Table of Contents: DEPARTMENTS
10 Editor's Page
Hostility: Healthcare's Huge Cultural Problem
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
12 Ideas That Work
• Frozen balloons as ice packs
• A gentle way to wake up patients
• Invite vendors to surgery
22 Staffing
Ensure First Cases Start On Time
Ashley Sterchi, RN, MSN, Vicki Hamby, RN, BSN, CNOR,
and Shelley Smith, RN, BSN
26 Anesthesia Alert
4 Keys to My Anesthesia Technique
Jeff Cryder, CRNA
102 Thinking of Buying …
Tabletop Sterilizers
Compact autoclaves are ideal for reprocessing
small trays, single instruments and peel packs.
Nancy Chobin, RN, AAS, ACSP, CSPM
108 A Look Back at
OR Excellence in New Orleans
4 pages of photos from our
exceptional conference in the Big Easy.
112 Cutting Remarks
It's a Mad Dash When I Overbook
John D. Kelly IV, MD
114 Behind Closed Doors
Thanks for Everything
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR
