AORN Journal

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Articles in Feb 2006 issue of AORN Journal

• Excessive menstrual breeding is common and treatable
• Congress education program updates
• Presentation of illness in older adults: if you think you know what you're looking for, think again
  by Elaine J. Amella
• New stent used to treat clogged brain arteries
• Medical malpractice liability reform—no easy task
  by Catherine Becker
• New look, same great resources and information
• Video demonstrates child decontamination procedures
• AORN Foundation announces 2005-2006 scholarship recipients
• Glioblastoma treatment based on genetic analysis
• Don't miss the Congress nurse/exhibitors day event
• Perceived barriers to implementation of a successful sharps safety program
  by Andrea M. Hagstrom
• Molecular mechanism of cardiac arrhythmia found
• Antibiotic prophylaxis; anti-adhesion membrane use in pediatric patients; postoperative oxygen; supplemental oxygen
  by George Allen
• Groups scheduled to meet at Congress: Saturday, March 18, to Thursday, March 23, 2006
• Reducing positioning changes during robotic lead placement
  by Susan Underwood
• Opportunities from the center for perioperative education
• AORN library offers a variety of services, information
• Specialty assembly meetings provide networking opportunities: Friday, March 17, to Thursday, March 23, 2006
• New guideline on fibromyalgia syndrome available
• Join AORN's grassroots network
• Pregnancy and Birth Sourcebook, 2d ed
  by Elizabeth A. Austin
• Photoselective vaporization of the prostate in ambulatory surgery
  by Margaret Wojcik
• Recommended practices for maintaining a sterile field
• Companies withhold clinical trial information
• Recommended practices for surgical tissue banking
• 30 years ago in the AORN Journal
• Abuse of opioid analgesics is increasing
• Competency & Credentialing Institute new board members
• Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards
  by Deaun Carpenter
• 20 years ago in the AORN Journal
• Perioperative nursing in nursing school curricula
  by Sharon A. McNamara
• Nursing programs reject qualified applicants
• In memory of Audrey N. Bell, RN
• Chronic pain in children is an undertreated problem
• Reclaiming the Passion: Stories that Celebrate the Essence of Nursing
  by Susan Gerdes
• Unplanned perioperative hypothermia
  by V. Doreen Wagner
• 10 years ago in the AORN Journal
• Standards, recommended practices, and guidelines
  by Nancy J. Girard
• Create an environment of practice excellence
• Recommended practices for sponge, sharps, and instrument counts
• 40 years ago in the AORN Journal
• Disposal of epinephrine; shellfish and iodine allergies; fires caused by hair gel; patient jewelry; vaginal use of chlorhexidine gluconate
  by Eric Briesemeister
• Brochure available to assist newly diagnosed patients
• Differences in perioperative medication errors with regard to organization characteristics
  by BradLee Goeckner
• Blood test may detect heart transplant rejection