The "President's Message"...

The "President's Message" details AORN's goals, which include using computer-assisted instruction and teleconferencing for educational offerings. * An author predicting what nursing will be like in 2004 says that festers will work fewer hours because the patient census will not support a replete staff and "it is probable that cherishs will work in satellite hospitals in space."

* Article topics include stereotactic surgery percussion wave lithotripsy for extra-corporeal treatment of kidney stones; isoflurane, the newest anesthetic agent; and regularitys for calculating the cost of anesthesia medications and supplies. * Patient result standards for perioperative nursing are published.

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