AORN Journal

Article	Citations
Preventing Perioperative Sharps Injuries	11
Does the Type of Surgical Headwear Worn in the OR Matter? A Review of Evidence and Opinions	11
Making Your Mark as a Patient Advocate	11
Quality Improvement Showcase	10
Issue Information	9
Neck	9
AANA, AORN, ASPAN Position Statement on Workplace Civility	8
NEWS BRIEFS	8
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Clinical Issues—January 2022	7
What's Coming in Future Issues	7
Educational Opportunities	7
Inadequate Anesthesia Preparation Leading to Difficult Intubation and Hypoxia	7
Guideline for a Safe Environment of Care	7
2022 Conference Poster Winners	7
New Guidance Outlines Safe Medication Practices in the Perioperative Setting	7
Two Cases of Retained Vaginal Packing: When Writing an Order Is Not Enough	7
Issue Information	6
Guideline for Sterile Technique	6
What's Coming in Future Issues	6
Vagina	6
What's Coming in Future Issues	6
What's Coming in Future Issues	6
Preventing an Unintentionally Retained Surgical Item	6
Reducing Traffic in the OR	6

Updated Considerations Regarding Cannabis Use in Perioperative Patients	6
Using a Specimen Resource Aid to Reduce Intraoperative Specimen Errors	6
Guidelines in Practice: Prevention of Unintentionally Retained Surgical Items	6
Managing Medication Shortages	5
Tips for Being an Effective Nurse Preceptor	5
In This Issue	5
Navigating Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty	5
Compliance With and Barriers to Implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist: A Mixed‐Methods Study	5
Patient Safety: Surgical Counts, Aromatherapy, Infection Prevention, and Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention	5
60 Years of AORN Journal: 1993–1997	5
Making Preoperative Cesarean Delivery Instructions More Accessible to Patients	5
2023 Conference Poster Collection: Instrument Cleaning, Storage, and Reprocessing	5
What's Coming in Future Issues	5
Using Simulation to Teach the Scrub Person Role to Perioperative Nurses	5
Guideline Quick View: Retained Surgical Items	4
What's Coming in Future Issues	4
News Briefs	4
News Briefs	4
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Guidelines in Practice: Sterilization	4
Reimagining the Operating Room: A Blueprint to Innovative Modern Surgery	4
Best practices for the use of telemedicine	4
Perioperative Management Strategies for the COVID‐19 Pandemic at a Facility in China	4
A Good Catch Can Prevent Negative Patient Outcomes	3
Machine Perfusion Improves Organ Preservation for Transplant	3
Perioperative Communication Gaps: A Qualitative Exploration	3
Implementation of a Blended‐Learning Perioperative Nursing Education Program in Canada	3
Environmental Cleaning	3
Lighting the Pathway for Transformative Change	3
Guideline for Processing Flexible Endoscopes	3
Recent Evidence in Patient Temperature Management	3
Closing the Gap Between Infection Prevention Guidelines and Real‐World Practice	3
Performance Qualification Testing Improves Processing of Lumened Surgical Instruments in Ultrasonic Cleaners	3
Bupivacaine Plus Magnesium Sulfate for Arthroscopy: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	2
Implementing a Barcode‐Based Whole–Life Cycle Management Process to Improve Robotic Instrument Tracking	2
News Briefs	2
Streamlining Instrumentation Through Collaboration	2
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Guideline for Sterilization Packaging Systems	2
Issue Information	2
Lack of Sepsis Recognition Leads to Delay in Care Following Cesarean Delivery	2
Whole‐Room Disinfection Using Germicidal Light	2
What's Coming in Future Issues	2
Laser Safety	2
Educational Opportunities	2
Making Your Mark	2
Determining Instrument Sterility	2
Guideline for Design and Maintenance of the Surgical Suite	2
Clinical Issues — May 2025	2
60 Years of AORN Journal: 1963–1967	2

Advocating for the Count	2
Preparing RN First Assistant Orientees to Respond to a Cardiac Arrest	2
General	2
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2024 Conference Awards	2
Robotic‐Assisted Surgery: A Brief History to Understand Today’s Practices	2
Looking Into Perioperative Nurses’ Other Roles	2
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Implementing a Standardized Surgical Count Process for Spine Implant Breakaway Components	2
New Clinical Trial Combines Fetal Surgery With Cellular Therapy	2
Clinical Issues—December 2022	2
Reducing OR Traffic	2
Serving as a Perioperative Nurse Advocate	2
Educational Opportunities	2
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Educational Opportunities	2
Effect of Erector Spinae Plane Block on Postoperative Opioid Consumption: A Meta‐Analysis	2
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What's Coming in Future Issues	1
In This Issue	1
Clinical Issues — July 2025	1
Surgical Air Disinfection Technology Leads to Improvements in OR Air Quality	1
Safety Coach Simulation Training Helps Nurses Practice Speaking Up	1
Using Continuous Intraoperative Pressure Mapping to Describe Patterns of Tissue Interface Pressure	1
What's Coming in Future Issues	1
Clinical Issues — September 2024	1
Normalization of Deviance in the Perioperative Setting: A Systematic Literature Review	1
News Briefs	1
Guideline Quick View: Positioning the Patient	1
Key considerations for elective surgery in patients who previously had COVID‐19	1
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Results of the 2023 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey	1
Improving Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Specimen Handling and Processing	1
Celebrating Our Journey as Nurses	1
Guideline Quick View: Flexible Endoscopes	1
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2022 Conference Poster Collection: Sterilization, Infection Prevention, and High‐Level Disinfection	1
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Issue Information	1
Maintaining Perioperative Normothermia in Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery	1
Improving Tissue Tracking Documentation With Education and Enhanced Forms	1
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Guidelines in Practice: Moderate Sedation and Analgesia	1
Development of an Education Program to Address an Anesthesia Technician Shortage	1
Effect of Citrus aurantium Aromatherapy on Pain After Orthopedic Surgery	1
News Briefs	1
Guideline for Surgical Attire	1
QR Code Streamlines Attendance‐Taking Process During Surgical Inservice Seminars	1
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Forum and House of Delegates Agenda	1
Evaluation of the Content, Reliability, and Quality of YouTube Videos on Surgical Hand Scrubbing	1
Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient	1
What's Coming in Future Issues	1
Using Debriefing to Address Disruptive Behaviors and Improve Clinician Well‐Being	1
Slate of Candidates and Voting Procedures	1
2024 Conference Poster Collection: Infection Prevention	1
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Guideline for Safe Patient Handling and Movement	1
Factors in the Perioperative Nurses’ Work Environment That Predict Work Engagement	1
Improving Instrument Transport	1
Issue Information	1
Slate of Candidates and Voting Procedures	1
Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis Procedure: A Treatment Option for Patients With Moyamoya Disease	1
Improving Team Members’ Attention During the OR Briefing or Time Out	1
Writing for the AORN Journal: Sharing Your Voice	1
Hazardous and Harmful Chemicals in the Perioperative Environment	1
Focus on Infection Prevention	1
Guideline for Positioning the Patient	1
Issue Information	1
Guiding the Pen: Navigating the AORN Journal Submission Process and Author Guidelines	1
Managing a Multigenerational Workforce	1
Clinical Issues — June 2024	1
2023 Conference Highlights	1
Clinical Issues — March 2023	1
What's Coming in Future Issues	1
Addressing health literacy in the perioperative setting	1
Guideline for Manual High‐Level Disinfection	1
Honoring the Patient's Wishes	1
The Future of Perioperative Nursing: Promoting Health Equity and Nurse Resilience	1
Clinical Issues—July 2022	1

A Perioperative Clinical Advancement Program to Improve Nurse Recruitment and Retention	1
News Briefs	1
What's Coming in Future Issues	1
Preparing for fires in health care settings	1
Issue Information	1
Preventing Personnel Exposure to Antineoplastic Agents in the OR	1
Issue Information	1
Solutions for Reducing Perioperative Supply Waste	1
AORN Position Statement on Perioperative Registered Nurse Residency Programs	1
Guideline Quick View: Minimally Invasive Surgery	1
Improving the Care of Obstetric Patients in the Postanesthesia Care Unit	1
Preventing Miscommunication During Invasive Procedures	1
In This Issue	1
Guideline Quick View: Implementation of ERAS	1
Reusable Versus Single‐Use Endoscopes	1
Issue Information	1
Understanding Causes of Needlestick and Other Sharps Injuries Among OR Personnel	1
Developing a Program for Sustained Prevention of Retained Surgical Items	1
Preventing Exposure to Surgical Smoke	1
2024 Conference Poster Collection: Instrumentation and Sterile Processing	1
60 Years of AORN Journal: 1988–1992	1
Guideline for Hand Hygiene	1
Decreasing Pathogen Transmission From Stethoscopes	1
Issue Information	0
News Briefs	0
AORN Position Statement on Delegation in Perioperative Practice Settings	0
Guidelines in Practice: Manual High‐Level Disinfection	0
Team Member Roles in Preventing Unintentionally Retained Surgical Items	0
Improving Access to Alcohol‐Based Hand Rub Dispensers for Surgical Hand Antisepsis	0
What's Coming in Future Issues	0
Pain Management Procedures	0
News Briefs	0
Face	0
Eye	0
Caring for Patients With Diabetes in the Ambulatory Setting	0
How to Safely Tuck a Patient's Arms	0
2023 Conference Awards	0
News Briefs	0
Using Equipment According to the Manufacturer's Instructions for Use	0
Developing Education to Increase Staff Member Competency With Organ Procurement	0
In This Issue	0
Patient Smoking Status and Postoperative Outcomes: An Integrative Literature Review of Studies Using the ACS NSQIP Data Set	0
An Overview of Quality Improvement Processes and Data Analysis in Perioperative Nursing Practice	0
The Value of a Professional Biosketch	0
What's Coming in Future Issues	0
2024 Conference Poster Collection: Robotics	0
Clinical Issues—August 2022	0
Bacterial contamination of surgical scrubs	0
Sterile Processing Department Benchmarking for Labor Productivity	0
Overcoming Challenges Related to Perioperative Staffing and Retention	0
Key AORN milestones	0
Guidelines in Practice: Design and Maintenance of the Surgical Suite	0
Sharps Safety	0
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Effect of Weighted Blanket Versus Traditional Practices on Anxiety and Pain in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial	0
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Issue Information	0
Retrospective Analysis of Associated Costs and Sources of Variability in OR Utilization Across Weekdays	0
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Strategies to Prevent Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity	0
Guideline Quick View: Information Management	0
Surgical Technologist Apprentice Program: An Innovative Approach to Improve Staffing	0
Improving Infection Prevention in Cardiac Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project on Antibiotic Prophylaxis	0
How to Assess Patients for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Risk	0
Proper Use of Equipment	0
Safe Practices for the Use of Bone Cement	0
In This Issue	0
Guideline Quick View: Design and Maintenance	0
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What's Coming in Future Issues	0
Malignant Hyperthermia	0
The Importance of Ergonomic Education in Preventing Perioperative Musculoskeletal Disorders	0
The End of 2021: A Time for Hope	0
Guideline Quick View: Medication Safety	0
A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Preincision Adjunctive Prophylaxis for Cesarean Deliveries	0
2025 Conference Poster Collection: Pressure Injury Prevention	0
Operating Theater Nurses’ Main Concerns During Organ Procurement Procedures: A Grounded Theory Study	0
Celebrating the Perioperative Profession Through Mentorship	0
A Thorough Assessment May Save a Patient’s Life	0
Items Commonly Retained After a Surgical Procedure	0
Meeting the Challenges of Staffing	0
Moderate or Deep Sedation/Analgesia	0
Prevention and Management of Workplace Violence	0
Scalp	0
Avoiding Malpractice Claims as a Perioperative Nurse	0
Clinical Issues—May 2022	0
Guidelines in Practice: Processing Flexible Endoscopes	0
Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair With Concomitant Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication	0
Improving Weekend First‐Procedure On‐Time Starts at a Level I Trauma Center	0
Clinical Issues — June 2023	0
Guideline for Minimally Invasive Surgery	0
Health Care Worker Exposure to Blood and Other Body Fluids	0
Reducing the Risk of Perioperative Transmission of Candida auris	0
Using Fatigue‐Reducing Techniques in the Perioperative Setting	0
Electrosurgical Safety	0