Adverse surgical events cause negative patient health outcomes and harm that can often overshadow the safe and effective patient care provided daily by nurses as members of interprofessional healthcare teams. The purpose of this manuscript is to educate, inform, and stimulate critical thinking by discussing perioperative near miss case studies and the underlying factors that lead to errors.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is an immune response inciting multiorgan dysfunction and a shock-like state which is typically seen in children 2 to 6 weeks after either a coronavirus disease-19 infection or exposure. This article puts forward challenges and clinical dilemmas faced during the anesthetic management of three children with MIS-C presenting for emergency and elective surgery.

This article summarizes the recently released American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Scientific Statement entitled: Perioperative Neurological Evaluation and Management to Lower the Risk of Acute Stroke in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac, Nonneurological Surgery and discusses the nurse's role in the care of this vulnerable patient population..