Guidelines Workshops

Healing Without Hitches: Preventing Surgical Wound Infections

Activate your infection prevention skills to facilitate your patient's seamless journey to healing. During this session, we will collaborate to identify nursing interventions to prevent infections during each phase of care.

• Discuss factors that interfere with wound healing
• List perioperative nursing interventions to prevent surgical wound infections
• Review a case study and apply your knowledge of the Sterile Technique Guideline 

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Clearing the Air: Myths & Facts about Surgical Smoke

Misunderstandings about surgical smoke persist in the media and among healthcare personnel. With the increased focus on surgical smoke safety and progressing legislation throughout the country, it is important to ensure perioperative RNs are prepared with the most accurate and current information about surgical smoke. In this session, we’ll clear the air of several common misconceptions and provide the evidence-based facts about surgical smoke safety in the operating room.

• Identify common misconceptions about surgical smoke in the operating room.
• Discuss the data-driven facts about surgical smoke safety.
• Review the evidence-based AORN recommendations for perioperative surgical smoke safety.

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Brr! It's Cold in Here!

We're gonna need a nurse in the OR atmosphere…to prevent patient hypothermia! Join us as we preview the newly revised recommendations for perioperative patient temperature management and test your knowledge on the best strategies to prevent patients from experiencing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia.

• Discuss the perioperative nurse's role in perioperative patient temperature management.
• Identify strategies to prevent perioperative hypothermia. 
• Review recommendations for maintaining normothermia in the perioperative setting. 

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RSI Quiz Bowl

Uncover strategies to prevent unintentionally retained surgical items (RSI), and champion patient safety in this updated RSI Quiz Bowl as a team. Hosted by an AORN Guideline Author, your team will engage in a battle of facts to test your knowledge of best practices for preventing RSIs! 

• Discuss the perioperative nurse's role in preventing RSIs
• Identify best practices that enhance safety in the perioperative setting
• Explain AORN recommendations for prevention of RSIs

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Optimizing Patient Outcomes with Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

Explore the concept of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and its impact on improving patient outcomes following surgical procedures. Follow a patient through the perioperative process using ERAS and discuss the key principles, the evidence supporting its effectiveness, and how healthcare providers can implement ERAS protocols in their practice.

• Understand the key principles of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and its benefits in improving patient outcomes, reducing complications, and enhancing recovery.
• Explore the evidence supporting ERAS protocols and how they can lead to shorter hospital stays, faster recovery times, and improved patient satisfaction.
• Discuss strategies for implementing ERAS protocols in clinical practice, including multidisciplinary collaboration, patient education, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.