AORN Member Audience

Nearly 40,000 perioperative nurses from around the world have joined the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). With a diverse population representing more than 40 different practice areas and over a dozen specialties, AORN members work in small, medium and large facilities in rural and urban settings including hospitals, freestanding and hospital-based ambulatory surgery centers, and office-based practices.

More than 91% of AORN's 40,000 members influence purchasing or make purchasing decisions for pre-, inter- and postoperative supplies, capital equipment, and services. Our members' purchasing influence, decision-making, experience, and education make them the perfect targets for your marketing or recruitment campaigns.

Target Your Market by Practice Area
Conduct a broad marketing campaign to reach the entire AORN membership or target your efforts to reach a specific audience. AORN reaches nurses in a plethora of specialty practice areas from Nurse Executives and Educators, to Central Supply and Anesthesia - including hard-to-reach ambulatory surgery nurses.

Snapshot of the AORN Membership

40,000 OR nurses
15,000 OR Managers/Directors
63% work in acute care hospitals
35% are ambulatory (hospital and free-standing) and office-based
60% have worked in the OR for more than 20 years

AORN Members Influence Purchase Decisions

53% Make Recommendations
14% Purchase Themselves
16% Are Final Decision Makers
1% Sign POs

Member Practice Areas

Ambulatory: 513
Ambulatory Free-Standing: 5660
Ambulatory In-Hospital: 9633
Anesthesia: 650
Cardio Cath Lab: 487
Cardiothoracic: 8016
Central Processing: 3555
Central Supply: 737
Information Systems: 2378
Critical Care: 761
Emergency Department: 633
Endoscopy: 8395
General: 24064
Gynecology: 16892
Infection Control: 588
Integrated Health Practice: 566
Interventional Radiology: 545
Laser: 8732
Management: 7817
Materials Management: 2804
Neurosurgery: 10970
Oncology: 3462
Ophthamology: 10996
Orthopedic: 19442
Otolaryngology: 13753
PACU: 5586
Pediatrics: 6704
Plastic/Reconstructive: 13291
Podiatry: 10590
Pre-Admission: 2906
Purchasing: 527
RNFA (Facility Employed): 602
Trauma: 2251
Urology: 15754
Vascular: 14540