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Speaking Up in the Perioperative Setting

Cleveland Clinic

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Patients depend on nurses to advocate for them, especially at their most vulnerable in the operating room. In this episode, Carol talks to Dena Salamon, MSN, RN, Perioperative Nursing Director for the main pavilion operating rooms at Cleveland Clinic main campus, about the unique challenges of speaking up in the OR and how clinical nurses can become comfortable and adept at doing so.