration for total knee arthroplasty 

  Anesthesia & Analgesia April 2008 Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with considerable postoperative pain, which if unrelieved,...

  07/01/08 by George Allen · More from publication

• Site-Specific Cancer Series: Gastrointestinal Cancers 

  Site-Specific Cancer Series: Gastrointestinal Cancers Joyce P. Griffin-Sobel, ed Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) 2007, 112 pages $35 ONS...

  07/01/08 by Karen Freeman · More from publication

• Leaving the nest and joining the flock: OR residency programs and learn mentoring 

  Entering a specialty area in the field of nursing can be an intimidating process for new nurses. The journey may seem impossible in the beginning,...

  07/01/08 by Lisa Morgenthaler · More from publication

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