The relationship between the Perioperative Patient Focused Model and the PNDS is evidenced by their unique language and use of the nursing process to guide care. The most notable feature of their similarity is that the PNDS:

The relationship between the Perioperative Patient Focused Model and the PNDS is evidenced by their unique language and use of the nursing process to guide care. The most notable feature of their similarity is that the PNDS:

During a simulation on intraoperative counts in which peer 'teams' competed, Team 2 was determined to have demonstrated best practice in performing surgical counts. This team, whose members included a RN, CNOR, and CST, reviewed the unit practice standard and current AORN evidence-based guidelines. Select the appropriate order of counts that they demonstrated to their peers.

A sharps-safe area on the sterile field between the scrub person and the surgeon where sharps can be transferred to the surgeon from the scrub person and returned to the scrub person after use is referred to as the:

Ketamine is a short-acting induction and IV or intramuscular (IM) maintenance agent. Patients are able to maintain their airways. It is a suitable agent to use with small children and burn patients. The concern with this agent is that in large doses it may cause:

The perioperative nurse noticed abrasions on a patient's elbows when she visited him in the intensive care unit (ICU) the day after his 6-hour abdominal surgery. The patient told her that the ICU nurses had difficulty pulling him back up in bed every time he slid down toward the bottom, and he was not able to be much help in moving himself. This skin injury was probably the result of which physical force?