AORN Journal

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Articles in April 2004 issue of AORN Journal

• Home Study Program: can we build a safer OR?
  by Gina Pugliese
• Recommended practices for laser safety in practice settings
• Opportunities from the center for perioperative education
• New calculator helps determine pneumonia treatment
• Stress management through the viewfinder
  by Pamela Sale
• Perioperative time capsule
• Daily vitamin consumption may save eyesight
• A strategic view of AORN's federal legislative issues
  by Burke Beu
• Keeping patients safe—procedure and site verification and preprocedure pause
  by Barbara Rusynko
• Safety resources for perioperative clinicians
  by Suzanne C. Beyea
• Code red in the OR—implementing an OR fire drill
  by Jane Flowers
• Deep vein thrombosis; neutral zone; circulating and recovering; environmental controls; wound classifications; sterile field
  by Carol Petersen
• Celebrating our value
  by William J. Duffy
• A case for outsourcing medical device reprocessing
  by Deborah Haley
• Smoke plume evacuation; antibiotic prophylaxis; alcohol's effect on infection; misuse of prophylactic techniques
  by George Allen
• New products available in AORN's Perioperative Bookstore
• Obesity-attributable medical costs determined
• Elder Rage—or—Take My Father … Please! How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents
  by Rosemarie Wheeler
• News flash nursing shortage is over!
  by Nancy J. Girard
• The invisible nurse—behind the scenes in an Australian OR
  by Rosalind M. Bull
• Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know
  by Mary Jane Edwards
• Board meets, approves new specialty assembly
  by Sharon A. McNamara
• The value of certification—a research journey
  by Michelle Byrne
• The Employee Recruitment and Retention Handbook
  by Jim D'Alfonso
• Meet the new AORN President
  by Nancy K. Kuehl
• Examinations find unapproved imported medications
• Surveys indicate perception that flu shot was ineffective