30 years ago in the AORN Journal

AORN Journal, Jan, 2006

"The President's Message" urges nurses to make at least one New Year's resolution that will improve their professional practice this year. * An article on preservation of transplant organs states that lung preservation can now be extended to 24 hours with the use of a special chemical solution. * In "Q&A," a reader asks whether it is considered acceptable for an anesthesiologist to play rock and roll music in the OR during the procedure.

The answer states that a radio cannot be readily disinfected and that the anesthesiologist's attention to the patient is in question. * A news item reports that the American National Standards Institute favors early enactment of metric conversion legislation.