Year of The Nurse
Profiles of inspirational nurses.
Outpatient Surgery Editors
30 Getting Buy-in for Smoke Evacuation
Clearing the OR air demands plenty of determination,
hours of hard work and passionately selling staff
and surgeons on the health-related benefits.
Maria Marabito | Contributing Editor
35 So Much More Than the Survey
Accredited facilities demonstrate a year-round
commitment to safe surgery, ongoing quality
improvement and excellent patient care.
Danielle Bouchat-Friedman | Associate Editor
40 The Case for
Consolidating Orthopedic Suppliers
Cost savings is only one of the benefits
realized by limiting the number of vendors
who vie for your facility's business.
Jared Bilski | Managing Editor
45 PONV Prevention Pays Off
Aromatherapy, antiemetics and regional blocks
improve discharge times and increase patient
satisfaction scores.
Jennifer Amedio, RN, BSN, CCRN, PCCN, CPAN, CAPA
48 Normothermia Is the New Normal
Turn up the heat on proactive patient warming
to stave off the chilling effects of surgery.
Dan Cook | Editor-in-Chief
55 The Case for Continuous Nerve Blocks
New technology and advancing techniques
could make extended pain relief the norm in
same-day surgery.
Nadia Hernandez, MD
60 Injecting New Life Into Cataract Surgery
Intracameral agents are contributing to better
outcomes and more satisfied patients.
Dan Cook | Editor-in-Chief
64 5 Steps to Improved Instrument Care
Reorganized trays, team togetherness and
real-time tracking are the keys to success.
Adam Taylor | Senior Associate Editor
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November 2020 • Vol. XXI, No. 11
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