Struggling to find experienced operating room RNs? One healthcare system started its own pipeline with an OR fellowship program. This article appears in the November/December 2018 edition of ...

In a case that underscores the inherent difficulty of implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in situations involving workplace safety issues, a federal district court in Connecticut ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Female nurses who worked in the operating rooms for 15 years or more had an increased risk for developing COPD ...

We can be nurses in long-term care, which are like your nursing homes, we can be nurses in occupational health, which is like in your facilities where you work, nurses in the hospitals, which is where ...

Anyone familiar with medical dramas on television see the pressure-soaked world of perioperative nurses, or operating room nurses, on a weekly basis. “They’re the ones who get yelled at by the doctors ...

Self-reported teamwork ratings could differ substantially between operating room physicians and nurses, according to a study supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study ...

Although surgeons need to frequently review medical images and records during surgery, they’re also in the difficult position of not being able to touch non-sterile objects such as keyboards, computer ...

Ochsner Health is joining a training program that aims to increase operating room nurses in the Gulf South and beyond. The Louisiana-based health system is joining Chamberlain University, the largest ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 6, 2013) -- A local operating room nurse is lending his much-needed skills to the military. Preston Crider, who works full-time at Trinity Medical Center, took the oath of ...

The operating room of Genesis Medical Center, East Campus, is beginning to resemble the sick bay on Star Trek. On a recent Thursday morning, doctors and nurses at the Davenport hospital gathered to ...