The AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo will be held April 6-10, 2019 in Nashville, TN. This year's focus is Harmonized Care: the Key to Safety. It is the largest Gathering of Perioperative Professionals in the World with over 5,600 executives, directors,...
The pediatric surgical patient, like any other surgical patient can be vulnerable to pressure ulcers (PU). Reducing pressure injury development in the pediatric surgical patient can be challenging especially when there is an admitting diagnosis of congenital heart...
Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment “Little is known about pressure ulcer prevention practice among pediatric patients,” Razmus and Bergquist-Beriger lamented just two years ago in Wound Management & Prevention. For one thing, the authors explained, risk factors for...
Our first two posts for July have focused on the importance of preventing an unhealthy RISE in Home Healthcare patients’ body temperature, preventing heat stroke, muscle cramps, and pressure injuries. Our third blog focuses on the hospital O.R. setting, where the...
Celebrate National Nurses Week by Thanking your favorite Nurse! Action Products, Inc. would like to thank Rochelle Froloff our OR Nurse Consultant for over 30 years of dedicated service in helping to prevent pressure injuries! National Nurses Week begins each year on...
