AORN Journal

Article	Citations
Surgical Team Familiarity: An Integrative Review	24
Risk Factors of Postoperative Delirium in Older Adult Spine Surgery Patients: A Meta‐Analysis	15
The Role of Perioperative Hypothermia in the Development of Surgical Site Infection: A Systematic Review	13
Just Culture: The Foundation of Staff Safety in the Perioperative Environment	11
State of the Science: A Concept Analysis of Surgical Smoke	10
Ergonomic Challenges in the Perioperative Setting	9
Results of the 2022 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey	8
Addressing the Perioperative Nursing Shortage Via a Perioperative Nursing Preceptorship for Baccalaureate Nursing Students	8
Evaluation of a Redesigned Perioperative Specialty Elective to Address the Perioperative Nursing Shortage	7
Results of the 2020 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey	6
A Scoping Review of Strategies Used to Implement the Surgical Safety Checklist	6
An Examination of Factors That Predict the Perioperative Culture of Safety	6
Guidelines in Practice: Prevention of Unintentionally Retained Surgical Items	6
Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Surgical Intervention for Treating Cervical Disc Disease	6
Improving Perioperative Nursing Care for Transgender and Gender‐Diverse Patients	6
COVID‐19 in the Perioperative Setting: Applying a Hierarchy of Controls to Prevent Transmission	6
Perioperative Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemia After Noncardiac Surgery: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Nursing Implications	5
A Curriculum for Perioperative Nurse Deployment During a Pandemic	5
Adding a Visual Communication Tool to the Electronic Health Record to Prevent Pressure Injuries	5
Using a Virtual Reality and Communication Intervention to Reduce Pain and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Lipoma Excision With Local Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial	5
A Systematic Review of Interventions Used to Enhance Implementation of and Compliance With the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist in Adult Surgery	5
Guideline for Positioning the Patient	5
Robotic‐Assisted Surgery: A Brief History to Understand Today’s Practices	5
Care of the Patient Undergoing Robotic‐Assisted Brain Biopsy With Stereotactic Navigation: An Overview	5
Guidelines in Practice: Instrument Cleaning	5

Developmentally Appropriate Care of Pediatric Patients in the Perioperative Setting	5
AORN Position Statement on Prevention of Perioperative Pressure Injury	5
Guideline for preoperative patient skin antisepsis	5
Preventing Surgical Site Infections	4
Guidelines in Practice: Positioning the Patient	4
Interprofessional Collaboration in theOR: A Qualitative Study of Nurses’ Perspectives	4
A Nomogram for Predicting Unplanned Intraoperative Hypothermia in Patients With Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Laparoscopic Colorectal Procedures	4
Perioperative Interventions to Reduce Surgical Site Infections: A Review	4
Preventing Surgical Site Infections: Implementing Strategies Throughout the Perioperative Continuum	4
Linen: The New Frontier in Infection Control and Prevention	4
Robotic‐Assisted Lumbar Fusion: An Effective Technique for Pedicle Screw Placement	4
The Role of the Robotics Coordinator: Improving Efficiency in a Robotic Surgery Program	4
Using Continuous Intraoperative Pressure Mapping to Describe Patterns of Tissue Interface Pressure	3
Guideline Quick View: Pressure Injury Prevention	3
Innovative and Effective Education Strategies for Adult Learners in the Perioperative Setting	3
Guidelines in Practice: Electrosurgical Safety	3
Guidelines in Practice: Surgical Smoke Safety	3
Guideline for Prevention of Perioperative Pressure Injury	3
Results of the 2021 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey	3
Guidelines in Practice: Preoperative Patient Skin Antisepsis	3
Management and Mitigation of Temperature and Humidity Events in the Perioperative Setting	3
Guidelines in Practice: Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism	3
Influencing Well‐Being in Perioperative Nursing: The Role of Leaders	3
Strategies to Implement a Competency Assessment Verification Program	3
Guideline for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism	3
Implementing a Surgical Smoke Evacuation Policy and Procedure: A Quality Improvement Project	3
Hand Hygiene	3
Demystifying the Institutional Review Board	2
Key considerations for processing surgical instruments	2
Fostering a Culture of Well‐Being in Perioperative Nursing: A Call to Action	2
Problem Identification: The First Step in Evidence‐Based Practice	2
Community Hospital Perioperative Services Department Responds to the COVID‐19 Pandemic	2
Encouraging Interdisciplinary Preoperative Communication With a Virtual Huddle	2
Guidelines in Practice: Prevention of Perioperative Pressure Injury	2
Positioning the Patient	2
Best Practices and a Business Case for Surgical Site Infection Prevention	2
Guidelines in Practice: Moderate Sedation and Analgesia	2
Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair With Concomitant Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication	2
Laparoscopic‐Assisted Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement: A Less Invasive Approach to Treating Hydrocephalus	2
OR Traffic and Surgical Site Infections: A Quality Improvement Project	2
Infection Transmission Associated With Contaminated Ultrasound Probes: A Systematic Review	2
Incorporating Human Factors in Perioperative Nursing to Reduce Errors	2
Evaluation of an Evidence‐Based Care Bundle for Preventing Hospital‐Acquired Pressure Injuries in High‐Risk Surgical Patients	2
Improving Skin Assessment Documentation in the Electronic Health Record to Prevent Perioperative Pressure Injuries	2
What's Coming in Future Issues	2
Perioperative Nurse Educators: Rapid Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic	2
Understanding and addressing moral injury in health care	2
The Effect of RN Circulator–Scrub Person Dyad Consistency on Total OR Time and Turnover Time	2
Introduction to Antibiotic Stewardship Principles for the Perioperative Nurse	2
Hazardous and Harmful Chemicals in the Perioperative Environment	2

Unintentional Ketamine Overdose in the Operating Room – Mixing Up the Ampules	2
Systematic Review of Preoperative Patient Readiness	2
Addressing the Gap, Advancing the Knowledge: Guidance for the Abstract Reviewer	2
Case‐Mix Moderation of the Relationship Between OR Performance Metrics and Utilization	2
An Examination of the Career Choices of Nursing Graduates After Completing a Perioperative Elective	2
Perioperative Prewarming: Heat Transfer and Physiology	2
Down Syndrome: A Review of Key Perioperative Implications	2
The Effects of Flow Disruptions on RN Circulators	2
Prevention of Perioperative Pressure Injury	2
Guidelines in Practice: Specimen Management	2
Guidelines in Practice: Environmental Cleaning	2
Preventing Retained Surgical Items During Endovascular Procedures: Bridging the Gap Between Guidelines and Practice	2
A Perioperative Specialty Elective to Address the Perioperative Nursing Shortage: Student Perspectives and Outcomes	2
The Challenges of Ethical Decision Making in Nursing	2
Perioperative Nurse Recruitment: An OR Placement Program for Fourth‐Year Nursing Students in Ontario	2
The Role of the Perioperative Nurse in Implementing Contact Precautions to Prevent Transmission of Multidrug‐Resistant Organisms	1
An Examination of Nurses’ Empowerment and Speaking Up During Postanesthesia Clinical Hand Overs	1
Our Shared Purpose: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	1
Emergency Preparedness: Strategies for Maintaining Water Supply Quality and Access for Sterile Processing	1
Performance Qualification Testing Improves Processing of Lumened Surgical Instruments in Ultrasonic Cleaners	1
AORN Position Statement on Patient Safety	1
Strategies to Improve Perioperative Communication During the COVID‐19 Pandemic	1
Navigating Accountable Conversations in Health Care: Balancing Power Dynamics	1
Using a Specimen Resource Aid to Reduce Intraoperative Specimen Errors	1
Fostering Nurse Well‐Being to Promote Equitable Care	1
Environmental Cleaning	1
Suture Needle Injuries During Wound Closure: Examining Sources of Distraction in the OR	1
Strategies for Safely Maintaining Surgical Volume During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Mixed‐Methods Study	1
Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke: Indications and Perioperative Care	1
Supporting Perioperative Safety During a Disaster Through Clinical Crisis Education	1
Emergency Preparedness in Perioperative Services	1
A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols for Radical Cystectomy	1
Key considerations for elective surgery in patients who previously had COVID‐19	1
Fostering social connectedness	1
Sterile Processing Department Benchmarking for Labor Productivity	1
The Power of Positivity	1
Perioperative Nursing Care of the Patient Undergoing a Cochlear Implant Procedure	1
Clinical Issues—February 2022	1
Distending Media Used During Hysteroscopy: Perioperative Nursing Implications	1
Effective Collaborative Leadership During a Pandemic—and Beyond	1
Needed Practice Change: Surgical Smoke Evacuation	1
Active Shooter Preparedness: Is Your OR Ready?	1
Creating a Periop 202 Course and Orientation Program for Open‐Heart Procedures to Increase Cardiovascular OR Nurse Recruitment and Retention	1
Advocating for surgical smoke evacuation legislation	1
The Art of Speaking Up: Supporting a Culture of Safety in the OR	1
Use of 3D printing in surgery	1
The Future of Nursing: Health Equity	1
Does the Type of Surgical Headwear Worn in the OR Matter? A Review of Evidence and Opinions	1
Complementary interventions to reduce postoperative pain	1
Clinical Issues—March 2022	1
Accessing and Selecting the Best Available Evidence: The Second Step in Evidence‐Based Practice	1
Guidelines in Practice: Hand Hygiene	1
Guideline Quick View: Complementary Care	1
Learning and Leading: The Impact of COVID‐19 in Perioperative Areas	1
Retrospective Analysis of Associated Costs and Sources of Variability in OR Utilization Across Weekdays	1
Preventing Unintentionally Retained Surgical Items	1
Compliance With and Barriers to Implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist: A Mixed‐Methods Study	1
Preventing Exposure to Surgical Smoke	1
Leveraging Consistent Communication Tools and Organizational Values to Promote Accountability Among Health Care Providers	1
Evaluating Personal Protective Equipment Compliance in the Midst of a Pandemic	1
Prevention and Management of Workplace Violence	1
Improving Weekend First‐Procedure On‐Time Starts at a Level I Trauma Center	1
Hypothermia With Paradoxical Symptoms: A Case Series of Cesarean Deliveries With Intrathecal Morphine	1
AORN Guidelines in the Era of COVID‐19	1
Clinical Issues—April 2021	1
Enhancing Health Literacy	1
Improving communication throughout care to increase patient satisfaction	1
Point‐of‐Use Instrument Cleaning and Steam Sterilization	1
An Overview of Dupuytren’s Disease for Perioperative Nurses	1
Normalization of Deviance Is Contrary to the Principles of High Reliability	1
Guidelines in Practice: Minimally Invasive Surgery	1
Instrument Set Decontamination Workflows Designed for Success in Sterile Processing	1
Guideline Quick View: Hand Hygiene	1
Our Journey to a Bright Future	1
Supporting the Well‐Being of Perioperative Nurses	1
What's Coming in Future Issues	1
Sterile Technique	1
Self‐compassion for perioperative nurses	1
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Cricoid Pressure: Contradictory Evidence Regarding a Standard Practice	1

Preventing Retained Surgical Items	1
Deploying perioperative nurses to the intensive care unit during the COVID‐19 pandemic	1
Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis Procedure: A Treatment Option for Patients With Moyamoya Disease	1
On the Frontlines: Responding to Natural Disasters	1
Clinical Issues—April 2022	1
Surgical Conscience: A Concept Analysis for Perioperative Nurses	1
Optimizing patient health before surgery to improve outcomes	1
An Overview of Quality Improvement Processes and Data Analysis in Perioperative Nursing Practice	1
Guideline for prevention of unintentionally retained surgical items	1
Assessing the Value of Huddle Implementation in the Perioperative Setting	1
Perioperative Fire Prevention and Mitigation	1
Health Disparities Experienced by Surgical Patients of Color: What is Known and Key Actions to Take	1
Factors Influencing Perioperative Nurse Turnover: A Classic Grounded Theory Study	1
Guideline for surgical smoke safety	1
Optimizing the Relationship Between Perioperative Personnel and Infection Preventionists to Reduce Surgical Site Infections	1
Intraoperative Cardiopulmonary Arrest	1
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism	1
Embracing Our Differences: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Perioperative Nursing Education	1
Strategies to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance	1
Leveraging Clinical Ladder Nurses to Support an Education Program on Intraoperative Cell Salvage for Obstetric Patients	1
Implementing a Standardized Phase‐of‐Care Craniotomy Education Program	1
Operational Effect of COVID‐19 on Surgical Care at a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital	1
Perioperative Management Strategies for the COVID‐19 Pandemic at a Facility in China	1
Results of the 2023 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey	1
Patient Smoking Status and Postoperative Outcomes: An Integrative Literature Review of Studies Using the ACS NSQIP Data Set	1
Clinical Issues—January 2021	1
Guideline for radiation safety	1
Providing Comprehensive Perioperative Care for Patients Undergoing Regional Blocks	1
Using an Academic‐Practice Partnership to Address the Perioperative Nursing Shortage	1
Retained Surgical Items: Overview of a Persistent Problem in Health Care	1
Using Adenosine Triphosphate Bioluminescence–Based Technology to Verify Cleanliness of Perioperative High‐Touch Surfaces	1
Preventing Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity After Administration of Long‐Acting Local Anesthetics	1
The Association for Nursing Professional Development National Preceptor Practice Analysis Study: An Exploration of Precepting in Perioperative Settings	1
Comment on RN First Assistant Application Prerequisites	1
Perioperative Risk Assessment for Skin Injury	1
A Systematic Approach to Systematic Reviews	1
Electrosurgical Safety	1
Automating Perioperative Inventory Management: A Quality Improvement Project	1
Preventing an Allergic Reaction	0
Inadequate Anesthesia Preparation Leading to Difficult Intubation and Hypoxia	0
Updated Considerations Regarding Cannabis Use in Perioperative Patients	0
News Briefs	0
Forum and House of Delegates Agenda	0
2024 Conference Highlights	0
What's Coming in Future Issues	0
Issue Information	0
A Systematic Review and Network Meta‐Analysis of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Versus Povidone‐Iodine for Infection Prevention in Clean Surgery	0
What's Coming in Future Issues	0
Special Thanks to the 2021 AORN Journal Peer Reviewers	0
Educational Opportunities	0
Two Cases of Retained Vaginal Packing: When Writing an Order Is Not Enough	0
Promoting Interdisciplinary Professionalism	0
Improving Perioperative Communication During the COVID‐19 Pandemic	0
Preventing an Unintentionally Retained Surgical Item	0
May is Mental Health Awareness Month	0
What's Coming in Future Issues	0
Outbreaks associated with failures in flexible endoscope processing	0
Slate of Candidates and Voting Procedures	0
Clinical Issues — January 2024	0
Clinical Issues—January 2022	0
Issue Information	0
Issue Information	0
Managing a Multigenerational Workforce	0
“Third‐Call” Rotation Improves Patient and Staff Safety in the Postanesthesia Care Unit	0
Creating a Virtual Postoperative Check‐in Service	0
Updated Approaches for Patient Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery	0
Building an Empathetic Culture	0
Improving Tissue Tracking Documentation With Education and Enhanced Forms	0
Celebrating Our Journey as Nurses	0
Fire and Alarm Safety	0
Educational Opportunities	0
Guidelines in Practice: Surgical Attire	0
Improving the safety of lateral patient transfers	0
Our Shared Purpose: Leadership	0
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New Guidance Outlines Safe Medication Practices in the Perioperative Setting	0
Improving knowledge of an infection prevention bundle using adult learning education	0
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Managing “Hidden” Allergens in the Perioperative Setting	0
On the Road to AORN Expo: Speaker Preview	0
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Applying Artificial Intelligence to Perioperative Nursing Practice	0
Sharing Perioperative Nursing Expertise Through Publication: A Guide for the Novice Author	0
Congruency Between Planned and Performed Procedures and Adherence to Recommended Perioperative Practices: A Chart Audit of High‐Risk Surgical Patients	0
Issue Information	0
2022 Conference Poster Winners	0
Neuraxial	0
Educational Opportunities	0
What's Coming in Future Issues	0
Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Opioid Use in Patients Undergoing Cesarean Birth	0
What's Coming in Future Issues	0
Overview	0
Using continuous cleaning technology to enhance standard disinfection practices	0
In This Issue	0
AORN Nominating Committee	0