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Thoughts on Perioperative Education

Pre-Procedural Verification

We recently re-examined our Pre-procedural Verification process and realized there was room for imp...

Posted on 6/6/2010 11:39 AM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (0)

Just Culture and Patient Safety

What to do when there is a occurrence with a patient injury or near miss is always a debate. In ord...

Posted on 3/7/2010 11:28 AM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (0)

Wound Class education

As I stated previously, our goal is to achieve a ZERO SSI rate. As we continued to examine our SSI ...

Posted on 2/28/2010 11:35 AM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (0)

Tracking Surgical Site Infections

We have a goal of achieving a Zero SSI rate. As we continue to examine our SSI rates and patient in...

Posted on 2/22/2010 7:10 PM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (2)

No Thing Left Behind

Have you looked at the recent AORN news email? Follow "Counts a Team approach" link to th...

Posted on 2/6/2010 10:36 AM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (0)

Continuous Joint Commission readiness

Continuous Joint Commission readiness for all of our perioperative areas is a large part of my jo...

Posted on 2/2/2010 6:33 PM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (1)

Perianesthesia Education resources

As a Perioperative educator, I am continually learning new things. In the past two years, I have be...

Posted on 1/14/2010 6:28 PM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (2)

Competency assessment

What is a competency? A competency is not a class you attend or a computer module you complete. Edu...

Posted on 1/13/2010 6:50 PM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (0)

Patient Safety- The number one priority

In my previous post I asked what a perioperative educator is supposed to do. In my opinion, patient...

Posted on 1/7/2010 4:30 PM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (2)

What does a perioperative educator do?

This is my first experience with a Blog, so thank you to Ginger for helping me create a post. Depen...

Posted on 1/6/2010 6:48 PM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (2)

What talents make a great perioperative educator?

What talents (the parts that can't be taught) are necessary for a great perioperative staff nurse t...

Posted on 1/3/2010 9:54 AM by Rhonda K Dix, RN,BSN,CNOR | Comments (3)

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