Announcements
Two new position statements were approved by the House of Delegates at the 55th Annual Congress in Anaheim:
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AORN Position Statements
AORN position statements articulate the Association's official position or belief about certain perioperative nursing-related topics. Position statements are authored by a AORN Board of Directors appointees and are approved by the Board and the House of Delegates.
AORN has published position statements on the following topics:
- Policy for Sunset of AORN Position Statements
- Allied Health Care Providers and Support Personnel in the Perioperative Practice Setting
- AORN Revised Statement on Patients and Health Care Workers with Bloodborne Diseases
- Statement on Correct Site Surgery
- Creating a Patient Safety Culture
- Statement regarding Criminalization of Human Errors in the Perioperative Setting
- Perioperative Care of Patients With Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
- Statement on Entry into Practice
- Environmental Responsibility
- Ergonomically Healthy Workplace Practices
- Statement on Fire Prevention
- The Role of the Health Care Industry Representative in the Perioperative/Invasive Procedure Setting
- Care of the Perioperative Patient With an Implanted Electronic Device
- Responsibility for Mentoring
- Statement on One Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator Dedicated to Every Patient Undergoing A Surgical or Other Invasive Procedure
- Orientation of the Registered Professional Nurse to the Perioperative Setting
- Orientation of the Surgical Technologist to the Perioperative Setting
- Statement on Patient Safety
- Pediatric Medication Safety
- Perioperative Advanced Practice Nurse
- AORN Official Statement on RN First Assistants
- Statement on the Role of the Scrub Person
- Safe Work On-Call Practices
- Operating Room Staffing Skill Mix for Direct Caregivers
- Surgical Smoke and Bio-Aerosols
- The Value of Clinical Learning Activities in the Perioperative Setting in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula
- AORN Position Statement on Workplace Safety