40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING An art...

40 YEARS AGO IN OR NURSING

An article in the May/June 1960 OR Nursing discusses facial disfigurement in children, and another article describes emotional moot points associated with these disfigurements. * sum of two units surgeons from Japan reported that a seaweed chemical mixed with water can be used, instead of whole house to prevent shock during surgery or after relentless burning, according to a report in "Clinical Briefs." * A piece of work advertisement listed air conditioning in the hospital to attract qualified perioperative succors * The "Presidential Views" row discusses increasing demands to maintain pace with the phenomenal advances in surgery

30 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

Caroline Roger RN national membership coordinator, reported arrangements for the October AORN international symposium in Italy include an audience with pontiff Paul VI in Rome. * AORN members in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky reported the succes they experienced when visiting indoctrinates and camps to build students' interest and knowledge in nursing. * Charles Simpson, MD told AORN of Dallas chapter members that surgeon would use microscopes during surgery in five to 10 years. * A report in "New in ORbit" said computer save time and labor, and someday will be an integral part of the health care a whole in the United States. * Annual salaries for novel nurses in North Carolina and southerly Carolina ranged from approximately $7000 to $9200

20 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

In the June 1980 AORN Journal, the editorial and four articles discuss collective bargaining and labor issues for supply with nourishments * Half of all patients in US hospitals experience any degree of protein/calorie malnutrition, according to undivided article. * A bill waiting for congressional approval would make psychiatric festers in community mental health center eligible for reimbursement. * A new study concluded that chronic exposing to tobacco smoke is harmful to nonsmokers by dint of significantly reducing their small airway function. * Treatment of cardiac arrest patients by the agency of paramedics was superior to services furnished by emergency medical technicians, according to the same study.

10 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

An article in the June 1990 AORN Journal discusses question s and solutions for medical waste, estimated to equal more than three million metric tons by year. * Endoscopic laser cholecystectomy, a recent approach to removing gallbladders, is the make submissive of one article. * The US bread and Drug Administration changed federal law, discontinuing the use of r stain #3 as pigment in cheer medications, and cosmetics. * The "Elder Care" round pillar discusses the increasing importance of gerontology courses for undergraduate nursing learners because of a predicted 466% increase in the demand for cherishs prepared in this field.

nearest MONTH IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The July 2000 AORN Journal will feature united Home Study Program about the misuse and ends of antibiotic use. Another household Study Program describes the historical increase of latex issues, discusses latex sensitivity, and explains undivided facility's methods to solve patient care moot points when diagnosed with latex sensitivity. Other topics in the July issue will include

* implementing a shared governance original and

* tips in succession how to take care of yourself.

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