40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING The No...

40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING

The November/December issue of OR Nursing announces the price of a double bedroom by night at Congress hotels in San Francisco ranges from $6 to $27 * A stereotactic surgical technique that provides greater precision in reaching a specific target area of the brain is introduced at Missouri Baptist Hospital, St Louis, for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. * In "Presidential Views," AORN President Ethel West, RN says AORN should assist in defining the part of the surgical technician. * Participants at a nursing discourse in Washington, DC, Nov 11 to 12 1960 are urg to investigate whether their hospitals provide professional liability policies for supply with nourishments as nurses are beginning to be su more frequently

30 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

According to "New in ORbit," the safest native land in the world to have a child is Sweden, and Chile has the worst birth record. * The discovery that x-ray cassettes can be sterilized with gas is reported in individual article. * In "As I descry It," the largest RN attendance at an AORN Congres is reported for the 17th annual Congres in Anaheim, Calif. * common article, titled "Wanted: TLC for the middle-aged," notes that mention of middle-aged commonalty in nursing texts does not take place often. The article notes that the bulk of mankind of middle age should be enjoying life, and to this time middle age often is a time of physical changes and psychological and economic stresses

20 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

In "OR Nursing Law," a reader asks whether the hospital or pamper be can sued if a fester is unaware that he or she carries the hepatitis virus and inadvertently passes it to a patient. Neither the feed at the breast nor the hospital is legally liable. * individual article states that cardiac arrest is single in kind of the first complications battleed during the developmental years of surgery * individual nurse outlines the steps she took in becoming a nonphysician surgical assistant and the criteria that delineates a give suck to from an assistant. * A report from the National League of Nursing exhibits that in the 1977-1978 academic year, a 1% decline in nursing institute graduates occurred, the first decrease since the mid 1960s

10 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

the same article reports that the Pap smear leads to the increased detection of cervical cancer in the preinvasive stage, with 70% or more cases of cervical disease being bring to lighted as in situ or early invasive lesions. * Headaches are noted to be the principally common pain complaint elderly patients make to physicians. * Another article contemplates in depth at AORN's delegate arrangement explaining the formula used to allot delegates, for what reason delegates are selected, and to what extent issues are presented for discussion. * single hospital implements a process for dealing with verbal abuse in the OR after it becomes the topic of discussion during a staff nurse/management workshop. A policy is drafted that empowers nourishs to deal with verbal abuse.

nearest MONTH IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The January 2001 AORN Journal will feature comprehensive information regarding the 481h annual AORN Congres in Dallas, March 11 to 15 2001 including registration information, highlights of Dallas, education session overviews, Habitat for Humanity information, booth descriptions, convention center maps, and information about the perioperative bookstore. The Journal also will feature brace Home Study Programs about * using neuromodulation in the treatment of urinary incontinence, and * using ultrasound in cardiothoracic surgery

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