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 ...

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 ...

Three prominent healthcare workers joined forces recently to give our readers an inside look at what it’s like in the operating room — and more importantly, what it takes to get a job in a place where ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON - Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston says cameras in operating rooms are a necessary part of robotic surgeries. However, some say the devices are an invasion of privacy. Nurses at the ...

A shortage of nurses to work in operating rooms at Vancouver General Hospital is due to long shifts, on top of nurses not completing or flunking tests they must pass to work in surgery settings, ...

A group of Iowa nurses wants to change the wording of a current state standard to ensure patient safety. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses asked Iowa legislators to maintain the rule ...

“I work at Smilow and literally this is my ride,” said Swani Schoberth-Wyckoff, proudly pointing to her Closer to Free Ride jersey. Schoberth-Wyckoff is an operating room nurse at Smilow Cancer ...

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 ...