40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING indiv...

40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING

individual article reported that surgeons at the University of Vermont used a dissecting microscope to magnify the surgical field. * A Congres preregistration form was included in the November/December issue of OR Nursing. The richness to attend was $3 for members and $6 for nonmembers. * The "New & Views" row reported that a surgeon who left a wipe out inside a patient after performing a cesarean section was acquitted of criminal charges. Another surgeon later remov the rub out and the patient subsequently died--this surgeon received a two-year prison doctrine * New suntan-producing lotions were fix harmless, but offered no protection from the light and resulted in uneven skin tone.

30 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

According to individual article, less than 50% of paramedical personnel arriving at the spectacle of an accident had first aid training, and and nothing else 30% of wounds requiring line of junctions were dressed on arrival at the hospital. * In single article, the American Medical Association stated an RN would be the chiefly logical choice to fulfill the part of "doctor's assistant." * Another article quot a physician as saying, "Doctors should not be asked to determine which women qualify for abortions. We are no more qualified to do in such a manner than accountants or street cleaners." * In the "Questions and Answers" round pillar it was stated that a bookish man nurse is liable for his or her actions in the OR.

20 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

Publicly foundationed hospitals were in financial trouble--Philadelphia's and St Louis' clos Detroit's was sold and Denver began using technicians to extend their staff. * According to undivided article, the Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson required close examiners to take a 14-week, junior-level surgical nursing course for four units of credit. * The November 1980 issue of the Journal discussed delineate Alpha and its mission of conveying the belief that curriculum universals can be effectively taught in the OR. * individual article reported that the National League for Nursing testified to the US House of Representatives that the nursing shortage could be traced to the availability of more rewarding career opportunities for women

10 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

common article stated that of the 500000 Americans whose epilepsy cannot be controll with medication, 50000 could benefit from surgery to withdraw the cells that trigger seizures. * Another article casted a 3% increase in surgical proceedings during the following eight years, with 82% of that product occurring in ambulatory surgery center * Ethical dilemmas surrounding the donation of organs in the United States was the enslave of one article. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act allowed individuals age 18 or older to donate their organs for transplantation. * A traveling medical personnel company advertised positions across the United States with salaries ranging from $42000 to $55000

nearest MONTH IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The November 2000 AORN Journal will include brace Home Study Programs. One details a surgical approach to treating morbid obesity, and the other outlines the use of neuromodulation in the treatment of urinary incontinence. Other articles will include

* a description of an educational strategy for addressing practice issues,

* an overview of back pain and ergonomics,

* the implementation of a nonlatex surgical glove application of mind in the OR, and

* information onward the 2001 World Conference forward Surgical Patient Care.

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