Struggling to find experienced operating room RNs? One healthcare system started its own pipeline with an OR fellowship program. This article appears in the November/December 2018 edition of ...

DAVENPORT -- Jon McCarthy's voice is the last sound the patient hears as he drifts to sleep. "We'll take good care of you," she says. When he wakes up after the 26-minute hernia repair, Mrs. McCarthy ...

Chief nurses hospital finances improve as investments in wages, safety, and retention boost operating margins at 45 U.S.

Perioperative nurses are registered nurses who work in hospital surgery departments and day-surgery departments. The perioperative period refers to the time before, during and after surgical care. As ...

Many patients identify their operating room nurse as the “nurse behind the mask”. However, their commitment and expertise is vital to the hospital. This week is O.R. Nurse Week or Perioperative Nurse ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chamberlain University, which has the largest nursing school in the U.S., and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), creators of evidence-based guidelines ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 6, 2013) -- A local operating room nurse is lending his much-needed skills to the military. Preston Crider, who works full-time at Trinity Medical Center, took the oath of ...

Operating room nurses are known for staying cool, calm and collected under pressure. The job isn’t for the faint of heart, but it’s right up Kate Beehler’s alley. “I work with Kate in the OR and she ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Female nurses who worked in the operating rooms for 15 years or more had an increased risk for developing COPD ...