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AORN Journal provides registered professional nurses in the OR and related services with information based on scientific fact and principle. Articles cover the nurse's role before, during and after surgery and include patient teaching and preparation, use and care of surgical instruments and supplies, asepsis, sterilization, anesthesia, and related topics. Other areas include education for professional nurses, OR administration and communications.

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Meet the Next Editor


Joy Don Baker, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CNOR, NEA-BC

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), the largest membership association of perioperative registered nurses in the world, has announced that Joy Don Baker, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CNOR, NEA-BC, has been appointed editor-in-chief of AORN Journal, effective May 1. Baker succeeds Patricia C. Seifert, MSN, RN, CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN, who after four years as editor-in-chief will retire. Read more...

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AORN Journal is published by Elsevier for the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.