AORN Education and Upcoming Events

Join a multi-disciplinary panel as they discuss optimizing the OR through strategic alignment, infrastructure, staffing, and data utilization to enhance efficiency, safety, and performance.

Learn first-hand tips from a panel of perioperative leaders who share how they assess current equipment needs, evaluate new OR technology, and approach a business case that leads to successful adoption of new technology.

Join a panel of multi-level leaders as they discuss creating a unified environment while making impactful decisions regarding operational and clinical goals. They’ll share how they’ve seen positive impacts on surgical outcomes and strategic initiatives through their partnership.

Explore how to cultivate a steady stream of new nurses through community-focused programs. Gain insights from leaders who have implemented successfully and learn how to apply their strategies to your own organization.

Whether you’re making a business case for a capital purchase, advocating for a policy change, or managing everyday conversations, see what it takes to be an effective leader with strong negotiation skills.

Nurse leaders discuss advocacy strategies to advance surgical smoke legislation, align with AORN and OSHA guidance, and improve safety for patients and healthcare teams.

This panel explores how structured career pathways, mentorship, and cross-training can help perioperative and sterile processing teams build future leaders, strengthen engagement, and improve retention and patient outcomes.

The preceptor role is essential to ensuring your new team members are able to learn and assimilate effectively in the periop environment. Hear a panel of leaders share their expertise on how to engage, invigorate, and better prepare the preceptor to succeed in their vital role.

This session features hospital leaders sharing strategies and lessons on achieving program growth and operational excellence through collaboration, resourcefulness, and a focus on patient-centered outcomes.

This panel will feature three industry leaders in an interactive discussion on the challenges perioperative nurses face. Panelists will explore how strengthening the three pillars of care team safety can improve team culture, support nurse wellbeing, and promote a resilient healthcare workforce.

Glean insights from a live panel of three perioperative leaders as they share lessons learned and unexpected wins during their journey to safely staff their department and maximize retention.

Gen Z Who? Despite being often grouped with Millennials, Gen Z is a unique cohort with distinct values, communication preferences, and expectations regarding work. Gain key insights around integrating Gen Z into your team, adjusting your management tactics, and tactics to help you lead a multigenerational workforce.

There’s no doubt generational differences impact workplace dynamics, and as a leader these dynamics can be difficult to understand and manage. This session looks at each generation to understand their unique perspectives while providing actionable strategies to bridge gaps and enhance collaboration.

See how to foster a growth mindset culture in the OR, and how your efforts to do so can lead to overall improvements in staffing, technology adoption, and communication that is centered on trust.