AORN Journal

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Articles in Feb 2008 issue of AORN Journal

• Improving compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards
  by Richard G. Cuming
• 2008 Forum and House of Delegates agenda: Sunday, March 30, to Thursday, April 3, 2008
• Bone and tissue graft logs
  by Denise Downing
• Elder abuse
  by Katherine R. Plitnick
• The process of choosing leaders
  by Mary Jo W. Steiert
• AORN achievement awards: Saturday, March 29, 2008
• Are you "just a nurse"?
  by Suzanne C. Beyea
• Alternate treatment for major depression tested
• AORN Foundation Scholarship Program
• Anaheim information available for Congress 2008 attendees
• Clinicians treat constellation of risk factors inconsistently
• Weight loss before gastric bypass surgery
  by George Allen
• New medication information table may benefit consumers
• Group meetings scheduled for Congress 2008: Monday, March 31, to Wednesday, April 2, 2008
• Correct site surgery
  by George Allen
• Not your mother's nursing school
  by Kathleen B. Gaberson
• Disruption in surgical flow
  by George Allen
• Trauma: when there's no time to count
  by Darlene B. Murdock
• Specialty assembly meetings scheduled at Congress: Saturday, March 29, to Wednesday, April 2, 2008
• Leaving dentures in place during anesthesia induction
  by George Allen
• Lifestyle concerns affect female surgeons' career choices
• Hypothermia/warming protocols: why are they not widely used in the OR?
  by Tara Lynn Weirich
• Congress highlights video available online
• Upcoming AORN events
• Surgical site infection data
  by Nathan L. Belkin
• Nurses' views on the characteristics of an effective leader
  by Arta Feltner
• Key nursing books available at the AORN Congress Perioperative Bookstore: Saturday, March 29, to Thursday, April 3, 2008
• The melting drape
• Pursuing cleanliness in a field surgical environment
  by Kevin Stevenson
• Intervention program may keep youths out of prison
• Lithotomy position
  by Bonnie Denholm
• Counting difficulties: retained instruments, sponges, and needles
  by Sarah Jackson
• Preparation of adolescents for outpatient surgery: using an Internet program
  by Susan O'Conner-Von
• Perioperative pressure ulcers
  by Bonnie Denholm
• Two types of blood pressure medications equally effective
• Congress education session updates: Saturday, March 29, to Thursday, April 3, 2008
• Implant documentation
  by Bonnie Denholm