Latest Perioperative Podcast Episodes
Burn Out's Impact on Perioperative Nursing
Periop Talk - July 05, 2024 16:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBurnout in Perioperative Nursing: Key Takeaways from the Video This conversation between Jake Runion, sr. manager of AORN’s Center for Perioperative Leadership and Tammy Hanks, Perioperative Practice Specialist at AORN, highlights the critical issue of burnout among perioperative nurses. Here a...
The Seven Habits
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - June 27, 2024 00:30 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsProfessor Warren Clements is an interventional radiologist and researcher at the Alfred hospital and Monash University. In this podcast, Warren discusses the seven habits that he regards as important in helping to become a highly effective clinician-scientist.
Updates to New Safe Patient Handling Guideline
Periop Talk - June 18, 2024 18:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSafe patient handling is crucial for perioperative nurses as it protects both themselves and their patients. According to the CDC, manual patient handling is the leading cause of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among healthcare workers. The updated AORN Guideline for Safe Patient ...
Tips for Negotiating a Salary Increase or Promotion
Periop Talk - June 03, 2024 19:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsPerioperative nurses are known for their exceptional advocacy strength, often protecting patients from harm in the most vulnerable situations. But when it comes to advocacy, how good are you at advocating for yourself? A recent article indicated that, among 34% of nurses who wanted to quit their...
Updates to New Team Communication Guideline
Periop Talk - May 13, 2024 17:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsClear Communication for Better Care: A Guide to Team Dynamics in the OR For perioperative nurses, effective teamwork is crucial for patient safety. Building a Culture of Safety A strong foundation for good communication is a culture of safety. This means every team member feels empowered to ...
4 ways nurses can reverse toxicity in their daily work culture
Periop Talk - April 24, 2024 21:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsStill in crisis mode from the pandemic and its aftermath, many nurses are feeling tired and somewhat disgruntled, and may be looking for greener pastures. However, the journey toward “greener grass” can begin without hopping the fence, suggests Jill Graham, BSN, RN. As a surgical services co-e...
So You Need an Operation - Patient Information Podcast Series
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - April 12, 2024 01:00 - 2 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsIf you have just been told that you need an operation, you're now at the start of a surgical journey. It may be a short journey or it may be a long one, but either way this podcast series is here to help you.
High-Level Disinfection Guideline Update
Periop Talk - April 08, 2024 08:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Periop Talk AORN gives a sneak preview into the new High-Level Disinfection Guideline and how these key changes will impact your daily practice. Perioperative nurses play a vital role in the disinfection process: Enhanced communication: Ensuring seamless handoff of devices to...
Beginning again: Lessons in transitioning from expert to novice nurse
Periop Talk - March 19, 2024 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe opportunity to start fresh in a different department is a gift. Once you are there, take advantage of everything and everyone. Staff are designated to help teach you the art and science of their practice, so be physically, mentally, and emotionally present to absorb every bit of it. Understa...
Just Culture
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - March 18, 2024 23:00 - 33 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsA Just Culture in the workplace means that everyone should feel safe to speak up, and leads to open and honest communication, systems thinking, engagement, and participation, where everyone is involved in making improvements. Professor Janet Anderson and Garry Mann, our Human Factors team, talk t...
New Environment of Care Guidelines for 2024
Periop Talk - March 04, 2024 13:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis updated Guideline for Safe Environment of Care provides new and revised recommendations on developing fire safety plans, performing fire risk assessments, fire safety training, establishing latex safety programs and chemical safety plans, among others. The purpose of this guideline is to ma...
Perioperative Implications of the GLP-1 Agonists
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - March 03, 2024 23:00 - 35 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsThe GLP-1 agonists have been generating much discussion and a degree of consternation in the Perioperative Medicine community. Our panel of experts discusses the mode of action, indications, and perioperative implications of this class of medications.
How to build trust with your new hire
Periop Talk - February 19, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAt the foundation of any clinical relationship is trust: trust between clinicians and patients, trust among the interprofessional team members, and trust between a new hire and the preceptor. Building a trusting relationship between the new hire and preceptor takes time, but there are some thing...
The Role of the Pharmacist in the Perioperative Process
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - February 13, 2024 23:00 - 21 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsThuy Bui is the Lead Pharmacist of the Analgesic Stewardship and Perioperative Medicine Services at the Alfred. She discusses the very important role of the pharmacist in all stages of the Perioperative process.
New Design and Maintenance Guidelines
Periop Talk - February 06, 2024 14:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe physical design of the surgical suite should support safe patient care, efficient movement of patients and supplies, and workplace safety and security. The surgical suite includes the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care areas and support areas, including central and ...
The dangers of surgical smoke and how AORN aims to Go Clear™ in the OR
Periop Talk - January 23, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSurgical smoke is the by-product of using energy-generating devices (e.g., electrosurgery units, powered surgical instruments), and it is full of carcinogenic and mutagenic cells. AORN speaks with Scott Hantz, a firefighter and perioperative director of nursing at the Miller Family Heart and Vas...
Medication Safety Guideline
Periop Talk - January 08, 2024 21:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhat are the three biggest changes to the Guideline for Medication Safety? It all depends on your facility, but labeling, hazardous medication and antibiotic oversight were three issues that really stood out to guideline author Julie Cahn, sr. perioperative practice specialist at AORN. Medicatio...
Informed Consent
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - December 17, 2023 23:00 - 37 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsAny patient undergoing a procedure or intervention should be provided with an explanation of the procedure and the risks involved, and be asked to give their consent. Often this is a process that is poorly done or misunderstood by both of the clinician and the patient. Dr Maryanne Balkin discusse...
Perioperative Medicine and the Geriatrician
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - December 10, 2023 23:00 - 29 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsIncreasing numbers of older people are undergoing surgery and adverse outcomes are common within this patient group. Dr Margot Lodge is a Geriatrician with a special interest in Perioperative Medicine. She discusses the role of the geriatrician in Perioperative Medicine and the use of implementat...
Choosing Wisely - Preoperative pathology ordering through the Pre-Anaesthetic Evaluation Unit
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - October 25, 2023 23:00 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsDr Lana Vestarkis is an Anaesthetist at Sunshine Coast University Hospital. For her Master of Perioperative Medicine Capstone Project, Lana worked with her colleague Dr Anna Pietzsch to attempt to rationalise preoperative blood testing in the elective surgical setting. Their project is not only ...
Redesigning the Pre-anaesthetic Process in a Rural Practice
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - September 19, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsDr Sarah Wilmot is a GP Anaesthetist in rural Victoria. For her Master of Perioperative Medicine Capstone Project, Sarah redesigned the pre-anaesthetic process in her practice in an effort to improve patient experience. She discusses her project, including the challenges she faced and the lessons...
The President’s Corner: Easing the Challenges of Shortages
Periop Talk - March 15, 2023 20:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTraveling nurses are here to stay. Join AORN President Vangie Dennis and Board Member Becca Vortman for a conversation with a staff nurse and a traveling nurse about how changing your approach to periop team culture can help ease challenges created by staff shortages and improve satisfaction. S...
Periop Talk: New Recommendations for Patient Positioning and Pressure Injury
Periop Talk - February 21, 2023 19:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhat are the new assessment tools and how is technology helping us reduce surgical patient injuries? Hear about practice changes from the AORN Sr. Director of Evidence-Based Perioperative Practice Lisa Spruce. Support the Show. Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series whe...
The President’s Corner: Bridging Generational Divides (part 2)
Periop Talk - February 21, 2023 18:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAORN President Vangie Dennis MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO speaks with Molly, a Millennial O.R. nurse-turned-clinical educator about how the “trophy generation” helped evolve perioperative teams - and the challenges and opportunities of a 5-generation workplace. Support the Show. Welcome to the Periop ...
The President’s Corner – Bridging Generational Divides (Part 1)
Periop Talk - February 03, 2023 17:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhat are the biggest pros and cons of working among 5 different generations today? AORN President Vangie Dennis MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO speaks with Mary-Kate, a Gen Z periop nurse at a large New York hospital, about hurdles of being the youngest member of an OR team and challenging her generation’s...
Celebrating Perioperative Nurses Week, Nov. 13-19
Periop Talk - November 09, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAORN leaders, like perioperative nurses everywhere, agree food can be the highlight for celebrating Perioperative Nurses Week. Listen in as Board President Vangie Dennis, Vice President Darlene Murdock, and Board Director Megan Nolan share some additional ways to have fun, bond with colleagues, ...
The President’s Corner – Coping with Ethical Challenges
Periop Talk - October 17, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAORN President Vangie Dennis MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO speaks with Wellstar Health System Assistant Vice President of Ethics, Advance Care Planning and Spiritual Health Jason Lesandrini MA, PhD(c), FACHE, HEC-C, LPEC about better preparing yourself to manage situations that go against the grain – fro...
Buprenorphine
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series - September 15, 2022 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode, Dr Olivia Leahy talks to Dr Harry Sivakumar (Anaesthetist and Pain Specialist) and Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones (addiction medicine specialist) about buprenorphine, an opioid analgesic used in the management of acute and perioperative pain, and selectively in chronic pain, as well as in...
Managing Moral Injury: Simple Steps, Proven Difference
Periop Talk - August 26, 2022 20:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsGoing “against the grain” of our patient care training during COVID-19 created moral injury in nurses. But a body of evidence proves that using very simple strategies will help you manage how your body reacts to stressors – and they are techniques available to everyone. AORN President Vangie Den...
Healing from Moral Injury: A Perioperative Challenge
Periop Talk - August 26, 2022 20:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAORN President Vangie Dennis MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO and periop nurse and mind-body medicine practitioner Dr. Margaret Below PhD, RN, NE-BC talk about micro-episodes of joy, gratitude and other simple, proven steps that will change how your body reacts and how you feel. They challenge nurses to try...
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