40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING An art...

40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING

An article in the July/August 1960 OR Nursing outlines five factors to be considered when planning an OR suite: advantageous patient care, infection control, sway of personnel, convenient handling of materials, and efficiency of operation. * A report in "Clinical Briefs" claims clan under stress are apt to do things the way they first learned them, smooth if it is more difficult than using newly learned classifications * "Behind the OR Mask" salutes an AORN member who will provide medical treatment and education aboard a traveling navy ship in delineate "Hope"--part of President Eisenhower's strange cooperative health program.

30 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

In the July 1970 AORN Journal, AORN President Betty J Thomas, RN announces the appointment of Jerry G lords RN, as the new AORN Executive Director. * the same article describes a health sciences center's bookish man volunteer program designed to introduce high instruct students to careers in biomedical sciences. * Another article describes seven approaches nurtures and physicians can take to form their risk of being named in malpractice suits. * An "As I papal court It" column says the word recruitment as it applies to nursing should contain five action words: repair, restore, repair refresh, and supply.

20 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The July 1980 AORN Journal explores findings that patients do not always understand concord forms. Editor Elinor S. Schrader asks members to evaluate their have forms and make sure they are reader friendly. * united article gives nurses insight about to what extent to help patients deal with temporary changes in sexual activity after undergoing abdominal surgery * With summer in glutted swing, the Journal reports that lawn mower accidents among children are becoming more of frequent occurrence * One author believes stres during pregnancy may cause female offspring to endure physical abnormalities and reproductive difficulties.

10 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

A meditation in the July 1990 AORN Journal explores the use of humor as a preoperative teaching strategy. * In a epistle to the editor, an AORN member--after learning that the average age of a perioperative supply with nourishment is 42--challenges readers to identify the same reason they are nurses and to put up to sale that benefit to the nearest generation. * One article discusses the legal issues and nursing implications of sexual harassment and tenders guidelines on developing a sexual harassment policy. * An "Opinion" article drives nurses to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative in their OR orientation programs.

nearest MONTH IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The August 2000 AORN Journal will feature an article about in what way to market the RN first assistant character along with an article describing the part of advanced practice nurses in the perioperative setting. nearest month's Journal also will include

* a to one's home Study Program about perioperative preparation of somewhat old surgical patients and patients' depression, delirium, and dementia;

* part single of a Home Study Program about web regional pain syndrome; and

* information about Congres 2001 in Dallas.

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