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Industry: Email Alert RSS Feed30 years ago in the AORN Journal - Perioperative Time Capsule
AORN Journal, Oct, 2002
One author discusses the two-week OR experience for nursing students that is part of the baccalaureate program at the university where she teaches. Although two weeks is a short period of time, the author says with well-defined objectives, students can learn a lot. * Another author says the image of the nurse as the surgeon's handmaiden is being challenged.
* According to an article on burn treatment, OR nurses are an integral part of the therapy team because they are involved in all procedures and provide continuity of care. * Nurses' reactions to therapeutic abortion are discussed in one article. Many nurses agree with therapeutic abortion but feel conflict when caring for these patients.
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