Statement from AORN concerning Surgical Expo 2020.

AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2020 FAQs

AORN offices statement concerning office hours.

AORN continues to monitor the coronavirus status and has provided the tool kit below with regularly updated links to important resources to support decision-making in your perioperative practice.

Health Scholars, the company recognized for voice-directed critical healthcare VR simulations including advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) and Pediatric Assessment Training™, is announcing a partnership with the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) to provide Health Scholars’ Fire in the OR™ Virtual Reality Simulation product to surgical facilities.

Your resource for policy issues affecting perioperative nursing practice in Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

AORN's Statement: Imploring our nation’s leadership to act collectively and quickly in support of hospitals and health care providers as they continue to struggle in response to the ongoing pandemic.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has signed into law new legislation that will require licensed hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to adopt and implement policies to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke.

As the leading advocate for the safety of perioperative nurses and surgery patients, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has launched a national petition urging the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue regulations requiring worker and patient protections from harmful surgical smoke.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending health care personnel and facilities transition away from crisis capacity conservation strategies, such as decontaminating or bioburden reducing disposable respirators for reuse.

Statement from AORN concerning Surgical Expo 2021.

FDA Recall: Medtronic Recalls Valiant Navion Thoracic Stent Graft System Due to Risk of Stent Fractures and Type III Endoleaks.

Three health systems based out of Illinois, Louisiana and Georgia will be the first to become affiliates of a national effort to create a pipeline of students dedicated to serve as perioperative nurses; The initiative is part of Chamberlain University’s Practice Ready. Specialty Focused ™ workforce solutions strategies.

FDA Recall: Medtronic Recalls Valiant Navion Thoracic Stent Graft System Due to Risk of Stent Fractures and Type III Endoleaks.

Attending AORN Expo helps your teammates engage in the perioperative profession, which leads to improved productivity, stronger team cohesiveness, greater job satisfaction, and overall happier nurses.

“We need to create a culture of well-being to prevent this enormous toll of physical and psychological harm to our healthcare workers,” Rebecca Lessinger says, and it begins with the basics of how our bodies physically react to stress.