Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to podcast and video series where we examine the world of perioperative nursing. Episode after episode, we're bringing you professional tips, clinical wisdom, and personal stories that'll make you feel like you're chatting with your work BFFs. Curious about the latest surgical techniques? We got you. Wondering how to navigate the challenges of the periop journey? We're here for that too. Our podcast and video series isn't just about sharing information; it' ...
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How nurses cultivate a culture of safety (and the business case for why that makes them great leaders)
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How Periop Nurses Create a Culture of Safety (and the Business Case for Why They Make Great Leaders in a Perioperative Setting) Perioperative nurses play a vital role in healthcare, ensuring patient safety and optimizing surgical outcomes. Their dedication to patient advocacy, attention to detail, and ability to foster a culture of collaboration ma…
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In this episode of Periop Talk, we dive deep into the world of Gen Z and their impact on the perioperative nursing workforce. Join host Jake Runion, Sr. Manager of AORN's Center for Perioperative Leadership, and guest expert Lisa Walden, Co-Founder of Good Company Consulting, as they explore the unique characteristics, values, and expectations of t…
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The Future of Nursing Report and what it means for periop nurses
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The Future of Nursing Report provides a comprehensive blueprint for transforming nursing practice and improving patient care. It highlights critical issues facing the nursing profession and offers evidence-based recommendations to address these challenges. The report has had a significant impact on shaping nursing policy and practice, and it contin…
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Caring for kids in the operating room can be difficult. They're often scared and anxious, and their caregivers are too. But knowing a kid's age and using the right words can make a big difference. This episode of Periop Talk explores how kids think and feel at different ages. It also gives tips on how to talk to them and their caregivers. By tailor…
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How to create an inclusive environment for transgender patients
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How perioperative nurses can create an inclusive environment for transgender and gender diverse patients Providing compassionate and respectful care to all patients is a cornerstone of perioperative nursing. Creating an inclusive environment for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) patients is essential for delivering optimal care. Respecting Patie…
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The 2023 update to the AORN Minimally Invasive Surgery Guideline introduced significant changes to enhance patient safety and improve perioperative care. Here are some of the key highlights: Preoperative Assessment Enhanced patient assessment: The guideline emphasizes a more comprehensive preoperative assessment to identify potential risks and comp…
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New updates to the VTE guidelines empower nurses to take a more proactive role in preventing Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) or blood clots. This includes the ability to initiate preventive measures, such as applying compression stockings or using inflatable leg sleeves, at an earlier stage when a patient is suspected to be at high risk. The revised g…
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Burn Out's Impact on Perioperative Nursing
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Burnout 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 are the key takeaways: High Burnout Rates: The vacancy r…
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Updates to New Safe Patient Handling Guideline
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Safe 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 Handling and Movement offers evidence-based practices …
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Tips for Negotiating a Salary Increase or Promotion
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Perioperative 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 jobs, 52% said they were dissatisfied with their sala…
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Clear 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 speak up about concerns and errors without fear of blame. …
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4 ways nurses can reverse toxicity in their daily work culture
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Still 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-educator (and her team’s unofficial counselor and mediato…
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In 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 decontamination with details about pre-treatment and d…
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Beginning again: Lessons in transitioning from expert to novice nurse
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The 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. Understand that there are many ways to accomplish the same tas…
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This 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 maintain a safe environment of care for perioperative pa…
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At 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 things that a preceptor can do to develop the trusting rela…
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The 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 satellite sterile processing areas, administrative are…
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The dangers of surgical smoke and how AORN aims to Go Clear™ in the OR
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Surgical 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 Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, about the dan…
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What 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. Medication errors are preventable but continue to occur despite…
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The President’s Corner: Easing the Challenges of Shortages
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Traveling 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. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to v…
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Periop Talk: New Recommendations for Patient Positioning and Pressure Injury
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What 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 where we examine the world of perioperative nursing. Episode …
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The President’s Corner: Bridging Generational Divides (part 2)
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AORN 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 Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine …
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The President’s Corner – Bridging Generational Divides (Part 1)
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What 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 stereotypes. Support the show Welcome to the Periop T…
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Celebrating Perioperative Nurses Week, Nov. 13-19
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AORN 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, and connect with the community. Spoiler alert: they lo…
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The President’s Corner – Coping with Ethical Challenges
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AORN 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 – from patient consent disputes to DNRs to unusual staffing…
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Healing from Moral Injury: A Perioperative Challenge
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AORN 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 these two small steps over two weeks and see how they…
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Managing Moral Injury: Simple Steps, Proven Difference
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Going “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 Dennis MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO has a conversation with perio…
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The President’s Corner is a series of conversations between AORN President Vangie Dennis, MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, and colleagues across the country about issues most important to AORN members and the perioperative community. In Episode 1 “Nursing Uncharted – The Staffing Shortage” Vangie speaks with David Wyatt, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR, past AORN Presi…
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Periop Talk: Caring for the Transgender Patient
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June is Pride Month and, to help raise awareness around inequities in healthcare, transmale Nik Unterkircher, MA, UX/UI, DEI Practitioner at AORN, talks candidly with Vice President of Nursing, Renae Battie’, MSN, RN, CNOR. They discuss common challenges transgender patients face in the binary world that will help nurses more fully understand patie…
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Periop Talk: Talking Time Out with the Joint Commission
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The Joint Commission and AORN’s CEO Linda Groah discuss the challenges and solutions for an effective Time Out. Learn more. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperative nursing. Episode after episode, we're bringing you professional tips, clinical wisdom, and personal sto…
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Become the Place Where Nurses Want to Work - A Fireside Chat
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How do nurse leaders and their teams break through complex, chaotic, and broken systems – with widespread burnout – to transform their fast-paced hospitals and ASCs into sustainable caring cultures? Join us for AORN’s Fireside Chat, a live conversation about solutions to the most-asked question from perioperative nurses and leaders today: How do we…
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Be Proactive, Not Reactive! A Success Story for Preventing Costly RSIs
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Cleveland Clinic Director of Surgical Nursing Dena Salamon, MSN, RN speaks with AORN virtually about how her health system confronted and acted to prevent unintentionally retained surgical items across more than 50 ORs. Her advice: “Just do it.” Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the worl…
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Using Adjunct Technology to Prevent RSI in Surgical Patients – Why and the How to Do It
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Leveraging technology to prevent the devastating impacts from RSI on your patients – and your staff – is easier than you think. “It really does enhance your workflow. I can’t imagine NOT using it,” says Cleveland Clinic Director of Surgical Nursing Dena Salamon, MSN, RN. Hear how and why her system chose to use technology to support the OR team. Su…
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Why are so many of America’s most-trusted professionals frustrated and angry – and what can we do to reconnect with our passion for nursing? A periop nursing conversation and live Q&A with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan, AORN CEO Linda Groah, and AORN President Holly Ervine. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where …
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Periop Talk Q&A: How do I add complementary care into practice?
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AORN's VP of Nursing, Renae Battie, MN, RN CNOR its down with Guideline author Mary Alice Anderson, PhD, RN, CNOR, to discuss the new Guideline on complementary care and how to incorporate different complimentary care strategies into your practice. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the w…
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Periop Talk: New Guideline on Complementary Care Enhances Patient Care
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AORN's VP of Nursing, Renae Battie, MN, RN CNOR its down with Guideline author Mary Alice Anderson, PhD, RN, CNOR, to discuss the new Guideline on complementary care. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperative nursing. Episode after episode, we're bringing you professio…
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Periop Talk: ASCs Today and Nursing Leadership
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In this 3-part podcast series, AORN CEO, Linda Groah, MSN RN CNOR NEA-BC FAAN, and Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group discuss surgical trends, nurse leadership, and the value of quality data in today’s ASCs. Complete the free annual Leapfrog ASC Survey before November 30 to highlight the safety and quality of your ASC based on nat…
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In this 3-part podcast series, AORN CEO, Linda Groah, MSN RN CNOR NEA-BC FAAN, and Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group discuss surgical trends, nurse leadership, and the value of quality data in today’s ASCs. Complete the free annual Leapfrog ASC Survey before November 30 to highlight the safety and quality of your ASC based on nat…
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Periop Talk: ASCs Today and Workforce Issues
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In this 3-part podcast series, AORN CEO, Linda Groah, MSN RN CNOR NEA-BC FAAN, and Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group discuss surgical trends, nurse leadership, and the value of quality data in today’s ASCs. Complete the free annual Leapfrog ASC Survey before November 30 to highlight the safety and quality of your ASC based on nat…
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National productivity expert Pamela Hunt, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN is on Periop Talk discussing the cost of quality in your OR. Learn more about the OR Leadership Mastery course: https://www.aorn.org/events/leader-mastery Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperative nursing.…
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Periop Talk: Make a Business Case for Quality
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National productivity expert Pamela Hunt, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN is on Periop Talk discussing why leaders should make a business case for quality in the OR. Learn more about the OR Leadership Mastery course: https://www.aorn.org/events/leader-mastery Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the …
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Periop Talk: Preventing Needlesticks and Sharps Injuries
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To increase nurses’ awareness of what they can to reduce sharps injuries, AORN’s CEO and Executive Director, Linda Groah talks with Mary Ogg and Deb Spratt who contributed to the 2020 Consensus Statement and Call to Action. Ogg is the author of AORN’s Guideline for Sharps Safety and while she recently retired, she remains a national expert on safe …
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On this episode of A Nursing State of Mind, Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN and AORN CEO/executive director speaks with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan PhD, RN, NPD-BC, and Professional Certified Coach about keeping healthy habits during the time of COVID. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine …
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A Nursing State of Mind: Maintaining positive relationships with family and friends
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On this episode of A Nursing State of Mind, Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN and AORN CEO/executive director speaks with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan PhD, RN, NPD-BC, and Professional Certified Coach about maintaining positive relationships with family and friends during the time of COVID. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog …
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A Nursing State of Mind: Getting the Rest You Need
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On this episode of A Nursing State of Mind, Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN and AORN CEO/executive director speaks with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan PhD, RN, NPD-BC, and Professional Certified Coach about getting the rest you need. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of periopera…
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A Nursing State of Mind: Supporting Your Peers
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On this episode of A Nursing State of Mind, Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN and AORN CEO/executive director speaks with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan PhD, RN, NPD-BC, and Professional Certified Coach about supporting other nurses. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperati…
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A Nursing State of Mind: Who is on Your Team
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On this episode of A Nursing State of Mind, Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN and AORN CEO/executive director speaks with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan PhD, RN, NPD-BC, and Professional Certified Coach about isolation. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperative nursing. Ep…
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A Nursing State of Mind: Balancing Work, Life, and COVID-19
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On this episode of A Nursing State of Mind, Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN and AORN CEO/executive director speaks with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan PhD, RN, NPD-BC, and Professional Certified Coach about work-life balance. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperative nur…
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A Nursing State of Mind: Hope is an Action Word
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On this episode of A Nursing State of Mind, Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN and AORN CEO/executive director speaks with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan PhD, RN, NPD-BC, and Professional Certified Coach about hope. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperative nursing. Episode…
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A Nursing State of Mind: Who Has Time for Self Care
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On this episode of A Nursing State of Mind, Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN and AORN CEO/executive director speaks with Dr. Phyllis Quinlan PhD, RN, NPD-BC, and Professional Certified Coach about self care. Support the show Welcome to the Periop Talk—your go-to vlog and podcast series where we examine the world of perioperative nursing. Ep…
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