40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING The Ja...

40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING

The January/February 1962 issue of OR Nursing contains maps of the Denver Hilton house of entertainment the location of that year's AORN Congres * "Clinical Briefs" reports forward one institution that planned to begin removing judgments from deceased patients during autopsies. The institution had a backlog of patients whose eyesight possibly could be restored if donor organ of sights were available. * One article gives highlights of a two-day institute sponsored by means of the AORN National Committee onward Education. Programs on various topics, as it was as housekeeping and disaster planning, were currented * "News and Views" computes of developments that researchers cogitation might lead to a vaccine for infectious hepatitis.

30 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The February 1972 issue of the Journal contains an article titled "Changing universals of death" in which the author asks, "Should each patient with infection today be treated for his infection regardless of what other may be wrong with him?" * common article reports on facial bone fractures, saying that the novel increase in this type of injury may be fit to the increased number of cars being driven. * Another article discusses the psychological aspects of physical trauma, including fears of death, mutilation, ostracism, colony and punishment. * In "Q & A," common nurse asks if there is a shelf life for sterilized items. Unfortunately, at that time, there was no definitive answer.

20 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The February 1982 issue of the Pre-Congres Journal states the require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergone of a yearly subscription, at that time, was $16 allocated from the $35 membership oweds The nonmember subscription rate was $32 * This issue also contains a propos bylaws change that would require military feed at the breast members of the Association to be members of a chapter. * An article onward Anaheim, Calif, site of the 1982 Congres mentions Marineland, where visitors can don snorkeling gear to explore the "Baja Reef" America's first swim-through aquarium. * The issue of first assisting is the make submissive of one article. It discusses by what mode state boards of nursing questioned whether first assisting is a nursing function.

10 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

the same nurse tells of her experience in Germany during barren Storm. She awoke in the middle of the night to be told war had started and to dres in combat gear and report to the hospital. * united article discusses the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 which requires hospitals to report adverse experiences with medical devices to the US nutriment and Drug Administration. * Another article advocates spending time with patients in the preoperative holding area for a like reason they do not feel like they are part of an "assembly line." * The issue of reprocessing single-use devices is raised in "Clinical Issues." It was advised that these devices should not be reprocess unles the manufacturer provided written instructions.

nearest MONTH IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The March 2002 issue of the Journal will include sum of two units Home Study Programs. One will address unilateral vocal cord paralysis and the other will discuss neonatal fracture lip and cleft palate repair. Other items planned for this issue include

* an article onward reprocessing single-use medical devices,

* information onward the upcoming AORN Congress,

* a newly revised commited practice, and

* "Research Comer" which will address the issue of patient safety.

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