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Preparing for active shooter events

Takeaways Gun-related violence is an increasing threat in healthcare settings, including perianesthesia departments and ASCs. Small hospitals and ACS are not immune to active shooter events. New requirements from The Joint Commission require planning and preparation for active shooter events. Elizabeth Dalton, BSN, RN, will never forget the day her…

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By: Catherine Spader, RN
February 22, 2023
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Building leadership diversity

Takeaways The term diversity encompasses a wide range of factors, including ethnicity, gender, age, education, culture, and veteran and disability status. Strategies for hiring a diverse leadership team include acknowledging unconscious biases, reaching out to different groups, and using an objective tool for interviewing. Leaders can foster a diverse leadership…

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By: Cynthia Saver, MS, RN
February 22, 2023
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Editorial

This year, the OR Business Management Conference was held in Savannah, Georgia, and returned to its regular schedule of February. The intimate event was again a symbiotic blend between financial-, business-centric education and high-quality networking. The education offered to seasoned and new business leaders alike, perhaps more than previous years,…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
February 22, 2023
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Leveraging EHR, engagement platforms to improve bottom line

The OR department is often what keeps most hospitals afloat. Surgical services account for roughly 50% of a hospital’s revenue, but they also contribute approximately 60% to overall costs. ORs must be efficient. Successes and failures in the surgical suite affects the entire system. Healthcare systems have found that highly…

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By: Sarah Falcone, BSN, RN, WCN, CSWD-C
February 22, 2023
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Maximize your staff: Developing and using successful float teams

Float teams have been a staple of nurse-staffing plans for many years, but they have not been widely used in the operating room. Utah Valley Hospital, a Level II trauma center in Provo, Utah, and part of the Intermountain Healthcare system, has been developing float teams for nearly 2 decades.…

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By: Judith M. Mathias, MA, BS, RN
February 22, 2023
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Prevention strategies for violence against healthcare workers

Much has been written about bullying, lateral violence, cultures of safety, and a healthy work environment. However, little has been written to address the escalation of violence against healthcare workers (HCWs) coming not only from peers but also patients and visitors. Violence against HCWs has increased significantly. A 2022 report…

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By: Elaine Geroski, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM(E) and Dawn Whiteside, MSN-Ed, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC, RNFA
February 22, 2023
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Training and retaining skilled PACU nurses

When Ayumi Fielden, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CPAN, worked as a preceptor in a PACU nurse residency program for new graduate nurses, she realized quickly that something was missing. “The graduate nurses struggled because they were not yet comfortable with basic nursing skills, such as assessments and giving medications. They also…

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By: Catherine Spader, RN
February 22, 2023
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Prepare for DEA inspections, controlled substances oversight

The headlines are attention grabbing: hospitals forced to pay millions of dollars after employees were found to have stolen opioids and other controlled substances. After being discovered and investigated by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the agents uncovered a number of issues: poor record-keeping, inventory, tracking, and other failures that…

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By: Brita Belli
February 22, 2023
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