Maintaining a calm, compassionate attitude is a vital nursing skill. Many perioperative nurses will tell you that this can be quite challenging with so many fires to put out during a shift. What to do to keep calm and carry on? Here are some simple yoga moves to...
Nursing shortages, burnout and compassion fatigue require nurses to practice self-care. Compassion Fatigue can occur with exposure to one case or can be due to a “cumulative” level of trauma. Compassion fatigue develops over time, taking weeks, sometimes years to...
Perioperative hypothermia can be associated with significant patient morbidity and mortality, Hart, Bordes, Hart, Corsino, & Harmon (2011) describe a threefold increase in the incidence of morbid cardiac outcomes, increases in surgical blood loss, a 20% increase...
Action Products would like to send a thank you to our partners and customers locally and worldwide for their dedication in helping others during this challenging time. For 50 years we have been serving the healthcare industry and we have seen firsthand the ongoing...
“The evolution in health care and a global demand for quality patient care necessitate a parallel health care professional development with a great focus on a patient centered teamwork approach,” observe the authors of a paper published by the Sudanese Association of...
Have you heard of the “Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™" and their Grand Challenge? It is an initiative to connect and engage nurses, employers, and organizations around improving health in five areas: physical activity, nutrition, rest, quality of life, and safety....
Surgical site infections (SSI) are multifaceted, meaning that there are many intrinsic and extrinsic factors that contribute to them. Unfortunately, many times it is difficult to track down the source of the infection because of all the factors in play. Is it the...
Benchmarking efficiency is nothing new to the perioperative team; it is talked about in huddle, in services, and staff meetings. Efficiency in the Operating Room (OR) is measured by time, including start time, end time, turnover time, incision to closure time, block...
The CDC National Institute Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) defines workplace violence as “violent acts (including physical assaults and threats of assaults) directed towards persons at work or on duty”. The U.S. Department of Labor defines workplace violence as...
Medical errors in the perioperative setting more often result from miscommunication among providers than from lack of medical knowledge or technology failures. Four studies serve to highlight the importance of implementing measures to improve team communication in...
