AORN Policy Statement on Sunseting of AORN Position Statements
All official AORN position statements and resolutions will sunset after five years unless reaffirmed by the AORN Board of Directors and/or ratified by the House of Delegates. The Board may determine that some resolutions (eg, "No smoking resolution," 1989) will become Association policy rather than remain in their original form. Courtesy resolutions will be archived after five years.
PROCEDURE
- Each statement/resolution will have a sunset date published along with the adoption date.
- Staff will bring sunset statements/resolutions to the Board of Directors at the spring board meeting in the year prior to sunset.
- The Board of Directors will determine the need to ratify, revise, or sunset statements/resolutions. The Board also may elect to take no action. All action on sunsets, reaffirmations, and proposed revisions will be reported in the Board report as part of the business conducted at that meeting in order for the membership to become aware of work in progress.
- If the statement/resolution sunsets through archive or becoming Association policy, staff will implement and no House of Delegates action will be needed.
- If the statement/resolution is reaffirmed with no revisions by the Board of Directors, a new sunset date will be assigned and no House of Delegates action will be needed.
- If the statement/resolution needs revision, the Board will determine the appropriate person(s), committee, or staff to propose the revision, which will be due to the Board no later than the fall board meeting. The Board will submit the revised statement/resolution to the House of Delegates at the next Congress for ratification. Once ratified, a sunset date will be assigned.
A list of AORN archived and sunset position statements and resolutions appears below.
Reference for Archived and Sunset Position
Statements/Resolutions
| Title of AORN Statement/Resolution | Origination Date | Sunset Date | Archive Date |
|
Resolution in Memory of Michael D. Corley |
February 1989 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on Support of Vietnam Women's Memorial Project |
March 1986 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on the Concern Regarding the Perparation for Entry Into the Practice of Professional Nursing |
March 1975 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on Operating Room Nursing Research |
January 1983 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on OR Nurse Day |
March 1979 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on the Role of the First Assistant |
April 1983 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on Nursing Unity |
February 1989 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on the Registered Care Technologist |
February 1989 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on Implementation of Project Alpha |
March 1981 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on the Necessity for the Registered Nurse in the Operating Room |
March 1973 |
N/A |
April 1995 |
|
Resolution on Implementation of Project Alpha - The Next Phase |
November 1995 |
N/A |
November 1996 |
|
Position Statement on the International Role of AORN |
March 1995 |
N/A |
October 1999 |
|
Statement on Perioperative Nursing Practice in Ambulatory Surgery |
March 1986 |
March 2000 |
June 1999 |
|
Statement on Protection of the Environment |
November 1990 |
April 2000 |
June 1999 |
|
Regulated Medical Waste Definition and Treatment: A Collaborative Document |
March 1994 |
March 1999 |
June 1999 |
|
Resolution on Necessity for Nursing Student Participation in Operating Room Nursing |
March 1973 |
June 2004 |
December 2004 |
|
Official Statement on Unlicensed Assistive Personnel |
March 1995 |
June 2006 |
January 2006 |
|
Statement on Mandate for the registered Professional Nurse in the Perioperative Practice Setting |
March 1975 |
March 2007 |
November 2006 |
Copies of these Position Statements/Resolutions are available from AORN upon request.