30 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL ...

30 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

An article in the September 1969 issue of the Journal states that 4000 renal transplantation processs have been performed to date around the world. Cadaveric renal transplants are increasing in oftenness with nearly one-half of the kidneys transplanted in 1968 coming from cadaveric sources. * Another article describes an "air-fluidized" bed, which supports a patient with a mattress made of billions of tiny ceramic spheres suspended in a continuous pour of warm air. * The Journal reports that modern studies have found that vitamin A applied topically to the exhibit wounds of patients taking cortisone--which retards the body's natural healing abilities--leads to their rapid mending; vitamin A fails to have the same meaning on patients not receiving cortisone. * Now 10000 members in size, AORN announces its decision to stir the Association's Headquarters from recently made known York to Denver at the year's end

20 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

An RN insinuates that nurses faced with the choice of using either reusable or disposable proceedss in the OR should contemplate for the safest, most effective produces rather than adhere to a single classification * The Journal reports that the AORN Board of Directors has single outed November 14 as OR promote Day. The decision is in reply to resolutions from the 1979 House of Delegates calling for common day to be set aside each year to educate consumer about perioperative nursing. * Acknowledging that an increasing number of state laws are mandating continuing education for health professionals, a fester educator advocates a voluntary approach, single in kind in which nurses can unravel individualized learning programs to come together their own specific educational penurys * An RN discussing library resources for nourishs who write and publish articles and research notes that a single computerized bibliographical search splendors between $3 and $20.

10 YEARS AGO IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The September 1989 Journal reports that recreational medicine use is the dominant contributor to hits in young adults. Drug-related strokes--due for the most part to the use of crack if it be not that also to the use of cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines--rose in this population form into groups from 8% in 1979 to 36% in 1987 * brace RNs discuss the pros and studys of having nurse faculty members provide direct and indirect patient care in clinical settings. * Another RN provides guidelines detailing in what manner nurses can respond positively to criticism, including listening carefully, avoiding spontaneous and negative reactions, objectively evaluating the criticism and the situation, and using humor and laughter to cope * The Journal identifies top-priority research topics for perioperative nursing, including for what reason patient care is affected through RN staffing, cost-containment measures, preoperative visits, and extraneous OR noise.

nearest MONTH IN THE AORN JOURNAL

The October 1999 AORN Journal will feature a report forward AORN's 11th World Conference in succession Surgical Patient Care, which took place in July in Helsinki, Finland. The October issue also will include

* an RN's observations about international travel, including her impressions of world health care and suggestions upon how to prepare for travel and deal with different cultures;

* perioperative care coordinator (PCC) nourish at the breast competency statements, which have been approved through the AORN Board of Directors and which outline the activities a PCC might perform, as defined in the Working Document forward Perioperative Nursing Roles; and

* sum of two units Home Study Programs--one on harvesting and implanting allograft bone and another upon treating melanoma and other tumors using isolated limb perfusion.

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