AORN Journal
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Page 1015 , May 2005

Surgical instrument availability

  • LuAnn Prephan, RN

      Affiliations

    • LuAnn Prephan, RN, MBA, CNOR, is the administrative director, surgical services at the Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio.

Notes 

  1. Deming WE . The New Economics: For Industry, Government, Education . second ed. Cambridge, Mass: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1994;
  2. R Z Zechman, personal communication with the author, Toledo, Ohio, 6 Nov 2000.

 This program meets criteria for CNOR and CRNFA recertification, as well as other continuing education requirements.A minimum score of 70% on the multiple-choice examination is necessary to earn 1.5 contact hours for this independent study.Purpose/Goal: To educate perioperative nurses about implementing a project to improve the availability of surgical instruments.

PII: S0001-2092(06)60467-5

doi: 10.1016/S0001-2092(06)60467-5

AORN Journal
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Page 1015 , May 2005

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