AORN Journal

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Articles in Oct 2004 issue of AORN Journal

• Opportunities from the Center for Perioperative Education
• Intraoperative use of autologous platelet-rich and platelet-poor plasma for orthopedic surgery patients
  by Kathleen M. Floryan
• Human patient simulation: a teaching strategy
  by Suzanne C. Beyea
• Prescription medications can be risky for older adults
• Chain of custody; nosocomial surgical wound infections; antibiotic resistance; terminal OR cleaning
  by Joan Blanchard
• Treating patients with smallpox in the operating room
  by Amy Beasley
• A knowledge comparison of nursing students in perioperative versus other rotations
  by Linda M. Sigsby
• Guidance on hospital bed design issued
• Researchers tie depression to overactive brain circuit
• Creating a successful RN first assistant practice
  by Joyce DeFrancesco
• 2004 Ad
  by Burke Beu
• Preparing RNs for the OR through a certificate in perioperative nursing program
  by Sandra Smith
• Clue to genetic basis for neural tube defects uncovered
• Older adult surgical patients; herbal medicine use; blood cell salvage and autotransfusion; antibiotic prophylaxis
  by George Allen
• Keeping surgical procedure turnover in perspective
  by William J. Duffy
• Scientists assess probability of death from breast cancer
• Some programs effective in sustaining increased exercise
• New state-specific breast-feeding data now available
• New CNOR contact hour requirements begin in 2006
• The new barrier standard—whose interests does it serve?
  by Nathan L. Belkin
• Sidewalk Strategies: Seven Winning Steps for Candidates, Causes, and Communities
  by Natalie Walker
• What type of voter are you?
  by Nancy J. Girard
• Perioperative surgery in the twenty-first century—two case studies
  by Margaret Meyer
• 40 years ago in the AORN Journal
• Cooked: an Inner City Nursing Memoir
  by Lesley J. Henderson
• Board acts to prepare AORN for the future
  by Charlotte Guglielmi
• Improved communication could reduce infant deaths
• 30 years ago in the AORN Journal
• Health and Health Care 2010: the Forecast, the Challenge
  by Fran Koch
• From handmaiden to right hand—World War I—the mud and the blood
  by Victoria L. Holder
• AORN guidance statement: safe specimen identification, collection, and handling in perioperative practice settings
• 20 years ago in the AORN Journal
• Shaping the Adaptive Organization: Landscapes, Learning, and Leadership in Volatile Times
  by Nancy L. Bedison
• Honor Society of Nursing solicits abstracts
• New guidelines for wound management available
• 10 years ago in the AORN Journal