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abstract：:Hospitalization and surgery are stressful experiences for children and their parents. In recent years, pediatric health care has shifted toward family-centered care that is based on close and continuous involvement of the child's family members. To shape and improve how pediatric care is delivered, health care provide...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Kristensson-Hallström I

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The woman who experiences a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy may express her grief with many different responses. Perioperative nurses can enable the woman and her family members to adequately grieve the loss of pregnancy and the baby by using sensitive communication, therapeutic listening, and empathy skills and by c...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Wheeler SR

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative nurses are situated uniquely to promote good traffic control practices in the OR. This study was conducted to explore the effect of traffic patterns, specifically the number of people in the OR, on the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs). Researchers analyzed 2,864 clean surgical procedures perf...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Pryor F,Messmer PR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bed bugs Key words: bed bugs, pest management, infestation, transmission. Warming irrigation fluids Key words: irrigation fluid, warming fluid, hypothermia, warming cabinet. Fasting before surgery Key words: fasting, NPO, liquids, solids. Advanced cardiac life support requirements for perioperative nurses Key words: a...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Ogg MJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AORN conducted its eighth annual compensation survey for perioperative nurses in June and July 2010. A multiple regression model was used to examine how a number of variables, including job title, education level, certification, experience, and geographic region, affect nurse compensation. Comparisons between the 2010...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Bacon D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This course for expanded perioperative role assumption as an RNFA intends to prepare nurses who eventually can become individually responsible for comprehensive care of the patient undergoing surgical intervention, and help them establish collegial relationships with other nursing colleagues, surgeons, and health care...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Rothrock JC

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature suggests that acts of bullying are a root cause of new nurses leaving their units or the profession entirely and have the potential to worsen the nursing shortage. As an effective way to address bullying in the perioperative setting, mentoring benefits the nursing profession. Mentoring can have a direct...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Frederick D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AORN conducted its ninth annual compensation survey for perioperative nurses in June and July 2011. A multiple regression model was used to examine how a number of variables, including job title, education level, certification, experience, and geographic region, affect nurse compensation. Comparisons between the 2011 ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Bacon D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TeamSTEPPS is a powerful, evidence-based tool available to perioperative leaders to promote patient safety. The program improves communication and develops highly effective teams that optimize the use of information, people, and resources; resolve conflicts; improve information sharing; eliminate barriers to quality a...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Steelman VM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A congential head or neck mass increase the risk of airway obstruction and imminent respiratory failure at birth. The ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure is an option to secure the infant's airway in some clinical situations when an antenatal diagnosis of a head or neck mass or potentials airway obstructio...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Filipchuck D,Avdimiretz L

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women scheduled for breast biopsy procedures experience heightened anxiety about the outcomes of their diagnostic procedures. Perioperative nurses have unique opportunities to provide quality nursing care for patients awaiting breast biopsy procedures and their definitive diagnoses. The prevalence (ie, 50%) of benign ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Deane KA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nursing performance, or the skills a nurse exhibits in practice, is limited by the extent or level of a nurse's knowledge base; hence, the expression "nurses are what nurses do" probes nurses' levels of satisfaction with their present educational status. Given the rapid changes in health care today, nurses are questio...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Domino E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We formed an interdisciplinary team to create a standardized, evidence-based protocol that would reduce cesarean delivery surgical site infection rates at our tertiary teaching facility. The Joint Commission's current implementation guide for surgical site infections, although comprehensive, does not specifically addr...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Money L,Eyer M,Duncan K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PATIENTS WITH BODY PIERCINGS present a challenge for today's perioperative nurses. The need to prepare these patients for surgery while promoting safety, preserving body image, and respecting cultural values has gone beyond the routine practice of jewelry removal. BODY ART (ie, tattooing, piercing) has been practiced ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Larkin BG

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing and maintaining a sterile field to help prevent surgical site infections requires specific knowledge and skills and is among the most important responsibilities of the perioperative RN. Perioperative RNs should remain vigilant in monitoring the sterile field, communicate when a break in sterile technique ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Link T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The productions of the AORN Audiovisual Committee are best measured by their popularity. Enthusiastic audiences at Congress premieres and demands for bookings by chapters and individual instructors represent thousands of viewers for each film. A complete list of all films produced by the Committee is available in the ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Riall CT

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to comply with AORN's recommended practices for sterilization led a multidisciplinary team at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, to undertake a quality improvement project to reduce the frequency of immediate-use (previously called flash) sterilization. Team members determined t...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Shelby D,Kras B,Bryant S,Myers K,Bolyard N

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to complaints about the annual evaluation tool used at The Community Hospital in Munster, Indiana, the surgical services management team created a tool to rate the perioperative RNs on skills pertinent to the surgical services department. The hospital-wide evaluation tool uses vague criteria, which are reg...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Olmstead J,Falcone D,Lopez J,Sharpe L,Michna J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of alcohol (ethanol)-based hand rubs (ABHRs) during pregnancy Key words: alcohol, ethanol, hand rub, ABHR, hand sanitizer. Working when experiencing a shingles infection Key words: shingles, varicella, zoster, employee health. Cleaning rigid containers Key words: rigid container, container, instrument pan. ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Wood A,Ogg MJ,Chambers K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several months after we initiated our PAS program, the AABB scrutinized our policy and procedure manual. At the same time, the JCAHO conducted an inspection of our blood bank and its standards. Both reviews were positive, which provided all of us involved in the PAS program with a tremendous sense of accomplishment. E...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Specht MD,Hofer JE,Valentine NK,Keturi J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the experts agree: new technology, new laser applications, and new concepts of health care will keep the ambulatory surgery industry moving and growing. Statistics from the past seem to imply the same thing. Ten years from now we can reread this article and see if we were accurate. ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Cruz LD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 40 years, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures have improved patients' pain, functional status, and overall health-related quality of life. Improved instrumentation and implant designs enable surgeons to make precise bone resection incisions that have made this a safer and more routinely performed ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Hohler SE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication and other nontechnical skills can affect the number of adverse events occurring in perioperative areas. Our study assessed the properties of the Scrub Practitioners' List of Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (SPLINTS) used to assess nontechnical skills of scrub nurses in a diverse Asian ophthalmic ambu...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Loh HP,De Korne DF,Yin SQ,Ang E,Lau Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative nurses must use critical thinking and sound clinical judgment to meet their patients' needs safely and effectively. This requires the integration and continual updating of large amounts of detailed clinical information. Innovative education strategies are designed to make teaching and learning more inter...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Carifa L,Janiszewski Goodin H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative nurses frequently care for victims and suspected perpetrators of violent crimes. Nurses often are the first health care providers to assess the trauma patient and collect crucial evidence for future legal action. Informational evidence includes observations about patients' behavior and appearance and doc...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Muro GA,Easter CR

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crisis checklists are cognitive aids used to coordinate care during critical events. Simulation training is a method to validate process improvement initiatives such as checklist implementation. In response to concerns staff members expressed regarding their comfort level when responding to infrequent occurrences such...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Dagey D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disasters disrupt everyone's lives, and they can disrupt the flow and function of an OR as well as affect personnel on a professional and personal level even though perioperative departments and their personnel are used to caring for trauma patients and coping with surprises. The Boston Marathon bombing was a new expe...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Hemingway M,Ferguson J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) have brought patient safety concerns to the forefront in many health care facilities. The IOM and other organizations have said that increased use of technology has the potential to increase patient safety. This article looks at the reasons behind the increase in health care ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Cobb D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because wrist arthroscopy is a relatively new procedure, at this point in time, it may be more valuable for diagnosis of wrist pain and mechanical disorders than for the treatment of them. It does, however, make the selection of proper surgical treatment more predictable. As more precise small joint instrumentation is...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Nichols CD

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staffing shortages among professionals in specialized health care and clinical situations that demand around-the-clock care make it challenging to address staff member fatigue. Many industries have developed restrictions on work hours to help reduce the effects of fatigue on safety. The perioperative specialty, howeve...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Battié RN,Rall H,Khorsand L,Hill J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00