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As a member of AORN you have access to valuable education resources, an advocate for your profession, and a perioperative community to support your personal and professional development. Learn more about these resources...

The Latest New Benefits of Membership!

New AORN Webinars: As a member, you now receive free educational webinars.  AORN webinars cover hot and essential perioperative nursing topics.  Visit the online calendar and look for webinars marked "free to members."  A valuable new benefit.

New Clinical InfoLink: Members can now conveniently access answers to frequently asked perioperative clinical questions.  This newly developed online resource will expand in the coming months to be a repository of knowledge to help you in your practice.

Education

• Clinical Journal: Members receive an annual subscription to the award-winning AORN Journal featuring the latest clinical, management, and research articles. You will also have access to the AORN Journal Online, which features full-text searchable archived issues.
  Free with membership.

• Professional Development: Professional development opportunities to help advance your professional success. AORN offers certificate programs, leadership development, and discounts on university programs for inpatient and ambulatory communities. 
  Member-only discounts on all offerings.
  
  
• Continuing Education: Continuing education will help you strive for excellence. AORN’s education meets the learning needs of both clinicians and managers and covers a wide range of specialties. As a member, you receive discounted rates and access to free online education resources.

• Education Resources: Education resources to support you on your journey towards perioperative excellence through education and development of best practices.

• Public Policy: AORN advocates on behalf of you and the perioperative community before legislative and regulatory bodies at both the state and federal levels. AORN provides grassroots members with research support, advocacy tools and training, and opportunities to communicate with elected officials. Show your support through membership and choose to be actively involved in legislative issues to advance perioperative nursing. 

Community

• Local AORN Chapter: Your membership dues include participation in your local AORN chapter. Build professional relations with local perioperative professionals and develop your leadership skills.  Included with your membership.
  
  
• Specialty Assemblies: This online community addresses the specialized needs of today’s perioperative nurse. Choose one of 23 Specialty Assemblies as part of your membership. This national online community provides peer support and leadership opportunities in your specialty.  Free with membership.

• OR Nurse Link: Engage in constructive dialogue or post questions to other AORN members on OR Nurse Link. This trusted community of perioperative professionals is a great resource to help you answer everyday questions regarding recommended practices and patient safety issues.  Member-only benefit.
  

• Newsletters and Bulletins: You receive free monthly newsletters, including AORN Connections, and bulletins to keep you up-to-date on what's happening at AORN, the latest perioperative news, and professional development and leadership resources.  Free with membership.

Practice Resources

• Tool Kits: Members have free online access to AORN’s award winning tool kits. You'll get the latest patient safety resources and have an opportunity to earn contact hours.  Included with your membership.
  

• Nurse Consultation Line and New Clinical InfoLink: AORN offers two ways to help you answer clinical questions, our web-based Clinical InfoLink and one-on-one Phone Consultation Services.  These services provide expert professional information and consultation on clinical and management practice issues.  Two valuable member resources you won't find elsewhere.

• Nursing Research: Among AORN's priorities is an effort to make nursing research data and evidence-based information available to you.

• Safety Resources: AORN is highly committed to workplace safety in the perioperative environment, safe patient care, and compliance with safe work practices and standards. This includes providing you with access to online resources and up-to-date information.  Links to the resources you need.

• AORN Library: The Library is here to help support your nursing research needs by guiding you to leading resources.

AORN Store

• AORN Perioperative Bookstore: Receive member rates on purchases made in the AORN Perioperative Bookstore.  Member disounts.

• OR Product Directory: The OR Product Directory will save you time sourcing hard to find vendors for OR supplies. Keyword search this extensive directory and find alternate vendors, contact information, and more.

Career Center

• AORN Career Center: Use this comprehensive database of current job openings and online tools to help you with your job search.

Charitable Foundation

• AORN Foundation: A 501(c)(3) charitable and educational foundation that supports research and education to improve patient safety, providing you with educational scholarship opportunities.

Other Member Discounts

• Member Discounts on Partner Programs: As an AORN member you can save on a wide range of products and services offered through affinity partnerships. Take advantage of member-only savings that you won't find on your own.  Exclusive member savings.

• CNOR®/CRNFA® Certification Discounts: As an AORN member you receive discounts on certification and recertification offered by CCI, the Competency and Credentialing Institute.
  • CNOR: You save $80 off certification and $70 off recertification
  • CRNFA: You save $125 off certification and recertification

          Look for AORN member rates posted on the CCI web site.


ANA Affiliate Membership  Included with your AORN Membership

• ANA Affiliate Membership: Receive access to online resources from the American Nurses Association - at no additional cost. You automatically receive an ANA Affiliate membership, giving you access to Members Only on NursingWorld.org where you can enjoy unique member-only content. Includes:
  
  • SmartBriefs - daily news feeds with stories from press across the country
  • Access to full ANA policy statements and publication archives
  • Access to CINHAL
  • Online journals such as American Nurse Today, The American Nurse and OJIN
  • Free and discounted CE
  • Unique content
  • Benefit programs that augment AORN's existing offerings

Join AORN today and be a member of our perioperative community working together towards a common cause. Select a membership category that's best for you. As always, you can email our Customer Service Department or call 800-755-2676, Ext. 1.