Safe positioning for robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.

abstract：:Estimates indicate that one million patients who smoke present annually in the United States for some form of surgical intervention. Smoking is a known cause of respiratory complications, hemodynamic fluctuations, and delayed wound healing. A literature search revealed a small number of available studies that address ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Lauerman CJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) usually requires lifelong treatment and sometimes surgery. Metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ) implant arthroplasty is one surgical treatment for patients with severe RA malformation of the finger joints. Although not a cure, MCPJ implant arthroplasty can enhance patients' quality of life by imp...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Roth M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective on-call clinical staffing is critical to providing perioperative services to patients requiring emergency surgical care. Without careful monitoring of continuous work hours and hours worked per week, staffing practices can adversely affect the ability of personnel to function and provide care. Managers and p...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Olmstead J,Falcone D,Lopez J,Mislan L,Murphy M,Acello T

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative nurses have skills that lend themselves to sound financial decision-making, and during these difficult economic times, it is important to know how to secure earnings for the future. Key strategies include saving for retirement, consulting a financial advisor, investing in reliable vehicles, holding inves...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Yarkony K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IN RESPONSE TO RECENT REPORTS from several major US medical centers regarding possible exposure of surgical patients to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), one institution developed guidelines to care for surgical patients with the preoperative diagnosis of "rule out TSE." BASED ON CURRENT sterilization ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Brendle TA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This systematic review revealed that there remains no evidence to indicate whether removing nail polish and finger rings affects the rate of SSIs after surgery. Given that there are no new studies on this topic, there is insufficient evidence to determine whether wearing finger rings or nail polish affects the number ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Girard N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Just asking the patient what he or she is concerned about may help. The vast majority of patients in this study listed multiple concerns when asked. Very few hesitated or had to take time to think about the question or their answer. Give them your time and listen. ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Caldwell LM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AORN conducted its fifth annual compensation survey for perioperative nurses in August of 2007. A multiple regression model was used to examine how a variety of variables including job title, education level, certification, experience, and geographic region affect nursing compensation. Comparisons between 2007 and pre...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Bacon D

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：: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：: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：:A large number of vaginal hysterectomies are performed on an outpatient basis through ambulatory surgery units (ASU). Recognizing this trend, we researched the possibility of performing vaginal hysterectomies in our ASU and developed an outpatient vaginal hysterectomy protocol. The preoperative and postoperative educa...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Bran DF,Spellman JR,Summitt RL Jr

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:Educators today need innovative teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of the multigenerational population of perioperative nurses. Emerging technologies, such as YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing web site, can be used as a component of an active learning strategy that can appeal to a broad group of n...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Logan R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2000, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, installed a patient flow management system. Staff members embraced the technology, finding that it improved communication and quality of patient care, and hospital administrators noticed increased productivity and revenue after implementing the sys...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： McHugh N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care of pediatric surgical patients is not limited to pediatric facilities, and all perioperative RNs should have a basic understanding of the specialized care that children require. This knowledge set includes an understanding of the basic terminology used to describe this patient population as well as the developmen...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Derieg S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1993 survey is the first step in a planned, systematic method of eliciting members' opinions, demographic information, and program preferences. The data collected will be used to analyze current programs and services and plan for the future. There are limitations to survey research. Questions may be deleted accide...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Foss J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thoracic perioperative specialty team members at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va, designed guidelines to improve the management of patients with esophageal perforations. They performed a retrospective analysis of 41 patients who were diagnosed with thoracic esophageal perforations from Sept 1, 1979, throu...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Graling PR,Hetrick VL,Vaughan B,Kiernan PD

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:These guidelines are not intended to be the final word in establishment of wet pack criteria. They can serve as a starting point in development of criteria and test methodology that are scientifically defensible and practical. The joint efforts of hospital personnel and industry are necessary to continue research of t...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Karle DA,Ryan P

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid organ injuries of the upper abdomen consist primarily of injuries to the spleen and liver. Several years ago, these injuries were fairly straightforward to manage. Recently, however, combinations of new diagnostic modalities and the advent of nonsurgical treatments have added complexity to the management of sple...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Richardson JD,Brewer M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer of the tongue is the second most common oral cavity malignancy seen in the general population. When otolaryngologists decide to treat patients surgically, perioperative nurses must institute special nursing interventions directed toward patients' tongue reconstruction procedures and rehabilitation. Surgical man...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Truelson JM,Pearce AN

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethics is a set of moral principles or values--a guiding philosophy for behavior. Ethical dilemmas in the health care setting occur daily. Perioperative nurse managers need to consider basic ethical principles when resolving these dilemmas, and they must keep in mind that solutions need to serve the best interests of ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Kuhn JE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When predicting staffing requirements for postanesthesia care units (PACUs), nurse managers are expected to satisfy standards, meet patient care needs, staff PACUs to accommodate surgeons' and facilities' needs, and contain costs. The authors present a statistical method that offers reliability and accuracy in forecas...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Dexter F,Rittenmeyer H

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with debilitating facial injuries and deformities have achieved significant improvement of aesthetic form and function after undergoing a face transplantation. The involvement of surgical technologists and perioperative nurses in the care of the recipient and donor plays a critical role in the success of t...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Sweeney N,Allen K,Miller B,Nolan T,Sheerin K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative nurses administer some medications but are primarily responsible for obtaining, preparing, and documenting medications. Unlike personnel in many other patient care areas, perioperative personnel may not have immediate access to a pharmacist; this lack of pharmacy support can complicate medication adminis...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Spruce L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many nursing programs removed perioperative education from their curriculum as early as the late 1960s, and perioperative nursing is now experiencing the consequences. Fewer perioperatively educated graduates are available, the workforce of experienced perioperative nurses is aging, and multiple career opportunities a...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Heckman R,Barnhill J

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：:Perioperative nurses play a pivotal role in coordinating care during crises, employing their nursing skills to foster a positive outcome and collaborating with their colleagues and peers to achieve the desired resolution. Whether caring for a patient during a liver transplantation or one undergoing removal of a cyst, ...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Seifert PC,Wadlund DL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a provider of health care, the CRNFA is a viable solution for controlling rising health care costs. Working in collaborative practice with surgeons, CRNFAs are cost-effective for the patient and for the health care delivery system. The AORN proposal would extend Medicare coverage eligibility to CRNFAs for their sur...

journal_title：AORN journal

authors： Romig CL

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00