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Articles in May, 2008 issue of AORN Journal

• Proposed regulation could improve quality of health care
• Revised perioperative nursing data set now available
• Surgical treatment of Charcot neuroarthropathy
  by Thomas Zgonis
• Upcoming AORN events
• Low on the totem pole
• Continuous blood glucose monitoring during surgery
  by George Allen
• Resources available to prevent older adult falls
• Heart attack patients not compliant with prescriptions
• Use of mirtazapine to reduce anxiety and nausea and vomiting
  by George Allen
• Evaluation of the antimicrobial properties of an alcohol-free 2% chlorhexidine gluconate solution
  by Barbara DeBaun
• Helping new nurses be assertive about patient safety
  by Susannah Kinsella
• Providing developmentally based care for toddlers
  by Elaine Taylor
• Task force opposes spirometry test for lung disease
• Foundation offers ways to support perioperative nursing
• Hazardous waste and red-bag trash
  by Bonnie Denholm
• The effect of shift changes on cesarean complications
  by George Allen
• Shelf life of transfused blood may affect outcomes
• Have a new job title? New e-mail address? Tell AORN!
• Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique
  by Jennifer Bopp
• Educational opportunities
• Eating or drinking in the OR: another safety factor?
  by Nancy J. Girard
• Preparing for magnet recognition: a perioperative retreat
• Managing for Success in Health Care
  by Mary Jane Sutton
• AORN program provides resources for facilities
• Self-study: an effective method for bioterrorism training in the OR
  by Janet "Janie" Roberta Thomas
• Laundering OR scrubs at home
  by Nathan L. Belkin
• Victims of childhood abuse spend more on health care
• Medical benefits of aromatherapy questioned
• Medicare expands coverage for long-term warfarin users
  by George Allen
• Making the most of our association's opportunities
  by Susan K. Banschbach
• AORN foundation chapter and state council grants available
• Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery
  by Mary Jane Edwards
• Anxiety in female patients and mothers of children undergoing surgery
  by George Allen
• Surgical management of diabetic foot infections and amputations
  by Thomas Zgonis
• Severe anxiety may increase risk for blood clots
• Sterile storage
  by Sheila Mitchell
• Slowed progress in improving quality and minimizing disparities
  by Jeffrey Brady
• Plastic surgery reconstruction of the diabetic foot
  by Thomas Zgonis
• Meet the new AORN President
• Unretrieved device fragments
  by Sheila Mitchell
• Actively participating in an organization's safety initiatives
  by Suzanne C. Beyea