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Hello everyone, I am an RNFA finishing my RN-BSN program, and I am doing my capstone EBP project on a nursing ...
Elizabeth Yates
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Zenda,
We are a large Level 1 Trauma Hospital and we have one person dedicated to onboarding new staff, current ...
We are a large Level 1 Trauma Hospital and we have one person dedicated to onboarding new staff, current ...
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Hopefully this is in the right place to get good advice...I still feel relatively new to my OR Education role and ...
Isaiah Washington
May '21
Hi Betsy,
I am a new grad OR Nurse who will be entering into my 6th month in this specialty and want to share my thoughts ...
I am a new grad OR Nurse who will be entering into my 6th month in this specialty and want to share my thoughts ...
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Hello, Does anyone have an official mentor program that they would be willing to share information on? Thank you, ...
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Does your organization incorporate the operating room into the Nurse Residency program, as a workplace setting ...
Sarah Milliano
Feb '21
Yes, my hospital has incorporated the OR into our nurse residency program. We have 2 cohorts that come in Feb and ...
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Good afternoon! I am looking for any training tools available to AORN members for preparing new grad nurses to ...
April Dzik
May '20
I am interested in this as well.
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VOTING MATTERS! While we are all saddened by the cancellation of AORN Expo 2020, the business of the association ...
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Hi everyone. I am very curious to see what other facilities have in place for orientation and training for new grad ...
Tabor Scrabeck
Mar '20
Our current training program is 7 months. Each intern receives seven weeks of instructive didactics and skills ...
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How are people dealing with traffic in Total Joints? Are staff, relieved for break, lunch? What about anesthesia ...
johan langley
Jan '20
our total joint rooms go into "lock down" for the duration of the case and nobody is allowed to leave. Does anyone ...
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We have a surgeon that insist on using a raytec to absorb blood during a laparoscopic procedure. There are 2 ...
Rachel Unger
Jan '20
Hi there, Rachel here from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I work at the Children's OR. I'd love to hear more feedback ...
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Who should bear the burden of cost to replace worn instruments that belong to the vendor? Â We have a vendor that ...
Jean Conley
Aug '19
If they break in our staffs hands for instance driving in a drill bit or screw, by dropping something or if something ...
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Has anyone had any experience with a peer support/mentoring program established in your OR for new nurses? If so, ...
Melanie Ferder
Sep '19
My RN new grad residency program utilized a mentor. This person was ideally not from the same department and was ...
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At our surgery center we are beginning to see a gap in our generations of employees. We have alot of younger newer ...
Susan Draper
Aug '19
One method we have used was to have the more experienced staff write up and share some of their more ...
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 Hello, I was wondering if anyone could provide a general timeline you use for training in a CVOR specialty: New ...
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We are looking at purchasing Alexander's for our peri-op training program. The newest edition(16th) was ...
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Do you do counts for D and C TY
Tammy Blosser
Feb '19
We do 3 counts with D&Cs: beginning, end and when the legs come out of stirrups.Â