Thanksgiving Top 10 in the Operating Room
This post is cross-posted on The Circulating Life Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for, not just today, but every day...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Nov 154 min read
My Journey Into Perioperative Nursing
Happy Perioperative Nurses Week! Come along as Lindsey shares how she became an OR Nurse
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Melanie Perry, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Nov 44 min read
Don't Stop the Block: Transforming Pain Management with Regional Anesthesia
The opioid crisis, which began in the mid to late 1990s, resulted from the development of and aggressive pharmaceutical marketing of an...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Oct 303 min read
The Hidden Halls of Knowledge: Discovering the World of Medical Libraries
There’s a hidden place in every hospital, a little-known world within the walls, waiting to be discovered. In some hospitals, it stands...
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Chris Blevins, BSCJ, AAS-ST, CST, CNA, FAST
Oct 173 min read
Infection Prevention: The Ultimate Play Call
Picture this: It's Sunday afternoon, and I'm cozied up in front of my big screen, tuned into the NFL Network Red Zone, fully immersed in...
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Melanie Perry, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Oct 143 min read
Happy Sterile Processing Week!
It's Sterile Processing Week! And while I am not a Sterile Processing professional, as an OR nurse I am acutely aware of how essential...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Sep 263 min read
Appreciation for Surgical Techs
I realize that National Surgical Technologist Week was last week, but honestly, you deserve to be celebrated and appreciated every week!...
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Chris Blevins, BSCJ, AAS-ST, CST, CNA, FAST
Sep 175 min read
Celebrating National Surgical Technology Week: A Look Toward the Future
National Surgical Technology Week is a time to honor and recognize the vital role that Certified Surgical Technologists (CSTs) play in...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Aug 279 min read
Cancelled Flight vs. Cancelled Case
I recently finished a fabulous two-week trek through Scotland and Ireland with a good friend of mine. We had an amazing trip. When it was...
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Chris Blevins, BSCJ, AAS-ST, CST, CNA, FAST
Aug 203 min read
Intentionality in Surgical Technology Instruction
As a surgical technology instructor, being intentional in the lab with students and in the classroom when teaching theory is paramount to...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Jul 116 min read
The Joplin Tornado: My Near-Miss Experience + 5 Tornado Preparedness Tips
I missed being in Joplin, MO, the day an EF-5 tornado hit by one day, due to a scheduling mishap.
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Melanie Perry, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Jun 302 min read
Season 12: Disaster Alert!
The wait is finally over! Season 12 begins today and the first episode is already available for download! In this season, cohosts Chris...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Jun 115 min read
National Time Out Day
Happy National Time Out Day! This day is set aside to recognize the important role that we all play in patient safety by being involved...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
May 115 min read
Who was Florence Nightingale?
We all remember learning about Florence Nightingale in nursing school. One of my professors in school called her “the mother of nursing.”...
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Chris Blevins, BSCJ, AAS-ST, CST, CNA, FAST
Apr 166 min read
Climbing the Clinical Ladder
A present and crucial topic for advancing and recognizing our profession is the importance of a clinical ladder for Certified Surgical...
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Bennett Skaggs
Apr 23 min read
Charting a New Course: The Journey from Bedside to Business
"How did you land that job??" This is the most common question nurses ask me when I introduce myself as an RN who works as a Clinical...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Mar 265 min read
Overcoming Fear & Embracing the Podium
If you had told me a year ago that I'd be presenting at the AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, I wouldn't have believed you. Like so...
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Melanie Perry, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Feb 272 min read
Going Beyond Opioids
We work in the Operating Room. We've seen broken bones, ruptured organs, trauma, cancer, and infection. We've seen blades slice through...
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Lindsey Joyce, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Jan 254 min read
Top 10: Trauma Surgery
We've covered so many services in our Top 10 series, and we're not through yet! Today, we're going to be talking about Trauma. Working in...
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Melanie Perry, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Dec 21, 20233 min read
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like... 2024
It's hard to believe that 2023 is already coming to an end - where did the time go? It seems that each year passes more quickly than the...
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