Patient safety first alert--epinephrine and phenylephrine in surgical settings.

abstract：:The use of scientific evidence to support national recommendations about clinical decisions has become an expectation of multidisciplinary health care organizations. The objectives of this project were to identify the most applicable evidence-rating method for perioperative nursing practice, evaluate the reliability o...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Steelman VM,Pape T,King CA,Graling P,Gaberson KB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advancements in transplantation offer promising treatment options for a variety of diseases. Organ donation, an essential part of organ transplantation, may be performed at hospitals even if the facility is not a transplant center; therefore, perioperative nurses should be aware of developments in transplantation and ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Paramesh AS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmologists have been searching for a treatment to control intraocular pressure in difficult cases of glaucoma. The ideal treatment is one that is simple and effective and has few side effects. Transscleral cyclophotocoagulation is less damaging to the ciliary process than cyclocryotherapy in which a probe cooled...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Langseth FG

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pain management process improvement team was created to develop a unified and consistent way to address pain management for surgical patients. Team members evaluated patient satisfaction ratings, patient and family member education, use of specific pain scales, patient comfort function goals, staff member education,...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Chavis SW,Duncan LH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The careful attention that the day-surgery staff provides to the child who undergoes a motor point block procedure can reduce the anxiety of the parents and child and significantly contribute to the overall interdisciplinary care of the patient. The experience should be a positive one for the family and for the surgic...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Morrison JE Jr,Hertzberg DL,Gourley SM,Matthews DJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：:Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTBA) is a minimally invasive and effective adjunct treatment for patients with atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease. This surgical technique involves placing an intraarterial balloon within an obstructing arterial lesion and forcibly dilating the balloon under flu...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Henderson LJ,Kirkland JS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A culture of patient safety requires commitment and full participation from all staff members. In 2008, results of a culture of patient safety survey conducted in the perioperative division of the Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania revealed a lack of patient-centered focus, teamwork, and positive communicati...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Johnson HL,Kimsey D

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding patients' perspectives is central to providing appropriate nursing care. The purpose of this study was to explore ambulatory surgery patients' perceptions and views of the perioperative experience. A phenomenological study was conducted that included 16 patients who underwent abdominal surgical procedure...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Costa MJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful orientation of new employees facilitates their transition to the complex and demanding world of perioperative nursing. Whether a nurse is a recent graduate or an experienced nurse who has recently joined the facility or department, a new nurse benefits from a transition period during which new skills, p...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Mollohan JK,Morales M

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Unilateral vocal cord paralysis causes disturbances with vocal function and swallowing, to include aspiration. Thyroplasty type I has become one of the preferred surgical treatments for unilateral vocal cord paralysis. It is tolerated better by the patient, improves predictability of surgical results, and provides goo...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Herman C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A host of toxic substances exist in the OR. The toxicity of prep solutions, cleaning chemicals, common medications, and trace anesthetic gases varies greatly. Nurses use, direct others in the use of, or administer potential toxins while breathing air that may be contaminated to some degree with anesthetic vapors. Ofte...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Fiedler MA,Biddle C

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, most of the physicians at the International Congress III, whether they were vascular surgeons, cardiologists, or radiologists, agreed that lasers have their place in vascular medicine. They did acknowledge, however, that further refinements are required in the lasers themselves and in assessment techniques...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Cruz LD

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:The authors investigated music as a method to reduce ambulatory surgery patients' preoperative anxiety. They assigned 42 patients to either an experimental or a control group and compared the patients' vital signs and self-reports of anxiety, which were measured using the state portion of the State-Trait Anxiety Inven...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Augustin P,Hains AA

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:A critical shortage of qualified central processing technicians and the opening of a new central processing department (CPD) were driving forces behind the development of a CPD technician internship program at one facility. Classes focused on the principles and practices of central processing, and an OR observation ga...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Speers AT

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family-centered care is an accepted and promoted philosophy within the health care community. Perioperative nurses are empowered to support change in the health care arena and to examine and institute policies that affect patient care. This study examined the feasibility of family presence in the OR during breast biop...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Evans LA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some decisions affect no one but ourselves, and others affect more than one person. Some decisions are quite simple and have minimal, if any, ramifications; other decisions are more complex and can have major ramifications. Some decisions are easy to make because a person has the experience and knowledge, and other de...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： McConnell EA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently there is a shortage of cadaver organs that can be transplanted from one human being to another. In response to this shortage, scientists and medical researchers have developed techniques for transplanting animal organs into humans, a procedure known as xenotransplantation. This may address the shortage of or...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Derenge S,Bartucci MR

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative nursing is at the threshold of an unprecedented shortage that may affect the profession for years to come as the existing workforce ages and nursing schools continue to marginalize perioperative curricula. The purpose of this study is to investigate perioperative staffing issues, preceptorship training p...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Ward RP,Saylor C

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothermia, a common problem for patients having surgery, adversely affects multiple organ systems and physiologic functions. Research indicates that maintaining normothermia can reduce infection rates, operative blood loss, and length of hospital stay. Often, preventing hypothermia is not a high priority to surgical...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Weirich TL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a new and promising technique for the treatment of movement disorders. Medically intractable Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common indications for DBS. There are three possible subcortical targets for PD, depending on the symptomatology (i.e., the motor subdivision of the t...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Byrd DL,Marks WJ Jr,Starr PA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a urinary catheter is not inserted using proper technique, becomes unclean, or remains in place for too long, microorganisms can travel through the catheter lumen or along the outside of the catheter and infect the bladder or kidneys, resulting in a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). Urinary tra...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Clayton JL

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We implemented a quality improvement project to reduce noise levels in the OR in response to complaints from the anesthesia staff members at two community hospitals. Excessive noise has been shown to increase staff member stress, fatigue, distraction, and ineffective communication, which can lead to medical errors. We...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Hogan LJ,Harvey RL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care-associated infections (HAIs) have received national attention because of recent news stories in print and on television. many states have mandatory reporting requirements for hospital HAI rates, and as of October 1, 2008, Medicare no longer will pay for certain HAI-related costs. Collaboration among health...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Arias KM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood administration safety is the result of accurate identification of patients to blood products before transfusions, appropriate care and administration of blood products, and rapid recognition and intervention when adverse reactions occur. Health care institutions have an obligation to provide staff members clearl...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Craig V,Bower JO

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a commonly used circulatory-assist device that increases myocardial oxygen supply and reduces myocardial oxygen demand, thus improving left ventricular function. The inflation and deflation pattern of the IABP is the opposite of the heart's rhythm. As the heart rests, the balloo...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Tremper RS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most troublesome ethical dilemmas that perioperative nurses face is do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders for surgical patients. The principles of futility, informed consent, autonomy, and beneficence underpin ethical decision making about DNR orders in surgical patients. ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Jacobson BS

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00