Reducing Opioid Consumption and Length of Stay After Bariatric Surgery: A Nonpharmacologic ERAS Intervention Bundle.

Purpose: To reduce opioid consumption and decrease length of stay (LOS) in bariatric surgical patients by implementing an evidence-based, nonpharmacologic enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) intervention bundle.

Design: Evidence-based practice project.

Methods: We developed and implemented a nonpharmacologic ERAS bundle from existing American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Standards and bariatric and subspecialty surgical ERAS protocols to standardize the postoperative nursing care of bariatric patients.

Periop 101: Improving Perioperative Nursing Knowledge and Competence in Labor and Delivery Nurses Through an Evidence-Based Education and Training Program.

Introduction: To reach the highest levels of health care quality, all nurses providing intraoperative care to surgical patients should have a firm grasp of the complex knowledge, skills, and guidelines undergirding the perioperative nursing profession. In military treatment facilities, either perioperative registered nurses or labor and delivery (L&D) nurses provide skilled intraoperative nursing care for cesarean deliveries. However, L&D and perioperative nurses occupy vastly different roles in the continuum of care and may possess widely differing levels of surgical training and experience.

Surgical Safety Does Not Happen By Accident: Learning From Perioperative Near Miss Case Studies.

Adverse surgical events cause negative patient health outcomes and harm that can often overshadow the safe and effective patient care provided daily by nurses as members of interprofessional healthcare teams. Near misses occur far more frequently than adverse events and are less visible to nurse leaders because patient harm is avoided due to chance, prevention, or mitigation. However, near misses have comparable root causes to adverse events and exhibit the same underlying patterns of failure.

Operation Allies Refuge and Operation Allies Welcome: Military Perioperative and Perianesthesia Nursing Support to the Afghan Evacuation Mission.

Nursing has a long and celebrated history of providing life-saving care during crises and periods of great need. Following the government collapse in Afghanistan and the withdrawal of US troops, a severe humanitarian and human rights crisis emerged. The US military participated in one of the largest and most complex humanitarian missions in history to aid Afghan relief efforts.