Education Courses for Individuals

Acquire essential knowledge on environmental cleaning in the surgical setting to help minimize exposure to infectious organisms.

Take the first step to recognize, address, and eradicate the prevalent, disruptive behaviors that could be undermining your workforce culture. Designed for frontline healthcare leaders, this self-study is designed to help you cultivate a professional, supportive and respectful workforce culture.

Train those new to sterile processing concepts and the department by using standardized education in processing of OR instruments and devices.

Perioperative and procedural teams who use lasers are invited to join AORN for a half-day, virtual live training to understand and implement evidence-based laser safety processes. This course meets annual training requirements and provides guidance to keep yourself and your patients safe.

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).

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.

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.

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.