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11/20/2025

Perioperative nurses do more than care for patients. They shape safer systems, influence policy, and lift each other up. This reflection from The Stitch, written during the recently celebrated Perioperative Nurses Week, is a powerful reminder of the impact you make every day. Read it here: https://bit.ly/4a2KX3d

11/19/2025

Gratitude is powerful, but even more powerful when shared.

This Thanksgiving, we’re helping you give back to the community that hosts us. For every registration completed before Thanksgiving, AORN will donate $25 to a New Orleans food bank.

Your decision to invest in yourself can help a family share a meal.

Join us in making a difference: bit.ly/46Rm48R

11/18/2025

🔍 Spotlight on Safe Tourniquet Deflation

The perioperative team should collaborate to select a tourniquet deflation method that considers the patient’s hemodynamic status and comorbidities, the procedure’s progress, and the anesthesia care plan. Three tourniquet deflation methods that are described in the AORN “Guideline for pneumatic tourniquet safety” are:

• gradual deflation,
• intermittent deflation, and
• sudden deflation.

After tourniquet deflation, the perioperative team should remove both the tourniquet cuff and padding from the operative limb. Before transport to the PACU, the team should assess and monitor the temperature, capillary refill, and pulses in the operative limb; the patient’s skin under and distal to the cuff site; the motor and sensory responses of both limbs; vital signs; temperature; and tourniquet-related pain.

Reassessing the patient and operative limb helps identify any skin or nerve injuries and evaluate the limb’s reperfusion status after tourniquet use.

To better understand Pneumatic Tourniquet Safety, read the Guidelines in Practice article published in the November issue of AORN Journal. The article breaks down key recommendations from the guideline—including how to perform preoperative assessments, selecting and inflating tourniquets, monitoring the tourniquet during inflation, and more.

https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aorn.14425



📽️ Caption. Reassessing the patient and examining the operative limb after pneumatic tourniquet use.

11/17/2025

After a year of making tough decisions, shift after shift; it’s finally time to make an easy call: invest in trusted perioperative tools that keep you resilient.

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11/15/2025

Your team deserves education that makes a real difference.

The Southeast Reconstruction Summit in Atlanta helps you learn strategies that improve collaboration and patient care in one day, Saturday, Nov. 22.

Join us for live surgeries, interactive discussions, and networking opportunities designed to support your goals. We’ll help you earn CME credit and take-home actionable insights.

Register today: https://bit.ly/3I6FJrT

11/14/2025

AORN members recently traveled to Harrisburg, PA, to join the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association to advocate for HB 27, a bill that would ensure surgical smoke is evacuated from Pennsylvania operating rooms. HB 27 needs Senate approval before it can be signed into law by Governor Shapiro. Advocates met with senators to explain the hazards of surgical smoke, the solution proposed by the bill, and the need for Pennsylvania to pass a law now.

11/13/2025

Change in perioperative care is accelerating. Updated guidelines, robotics, AI, and evolving best practices are transforming surgery and collaboration.

AORN Expo is here to help you stay up to date with evidence-based learning. Plus, the escape room is back!

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11/13/2025

In just 8 short weeks, North Carolina's operating rooms will be surgical smoke-free thanks to a new law enacted earlier this year. AORN worked with the NC Nurses Association to make this dream a reality for North Carolina surgical team members and patients. Earlier this fall, AORN members joined NCNA to thank Rep. Donna McDowell White in person for her advocacy and leadership on this issue.

We are thrilled that legislation to safeguard nurses, patients, and other healthcare workers from toxic smoke in Operating Rooms was signed into law earlier this year. Recently, some of our members were able to thank NCNA member Rep. Donna McDowell White in-person for her steadfast leadership on this issue.

We're also grateful to NCNA member Representative Carla Cunningham, who couldn't make the photo op, but served as primary sponsor of the bill.

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11/12/2025

It's hard to believe, but we're halfway through Perioperative Nurses Week!

This week, we're celebrating every perioperative nurse who lights the path to safe surgery. Your expertise, compassion, and leadership guide patients through their most vulnerable moments, and your light continues to inspire the future of our profession.

At AORN, being means celebrating all nurses, in every setting, across every specialty. It reflects our shared commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the collective strength that makes perioperative care extraordinary.

If you haven't yet, please join the celebration at: aorn.org/events/perioperative-nurses-week
- Take part in our Treasure Hunt for a chance to win exciting prizes.
- Show your periop pride with free posters, thank-you cards, and social graphics.
- Honor a mentor or colleague with a gift to the AORN Foundation.
- Raise your voice through advocacy and community outreach.

Also, what does being a perioperative nurse mean to you? Share in the comments below.

11/11/2025

Level up your career!

Get support for your CNOR, CSSM, or CNAMB certification thanks to grants funded by the Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI).

Grants cover new certification testing only — don’t miss your chance to grow and shine! https://bit.ly/4iIVd2L

11/11/2025

This Veterans Day, AORN proudly honors all who have served, and we extend deep gratitude to the perioperative nurses and surgical team members who are veterans within our community.

Your dedication, leadership, and continued commitment to patient safety make a lasting impact in every operating room and across the entire perioperative profession. We are grateful for your service and for the strength you bring to our community.

We’re also honored to collaborate with military educators and students who are advancing perioperative learning through the creation of evidence-based webinars that share real-world experience, strengthen readiness, and support safer surgery for every patient. Their work transforms experience into evidence-based education that strengthens every OR team.

Read the story: https://bit.ly/3LrwbsN

11/10/2025

New Issue Alert!

The November issue of the AORN Journal is available online. It is packed with 4.5 CH free to members.

🔍 What’s Inside:
✅ Standardized Intraoperative Time Outs in Denmark – A National Survey of OR Nurses
✅ Factors Related to Turnover Intention Among OR Nurses: A Systematic Review
✅ Guidelines in Practice: Pneumatic Tourniquet Safety

Also in this issue:
💡 BACK TO BASICS 2.0 Addressing Social Determinants of Health
💡 GUEST EDITORIAL The Time Is Now: AHRQ MRSA Prevention Toolkit
💡 Periop Briefing: Creating a Better Specimen‐Handling Process

Let us know which articles you are most looking forward to reading below. 👇🏽

🧑🏽‍💻 https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18780369/2025/122/5

Not a member? Join today and get full access to the AORN Journal. https://lnkd.in/gTRVP8Yg

Cover Photo Caption: The updated AORN “Guideline for care and cleaning of surgical instruments” includes new recommendations for cleaning verification and inspection, and instructions for instruments whose processing has been delayed.