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W
hat's one thing that all surgical facilities are con-
stantly trying to improve? If you said proper patient
positioning for pressure injury prevention, then you
nailed it — and probably need to get your tongue
untwisted. Mary Fearon, MSN, RN, CNOR, one of
AORN's perioperative practice specialists, takes a condensed look at 4
of the 22 new patient positioning recommendations you'll find in
AORN's 2018 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice. If you're not
already taking these preventive measures in your ORs, you might
want to consider doing so.
New Positions on Positioning
JoEllen McBride, PhD | Associate Editor
What's new in AORN's 2018 patient positioning guidelines.
• HAPPY FEET
A properly posi-
tioned patient is
a happy one.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
