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Thanks for the memories
This Editorial will be the last time I speak with you as Editor-in-Chief of the AORN Journal, so I want to take this opportunity to thank each and...
AORN Journal, 06/01/08 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
Eating or drinking in the OR: another safety factor?
Nursing students are taught that no food or beverages are allowed in the OR. More and more often, however, they have reported to me that they see...
AORN Journal, 05/01/08 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
Have you read the last page lately?
As is the case for the editors of many scholarly journals and consumer publications, we at the AORN Journal have a special fondness for our last...
AORN Journal, 04/01/08 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
Something is wrong with my eye
The Case The Case A 36-year-old woman with no significant past medical history underwent a right nephrectomy in the left lateral position. The...
AORN Journal, 04/01/08 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
Assess, do not assume
On a very cold morning in December 2007, a terrible accident occurred in my home town. An alleged drunk driver who was going the wrong way on a...
AORN Journal, 03/01/08 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
What happened to my foot?: Amnesia following surgery
Mrs X, a 64-year-old woman, underwent orthopedic reconstruction of her foot as elective ambulatory surgery. She had no significant medical history...
AORN Journal, 01/01/08 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
Practice-based evidence
Once upon a time, there were two new, enthusiastic and motivated perioperative RNs. Nurse A and Nurse B both wanted to do the best job they could...
AORN Journal, 01/01/08 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
Perioperative nurses aid in the fight against global poverty
This month, the AORN Journal is proud to join more than 230 bioscience journals from developed and developing countries in focusing on global...
AORN Journal, 11/01/07 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
The view from the other side
I recently had elective surgery, my first surgery since having my tonsils out 35 years ago. It was interesting and scary to be on the other side of...
AORN Journal, 10/01/07 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication -
Science fiction comes to the OR
I admit it. I grew up reading science fiction, probably because that is what my father read and the house was full of his books. Through the years,...
AORN Journal, 09/01/07 by Nancy J. Girard · More from publication
