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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.

In only about 15 years, robotic surgery has become increasingly common for many different types of surgical procedures.

Efficiency is especially critical in today’s post-health care reform environment.