During the past four years, AORN has invested in new and exciting products that will ensure that we maintain our financial viability, redefined the business model of our Association to make it nimble ...and better able to meet the changing needs of our membership and our profession, and enhanced our information technology to permit state-of-the-art networking. We have worked to address practice issues that reach the deepest roots of our existence by creating tools, resources, and position statements that are relevant, timely, and flexible.
The Freedom to Seize a Teachable Moment Guglielmi, Charlotte L.
AORN journal,
2011, January 2011, 2011-Jan, 2011-01-00, 20110101, Volume:
93, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Empowering Providers to Eliminate Surgical Fires Guglielmi, Charlotte L., MA, BSN, RN, CNOR; Flowers, Jane, MS, RN, CNOR; Dagi, T. Forcht, MD, DMEDSC, MPH, FACS, FAANS, FCCM, FRCSED ...
AORN journal,
October 2014, Volume:
100, Issue:
4
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Ensuring fire preparedness is important to all perioperative practitioners. Fire is an inherent risk in the surgical setting and precautions are taken on a daily basis, yet OR fires continue to ...occur. Awareness of this issue dates back to an annual practice of observing Fire Prevention Week the week of October 9, in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
X-shooter is the first 2nd generation instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). It is a very efficient, single-target, intermediate-resolution spectrograph that was installed at the ...Cassegrain focus of UT2 in 2009. The instrument covers, in a single exposure, the spectral range from 300 to 2500 nm. It is designed to maximize the sensitivity in this spectral range through dichroic splitting in three arms with optimized optics, coatings, dispersive elements and detectors. It operates at intermediate spectral resolution (R ~ 4000−17 000, depending on wavelength and slit width) with fixed échelle spectral format (prism cross-dispersers) in the three arms. It includes a 1.8″ × 4″ integral field unit as an alternative to the 11′′ long slits. A dedicated data reduction package delivers fully calibrated two-dimensional and extracted spectra over the full wavelength range. We describe the main characteristics of the instrument and present its performance as measured during commissioning, science verification and the first months of science operations.
New Strategies to Assert the Value of the Perioperative Nurse Guglielmi, Charlotte L., MA, BSN, RN, CNOR; Duffy, William J., RN, MJ, CNOR, FAAN; Murphy, Ellen K., MS, JD, RN, FAAN ...
AORN journal,
March 2015, Volume:
101, Issue:
3
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
The annual AORN Surgical Conference & Expo provides an opportunity to renew our focus on what it means to be a perioperative nurse. Although the format of this column generally brings together ...perspectives around practice issues from the members of the surgical team, the topic for this "TableTalk" aligns with the conference theme of excellence in nursing. The colleagues invited to contribute to this panel represent adiversity of roles in perioperative nursing and reflecton and articulate the value of the perioperative nurse in today's productivity-driven, stress-filled health care environment. 37 references
Issues that are particulary relevant to promoting a culture of safety in the perioperative nursing environment are addressed. Even if desired changes are instituted successfully, challenges remain in ...sustaining them: absent constant vigilance, organizations tend to revert back to older, familiar behaviors and attitudes.
Guglielmi discusses volunteering for AORN. The benefits of volunteerism within a professional association include networking, knowledge sharing and development, promotion of the profession of nursing ...on a larger scale, continued development of leadership skills, and promotion of the mission of the organization.
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