AORN Journal

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

Guidelines in Practice: Care and Cleaning of Surgical Instruments 04/27/2026

Back to Basics 2.0: Medication Safety 04/27/2026

Guideline First Look: Guideline for Environmental Hygiene 04/27/2026

Ethics of Using Artificial Intelligence 04/27/2026

Applications for Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Technology 04/27/2026

Transitioning to the Novice Perioperative Nurse Educator Role 04/27/2026

Preventing Retained Surgical Items During Procedures With Multiple Sterile Fields 04/27/2026

Caring for Patients With Electronic Implanted Devices 03/26/2026

Self-disinfecting surface technologies 03/26/2026

Automated disinfectant dispenser verification 03/26/2026

Wearing masks during joint space injections 03/26/2026

Prefilled skin antiseptic preparation application times 03/26/2026

Allergic reactions to local anesthetics 02/27/2026

Methemoglobinemia after local anesthetic administration 02/27/2026

Phentolamine administration for vasoconstrictor-induced ischemia 02/27/2026

Advocating for buffered lidocaine local anesthetic 02/27/2026

Back to Basics 2.0: Patient Skin Antisepsis 02/27/2026

Perioperative Risk Factors and Safety Strategies for Patients With Tattoos and Piercings 02/27/2026

Guideline First Look: Guideline for Care of the Patient Receiving Local-Only Anesthesia 01/30/2026

Requirements for tissue tracking versus perioperative nursing documentation 01/30/2026

Decontamination methods for dropped cranial bone flaps 01/30/2026

Storage recommendations for autologous tissue grafts 01/30/2026

Routine microbial culturing of cranial bone flaps 01/30/2026

Safety First: Enhancing Patient Care During Robotic-Assisted Surgery 01/30/2026

Guidelines in Practice: Autologous Tissue Management 01/30/2026

Ice water irrigation during endoscopy 01/06/2026

Implementing borescope inspection of surgical instruments 01/06/2026

Changing attire after working in the decontamination area 01/06/2026

Reapplication of pretreatment product in the decontamination area 01/06/2026

Guideline First Look: Guideline for the Safe Use of Surgical Energy Devices 01/06/2026