AORN Journal

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Articles in Oct 2005 issue of AORN Journal

• Helping young people paint the canvas of life
  by Sharon A. McNamara
• AORN presents a tapestry of diversity
• Hospital care spending continues to increase
• Collaborative instrumentation standards; fire protection standards; sterilizers; medical gas fittings; borrowing instruments
  by Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson
• Critical care patients at risk for serious errors
• Surgery remains important option for severe jaw pain
• Congress leaves its mark on students and their mentors
  by Debra L. Fawcett
• Opportunities from the center for perioperative education
• Acupuncture may relieve symptoms of fibromyalgia
• Substance abuse among nurses—defining the issue
  by Debra Dunn
• Top 10 things OR nurses should know about the AAMI standards
• Project launched to reduce surgical complications
• Hand hygiene, an essential process in the OR
  by George Allen
• Public health advisory issued on the fentanyl patch
• Male and female veterans receive similar health care
• Finding balanced; budgeting; leading and managing
• Invite a new member into the association
  by Kevin J. Metzing
• Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
  by Susan Barrow
• New voluntary standards available for ambulatory care
• Black older adults receive fewer life-saving surgeries
• Learning from international colleagues
  by Karen Walker
• Nurses not prepared to use research findings
• Focus on health care delivery, quality, and nursing
  by Catherine A. G. Sparkman
• Perioperative time capsule
• What about the floor?
  by Nathan L. Belkin
• Orthopedic personnel roles in the OR for computer-assisted total knee arthroplasty
  by M.L. Swank
• New Hampshire joins the Nurse Licensure Compact
• Corrections
• New blood test helps personalize patients' treatment
• Perioperative initiatives for medication safety
  by Linda J. Wanzer
• Routine genetic testing for cancer risk not recommended
• Taking aspirin before heart surgery may be beneficial
• Nitrous oxide concentrations; hand hygiene; dexamethasone for postoperative nausea; liposomal lidocaine 4% cream
  by George Allen
• Board hard at work as the voice of AORN members: Leadership Conference attendees were invited to the Board meeting to observe representative governance in action
  by Charlotte L. Guglielmi
• Developments in the RN first assistant role during the Korean War
  by Deborah L. Hallquist
• Americans' oral health improving