A new law in Pennsylvania will require ASCs and hospitals to have a circulating nurse in the OR during procedures using general anesthesia or deep sedation. The “Circulating Nurse Act,” which passed ...

The following article is written by Stephen Lober, MD, director of research and development, and Sean Berry, MPA, RN, CNO, clinical director, for OP-marks. The surgical time out is now a standard ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As advocates for patient safety in the operating room, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, (AORN), announced support for Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state legislature will soon consider — and likely approve — a bill to expand the power of advanced practice nurses (APNs) to prescribe powerful pain medications. That bill, House ...