AORN Education and Upcoming Events

We believe in a fundamental responsibility to provide leadership in the development and implementation of changes in public and health policies that support DEI. By empowering nurses with the knowledge, skills, and support necessary to actively contribute to DEI initiatives, we can play a pivotal role in fostering a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system, ultimately improving patient outcomes, and advancing health equity for all.

A 0.5 CEU 30 minute webinar for AORN about recognition of signs and symptoms, treatment, and team roles in responding to anesthetic-related Malignant Hyperthermia in the Operating Room.

This online course discusses retained surgical items and uses scenario-based technology to improve skills. Learn more and earn public recognition.

This online course is a comprehensive surgical smoke-free recognition program for facilities who want to ensure a smoke-free environment. Learn more and register.

This webinar introduces microlearning for surgical teams, highlighting formats, real-world applications, and its role in boosting competency, retention, and just-in-time education through research and expert insights.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Autologous Tissue: Guideline Update 2020.

Plan your response to growing demand for minimally invasive surgery. Identify opportunities and explore strategies for expanding service lines and surgical settings that optimize staff and investment in robotics.

Learn how borescopes enhance instrument reprocessing and reduce infection risk. Covers reprocessing steps, the limits of visual inspection, and how borescopes detect hidden contamination.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Complementary Care.

Hear panelists from across the country talk about their own experiences and best practices for how they built a positive culture within their robotics service lines. Their insights around training, using data for change management, and standardizing care that reduces burdens are ones you can use to scale throughout your own facility.

This webinar prepares a perioperative nurse to understand perioperative considerations of patients with Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease.

In this keynote presentation leaders will learn practical tools and strategies they can immediately implement to address workplace violence, bullying, and incivility within the healthcare environment. When leaders are equipped to address disruptive behaviors, employees stay, and patients achieve better outcomes.

In this webinar, we will discuss ways to enhance the perioperative nurses' ability to provide culturally sensitive care to Muslim populations.

Understand which data you need to support and grow your program; know exactly which instruments are being used or not; and quickly make evidence-based changes to reduce variations and limit waste.