Three prominent healthcare workers joined forces recently to give our readers an inside look at what it’s like in the operating room — and more importantly, what it takes to get a job in a place where ...

Self-reported teamwork ratings could differ substantially between operating room physicians and nurses, according to a study supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study ...

Perioperative nurses are registered nurses who work in hospital surgery departments and day-surgery departments. The perioperative period refers to the time before, during and after surgical care. As ...

The operating room of Genesis Medical Center, East Campus, is beginning to resemble the sick bay on Star Trek. On a recent Thursday morning, doctors and nurses at the Davenport hospital gathered to ...

DAVENPORT -- Jon McCarthy's voice is the last sound the patient hears as he drifts to sleep. "We'll take good care of you," she says. When he wakes up after the 26-minute hernia repair, Mrs. McCarthy ...