Aorn JournalPub Date : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.70078
Oluponle O Olubajo, Andrea Thorp, Caitlin Oless, Carol Ritchie, Jessica Charles, Jennifer Berry
{"title":"Enhancing Perioperative Onboarding Through an Education Champion Project.","authors":"Oluponle O Olubajo, Andrea Thorp, Caitlin Oless, Carol Ritchie, Jessica Charles, Jennifer Berry","doi":"10.1002/aorn.70078","DOIUrl":"10.1002/aorn.70078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A perioperative department expansion at a large urban academic tertiary center in the southwestern United States necessitated the hiring of additional perioperative personnel. The OR department planning team identified onboarding capacity gaps and developed an education champion project to facilitate onboarding efforts alongside the perioperative nurse educators. Over six months, the three perioperative education champions-two RNs and one surgical technologist-facilitated the onboarding of new staff members, while the educators focused on existing staff member competencies and continuing education development. At the end of the project, survey responses from 29 new hires indicated high satisfaction, stronger integration with the perioperative team, and greater perceived effectiveness of the onboarding process. The education champions reported increased confidence in their teaching ability, and the perioperative nurse educators were able to reallocate time to strategic departmental initiatives. This article details the development, implementation, outcomes, and implications of the updated onboarding process.</p>","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"123 5","pages":"e1-e8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147789448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.70082
Jill Graham
{"title":"Where Should You Grow? A Nurse's Guide to Workplace Fit.","authors":"Jill Graham","doi":"10.1002/aorn.70082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.70082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"123 5","pages":"P9-P10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147789407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.70077
Billie S Vance, Laurel Miner, Aaron Ostrowski
{"title":"Kratom Use: An Emerging Perioperative Nursing Concern.","authors":"Billie S Vance, Laurel Miner, Aaron Ostrowski","doi":"10.1002/aorn.70077","DOIUrl":"10.1002/aorn.70077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Kratom is an emerging drug of concern that poses significant challenges in perioperative care, but the public and many health professionals remain unaware of its use and effects. Patients may use kratom as a substitute for opioids or to increase focus or decrease anxiety, depending on the dose. Kratom binds with μ-opioid, α<sub>2</sub>-adrenergic, and serotonin receptors and has been associated with perioperative complications, including difficulty managing pain, hemodynamic instability, agitation, and withdrawal symptoms in patients undergoing surgery. Considering that 1.9 million Americans aged 12 years and older have used kratom, screening patients before surgery is important. Preoperative nurses can positively affect patient care by communicating a patient's use of kratom to the care team. With that knowledge, perianesthesia, intraoperative, and postoperative teams can be prepared for any untoward effects of kratom use across all perioperative settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"123 5","pages":"362-370"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147789359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.70079
M Imelda Wright
{"title":"Acting on a Discrepancy to Prevent an Adverse Event.","authors":"M Imelda Wright","doi":"10.1002/aorn.70079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.70079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"123 5","pages":"397-399"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147789390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.70086
Jeffrey Feldman, Ramona Houmanfar, Mary Fearon, John M Flynn, Jeffrey B Cooper, Stuart Libman, Caoimhe Duffy, Lisa Spruce, Della Lin
{"title":"Reduce Burnout, Improve Safety and Efficiency: Consider Prosocial Behavior.","authors":"Jeffrey Feldman, Ramona Houmanfar, Mary Fearon, John M Flynn, Jeffrey B Cooper, Stuart Libman, Caoimhe Duffy, Lisa Spruce, Della Lin","doi":"10.1002/aorn.70086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.70086","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"123 5","pages":"357-358"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147789441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}