AORN Education and Upcoming Events

A recent study showed that 42.8% of sharps injuries occurred in the perioperative setting. In this recorded webinar, perioperative team members will gain knowledge of the evidence-based recommendations included in the updated AORN guideline for sharps safety to help prevent sharps injuries.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Guideline Update: Specimen Management 2021.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Guideline Update: Transmission-Based Precautions 2019.

The purpose of the Guidelines Assessment is to identify gaps in knowledge, clinical reasoning skills, and problem-solving skills related to current Guidelines for Perioperative Practice.

Learn to use the nursing process in documenting safe and effective patient care in the perioperative setting.

Learn about various methods of hemostasis, the use of sponges and drains, and ways to prevent retained surgical items (RSIs).

The purpose of this presentation is to increase nursing knowledge related to the importance of supporting a second victim.

This 30-minute webinar – designed for busy ambulatory leaders – will help to identify common credentialing and peer review mistakes and share mitigation strategies and best practices.

With COVID-19 as an underlying condition – and potentially surging – what happens when a natural disaster or mass casualty strikes?

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Instrument Care and Cleaning: Guideline Update 2021.

Introduction to Perioperative Nursing is an undergraduate course for nursing students and provides essential knowledge of pre-, intra-, and post-operative practices through the continuum of care for surgical patients.

The goal of this course is to familiarize nurses and other health care personnel with the Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS), a standardized nursing language that will support evidence-based perioperative nursing practice.

AORN’s Knowledge Assessment is an online evaluation designed to identify the knowledge gaps of experienced nurses and travelers.

The evolution of supply chain demands in the surgical suite over the past four years has reshaped the way leaders think about purchasing processes and decisions. See how this diverse panel of perioperative leaders has changed the way they approach supply chain at their facilities.