This study investigated the outcomes of perioperative multidisciplinary nursing collaboration for patients who underwent laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preoperative medical evaluation at a perioperative clinic decreased length of stay after total joint ...

Patient handover in perioperative care represents a critical juncture in the surgical pathway where the transfer of clinical responsibility and detailed patient information is essential to ensuring ...

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses has revised and released official position statements on safe staffing guidelines and on-call practices. AORN revised and released these updated ...

The lead author of a new report identifies four ways to promote preoperative assessments by anesthesiologists. The lead author of a new report that found weak preoperative assessments are a primary ...

When type 1 diabetes complicates surgery Offering preoperative testing and evaluations in one convenient location can significantly reduce surgical cancellation rates. NEW ORLEANS — Nurse-practitioner ...

Rebecca M. Patton was named the inaugural holder of the Lucy Jo Atkinson Professorship in Perioperative Nursing at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. A member of ...

Anaemia is associated with significant postoperative risks, but if present pre-operatively it could be addressed before surgery. A surgical team’s pre-operative anaemia service reduced both risks and ...

Nurses' list of complaints includes lack of sanitized OR equipment; hospital counters that new state-of-the-art sterilizers have reduced safety events by 51%. Operating room (OR) and post-anesthesia ...

Marshall Health Network-Cabell Huntington Hospital has named Tenille Gilkerson, MSN, RN, director of perioperative services. Gilkerson began her nursing career at the Cabell Huntington Surgery Center ...

Initiatives to reduce low-value care (LVC) could widen existing disparities meaning that more people would receive unnecessary care while others still struggle to receive enough, a new study finds.