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Periop nurses carry a weight of responsibility that extends far beyond the sterile environment. Periop nursing demands expertise, focus, and critical thinking under pressure within a high-stress environment.

In this week’s Periop Life blog, Dr. Louise Grant shares her top strategies for overcoming distractions and ensuring your team stays connected—even in the busiest operating rooms.

In this special edition, we have provided tools and resources to help you and your team members talk about mental health.

Meet Sarah, a new perioperative nurse beginning her first service line rotation at a large academic medical center. Sarah is empathetic, driven, and passionate about nursing. However, as she transitioned into the role of primary nurse under her preceptor, she began to experience intense anxiety. Her fears centered around the possibility of contaminating the sterile field, miscounting instruments, and retaining a surgical item.

AORN has lowered annual membership dues from $170 to $125—over a 26% reduction—while keeping full benefits intact

Learn how VP Dio Sumagaysay implemented a cloud-based AI/ML solution across 53 ORs.

Rising labor costs, tariffs, and shifting reimbursements are straining healthcare systems, making it harder to sustain costly inpatient care.

The updated 2025 AORN Guideline for Transmission-Based Precautions incorporates lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to provide risk-based strategies for managing contact, droplet, and airborne infections.

Local-only anesthesia carries unique risks, including the potential for systemic toxicity, so it’s vital for perioperative nurses to have a clear, patient-centered plan. Learn five evidence-based tips to collaborate with the surgical team, calculate safe doses, reduce patient anxiety, educate patients, and prepare for adverse reactions.

The nursing profession, while deeply rewarding, is fraught with unique stressors that can significantly impact mental health and well-being. This article aims to provide an overview of the problem, highlight key risk factors, and outline actionable prevention steps.

Test your general perioperative knowledge with this crossword puzzle.

Becoming a nurse in the OR is a big step! It's exciting, but it's also normal to feel stressed or anxious as you get used to this new environment.

Discover how AORN supports perioperative leaders in navigating accreditation standards, maintaining compliance, and ensuring staff competency. Explore key challenges and tools like Periop 101, eGuidelines Plus, and the CineMed Video Library.

On August 25, 2025, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed HB 173-1 into law, making Delaware the 20th state to enact surgical smoke evacuation legislation.

Foley catheter injuries are more common than you think, but simple interventions can reduce risks. Learn key strategies from a quality improvement team that improved patient safety with evidence-based best practices.

Local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) is rare but potentially life-threatening. This blog outlines three evidence-based steps perioperative teams can use to recognize, respond to, and prevent harm from LAST.

The AORN Guideline for Electrosurgery outlines evidence-based practices to reduce risks such as surgical fires and patient injury. Perioperative nurses can dive deeper into these updates and gain hands-on application strategies at this year’s AORN Guidelines Workshop.

Learn how perioperative nurses can play a crucial role in preventing infections and ensuring patient safety. Discover the challenges of infection prevention in the operating room, factors that interfere with wound healing, and effective nursing interventions. Explore the latest AORN Guidelines and register for an upcoming workshop to enhance your skills and knowledge.

AORN members approved new position statements on Care of the Transgender or Gender-Diverse Patient and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in the Perioperative Environment.

The editor-in-chief of AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice answers the most common sterile technique questions from AORN’s Clinical Consult line. From wound classification to handling expired items, here’s what every perioperative team should know.