AORN Journal

The AORN Journal podcast highlights key articles and briefings from the most recent journal issue and the latest in perioperative nursing.

Staffing interventional pulmonology procedures performed in the OR 10/30/2025

Manually determining limb occlusion pressure 10/30/2025

Reperfusion intervals with pneumatic tourniquet use 10/30/2025

Estimating blood loss 10/30/2025

Guideline First Look: Guideline for Care and Cleaning of Surgical Instruments 10/30/2025

Back to Basics 2.0: Addressing Social Determinants of Health 10/30/2025

Guidelines in Practice: Pneumatic Tourniquet Safety 10/30/2025

Isolation gown evaluation 09/29/2025

Bringing stuffed toys into the OR 09/29/2025

Surface area and prefilled skin antiseptic applicators 09/29/2025

Hair management for cesarean delivery 09/29/2025

Safety First: Preventing Lost Surgical Specimens 09/29/2025

Guidelines in Practice: Transmission-Based Precautions 09/29/2025

Contraindications to lipid emulsion therapy 08/29/2025

Responding to suspected local anesthetic systemic toxicity 08/29/2025

Strategies to help prevent local anesthetic systemic toxicity 08/29/2025

Preparing for a possible local anesthetic systemic toxicity event 08/29/2025

Guideline First Look: Guideline for Autologous Tissue Management 08/29/2025

Back to Basics 2.0: Determining Instrument Sterility 08/29/2025

Establishing an OR downtime process 07/29/2025

Using sterile towels to adjust surgical loupes 07/29/2025

Bringing personal bags into the OR 07/29/2025

Sterility of packaged sterile items dropped onto the floor 07/29/2025

Safety First: Managing Medication Shortages 07/29/2025

Guidelines in Practice: Sharps Safety 07/29/2025

Care of the patient taking a semaglutide medication 06/30/2025

Black flecks found inside instrument sets after sterilization 06/30/2025

Using spray deodorizer in the OR 06/30/2025

Point-of-use treatment for ophthalmic instruments 06/30/2025

Back to Basics 2.0: Specimen Management 06/30/2025