Don Sadler

The word ultimate gets thrown around a lot these days. Whether it’s the ultimate sub sandwich, the ultimate sports car….

Unfortunately, children aren’t the only ones who are suffering at the hands of bullies. Bullying has long been an under-the-radar problem in the OR, but it is starting to attract more attention in the health care industry.

The theme for the the AORN Surgical Conference & Expo, April 2-6 in Anaheim,California is “Thriving Through Transformation.”

In the most recent OR Today Reader Survey, readers were asked to identify the most pertinent issues that will affect OR nurses and surgical techs this year.

Most perioperative nurses would probably agree that too often, perioperative care plans are variable and fragmented.

Over the past decade, a surprisingly high number of hospital patients have suffered complications and even died after surgery due to undetected respiratory depression after receiving opioids.