Winning gamification strategies enhance nursing staff education
Nursing teams can find strength in diversity, but educating a team with a range of backgrounds and experience levels can be challenging. Some respond well to traditional lectures and presentations, while others may gravitate toward more collaborative or hands-on approaches. Making education a game has emerged as one of the…
Last call for OR Manager Award nominations
Editor's Note Do you know a perioperative leader who deserves to be honored before their peers at a gathering of virtually the entire industry? This is just one way we honor the recipients of our annual OR Manager Awards—OR Manager of the Year, PACU Leader of the Year, and Ambulatory…
Study: Language barriers raise sepsis death risk despite faster treatment
Editor's Note Patients hospitalized with sepsis who have limited English proficiency (LEP) face significantly higher odds of dying in the hospital even after accounting for multiple demographic and clinical factors, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference by researchers from UC San Diego. Healio reported the…
Perioperative nurses are at the heart of robotic surgery’s rapid rise
Editor's Note As robotic-assisted surgery continues to expand across specialties, perioperative nurses are driving operational excellence, clinical outcomes, and team coordination—often serving as the linchpin of these high-tech surgical programs. According to an April 16 article from the Cleveland Clinic, the health system’s robotic surgery program illustrates how nurses are…
Study: 3D-printed models improve shared decision-making in colorectal surgery
Editor's Note Research shows using 3D-printed anatomical models during preoperative counseling can improve patients’ involvement in shared decision-making (SDM) and reduced anxiety ahead of colorectal surgery, although only the improvement in SDM met the study’s threshold for clinical significance. Published June 3 in JAMA Network Open, the single-center trial included…
Leaders translate legislative priorities to perioperative practice
The wave of new legal requirements for surgical smoke evacuation across the country has given OR leaders a crash course in how to act on any new legislation. Based on this experience, complying with other new and pending laws will put these skills to the test. Major hurdles are likely…
Study: OR waste training boosts recycling, but impact fades with time
Editor's Note A single training session on waste segregation significantly increased recycling rates among OR staff, but gains began to erode within two months, according to a study published May 26 in Nature: Scientific Reports. Conducted at Ankara University Cebeci Hospital, the quasi-experimental study assessed the impact of a single-session,…
Doctoral training becomes the new norm for CRNAs starting in 2025
Editor's Note All newly certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) in the US will be required to hold a doctoral degree, marking a significant shift in training standards for the profession, according to a May 3 post by James Allen, MD, on his page, “Hospital Medical Director,” also covered by Becker's…
AI startup aims to turn surgical wisdom into scalable surgical team guidance
Editor's Note German health technology startup Medical Decision Alliance (MDA) has raised €3.3 million in seed funding to teach AI systems to think like top surgeons, leveraging human-like clinical intuition to guide OR teams. Tech Funding News reported the development May 22. As detailed in the article, which is focused…
Direct-hire international nurses could offer sustainable solution to US shortage
Editor's Note Direct-hire international recruitment can be a viable long-term strategy to stabilize staffing and improve care delivery amid a worsening shortage of registered nurses (RNs), according to a May 20 article in Daily Nurse. To make the case, the article extensively quotes Ron Hoppe, CEO of WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions…
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