AORN Online Systems Upgrade Begins Dec. 1

Beginning December 1 during this significant upgrade of our online systems, you can still visit aorn.org, but you will NOT be able to access: 

AORN and Pfiedler Education coursework on our learning platform, including but not limited to Periop 101, Periop 202, Periop Mastery 2.0, ASC Academy courses, Pfiedler eLearning, on-demand webinars

• Some membership benefits and resources
• ORNurseLink
• Evaluations and applications for continuing education contact hours
• New course and program purchases or enrollments
• The AORN mobile app
• Applications for AORN or Chapter awards, grants, and volunteering

No. While AORN is updating this important technology, there will be no access to the learning management systems for your education courses or CH evaluations. We will be in communication with education administrators with recommendations and options for your learners. 

The best course of action is to complete activities prior to November 30, 2023.  Your learners will be able to resume access once our platforms are live again.

When our systems upgrade is complete, you will need to reinstate your monthly membership and add updated payment information to your profile in our new system to continue your monthly membership. Your monthly membership subscription payment method will be deleted, and any monthly payment set to occur in December and beyond will not be processed.   To minimize the disruption to your member benefits while we transition systems, we are offering a courtesy 30-day extension of your monthly membership.  

The monthly membership subscription for Periop 101 Graduates will no longer be offered. Your payment method stored on file will be deleted and any monthly payments set to occur in December and beyond will not be processed. Due to this change, we are automatically granting a 30-day extension of your current membership. You will be able to renew your membership in a different category once our technology update is complete. 

AORN programs, including access to education courses, continuing education credits, and member resources will be interrupted during the downtime.

Beginning December 1, AORN will begin a significant upgrade of our online systems that we anticipate may last approximately two weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience.

AORN has been planning a significant upgrade and replacement of our online management system and consolidation of platforms for many months. These will enable us to be more efficient and effective in supporting our members, customers and the entire perioperative community that relies on AORN for practice recommendations, education and professional development.

Yes. You will be able to join AORN or renew your membership during the downtime.

Not during the downtime. We encourage you to complete your evaluations for any CNE contact hours prior to November 30, 2023. Once the systems upgrade is completed, you’ll be able to obtain CH again.

All Outpatient Surgery Magazine articles remain available at www.aorn.org/outpatient-surgery/.

Yes. You can pay it forward at any time by donating to the AORN Foundation. Visit www.aorn.org/foundation and click on the "Donate Now" button at the top of the web page.

Yes. We will still be able to process orders for the 2024 AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice. 

The AORN Journal is hosted on our publisher's website, and you can still access all issues at https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.  You will not be able to apply for contact hours until after AORN's December platform update is completed.

No. As we get closer to our planned upgrade, AORN will provide instructions for creating a new login and password to access your self-service account.

Yes. As part of our planned downtime to upgrade our systems, AORN will introduce a new online member community. The new platform will provide a streamlined, user-friendly experience for our members. 

No. ORNurseLink will be inaccessible after November 30, 2023. 

If there is anything you would like to save from ORNurseLink, you can follow the instructions below for each item. Please take action by November 30. Content will NOT be saved or archived by AORN. 

How to save Discussions, Events, Group News/Announcements, and/or Inbox Messages:
The items listed above cannot be downloaded from ORNurseLink. If you would like to save any of those, please do the following:

1. Take a screenshot using your mobile device or computer and save.
2. Copy and paste the contents into a document on your computer and save to your files.

PLEASE NOTE: Any events taking place after November 30, 2023 will need to be recreated in the new community. 

How to save Site-Wide Resources:

1. Search/find the resources you are looking for and click the "download" button.

How to save Group Resources:

1. Click on the group you wish to download a resource from.
2. Click on the “Resources” tab in the group, find/search for the resource you’d like to save, and click the "download" icon to save the file. 

How to save Group Photos:

1. Click on the "photos" tab in your group, find the photo you'd like to save, and click the "original size" to open the image.
2. Once the image is open, right click on the image and select "Save Image As" to save it to your computer.

How to save events:

Events cannot be downloaded from ORNurseLink. If there are events you would like to save, please do the following:

1. Take a screenshot using your mobile device or computer and save.
2. Copy and paste the contents of the discussion thread into a document on your computer and save to your files.

Because we are moving to a brand new platform, we are unable to transfer all content. The following will NOT be moved to the new community: Discussions (group and site-wide), Resources (group and site-wide), Events (group and site-wide), Group Photos, Group News/Announcement Posts, Friends/Colleagues, Internal Messages (messages in your ORNL inbox). 

This content will NOT be archived or stored by AORN.

All Groups, Group Descriptions, Group Administrators, and Group Members will be transferred to the new community.