Stay in Constant Communication; Automated text messaging keeps patients engaged and satisfied with their care.

Ideas That Work: Quick and Easy Kid-Friendly Touches

Behind Closed Doors: Practical Jokers; Nothing's more fun than pulling a good prank on your co-workers.

Create the Perfect Cataract Surgery Experience; Pampered patients head home smiling and satisfied with the care they received.

Editor's Page; We All Make Mistakes, But Few Talk About Them.

In Search of the Perfect Hernia Mesh; There is no such thing - I know because I went looking for one.

Disgruntled Central Sterile Employee Shoots and Kills Longtime Nursing Supervisor at Alabama Hospital. Nancy Swift, RN, a 63-year-old nursing manager, was gunned down Wednesday night in her office just outside the the OR at University of Alabama at Birmin

Study Finds Psychosis Drug Amisulpride Reduces Nausea and Vomiting. Small doses of amisulpride, a drug used to manage psychosis, may prevent PONV when given with standard anti-nausea treatment, say researchers.

Ideas That Work: HIPAA; Keep the Schedule Confidential

Is your staff prepared to swing into action to save a patient's life?

Things only a surgical nurse would understand and appreciate.

Anesthetists share the ingredients to their multimodal approach to 3 painful surgeries.

Painkillers are often not the answer to post-surgical pain.

By targeting our most vulnerable patients, we dramatically reduced SSIs.

The future is bright for procedures that lower intraocular pressure.

"Door Buster" Cards Help Save Lives

A Notice Board Keeps Staff Informed

Thinking of Buying Video Laryngoscopes

3 non-invasive ways to easily track your patient's core body temperature before, during and after surgery.

The OR can be a dangerous place for your employees.