This post is cross-posted on First Case and may contain affiliate links. Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for, not just today, but every day of the year. Family, friends, and maybe friends we like more than family, food, clothing, housing โ we all have plenty to be grateful for and todayโฆ Read More Operating Room Top 10: Thanksgiving Edition
I frequently attend nursing conferences, including AORN, OR Manager, and AORN Chapter Conferences. They are so much fun! In October, I attended the Periop ConneCT conference in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an incredible conference, and I was honored to be selected as a speaker for this event. Iโm going to give you a photoโฆ Read More Nursing Conferences are Fun! My Latest Conference Experience in Connecticut
Iโm not a food blogger, and I promise Iโm not going to turn this into a food blog. However, I recently posted on LinkedIn about learning a new way to make buttermilk biscuits, and I connected it to being open to learning new things in every area of our lives, including the operating room. Weโฆ Read More The Best Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
In December, I served on a medical mission trip to Honduras. I had the privilege of working alongside world-class surgeons and surgical teams from across the country. It was my first time traveling overseas on my own, it was my first time serving on a medical mission trip, and it was an incredible, humbling experience.โฆ Read More Day 1 in the OR: Finding Perspective in a Chaotic Case
Happy Perioperative Nurses Week! I hope that you are having a great week, and that your facility actually remembered to celebrate you this week! 
Iโve been an OR nurse for 12 years, and I absolutely love working in the OR. Since weโre celebrating this week, here are 12 reasons why I love working inโฆ Read More 12 Reasons Why I Love the Operating Room
I have some exciting news to share with you!
I have been approved to serve on a surgical mission trip to Honduras through One World Surgery! I firmly believe in giving back, and the longer that I have worked in the operating room, the more I have felt called to give back by participating inโฆ Read More Surgery with a Purpose: Bringing Healing and Hope to Honduras
A couple of weeks ago, I spent an incredible 5 days in San Antonio, Texas, attending the AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo. It was five days of learning, networking, making new friends, and seeing friends that I only get to connect with at the conference. There was a very marked difference between the attendanceโฆ Read More AORN Expo 2023 + 3 Ways You Can Afford to Attend
I havenโt written much here lately, have I? Iโm spending more of my time writing on the First Case blog, but sometimes itโs nice to come back here and write what Iโm thinking! And today, weโre chasing chickensโฆ so join me! My thoughts today are rather disjointed, somewhat like the 19 energetic chicks that areโฆ Read More Chasing Chickens & New OR Nurses
Happy Sterile Processing Week! This week is dedicated to all of the hardworking sterile processing professionals tirelessly working to ensure that every surgical instrument is safe and ready for use. Every procedure. Every Time. Each year, we take a week to recognize their hard work, but these clinical professionals are sending out thousands of instrumentsโฆ Read More Celebrate Your Sterile Processing Superstars
Iโm frustrated with the sterile processing department (SPD). I know what youโre thinking, and no, Iโm not going to start bashing the department. Sure, errors are irritating. Iโve dealt with my fair share of holes in wraps, missing indicators, and even found a computer mouse in a tray once. So I understand how frustrating errorsโฆ Read More Change What You See in SPD
