Center for Perioperative Leadership

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.

This self-paced, online course equips nurses serving as the designated medical laser safety lead with the latest information to reduce risk and implement safety procedures to keep patients and OR staff safe.

This comprehensive ASC administrator course helps new ambulatory surgery leaders to hit the ground running. It helps administrators pinpoint and prioritize the most crucial duties in their first year and provides supporting education to help you tackle these responsibilities like an experienced administrator.

Rub elbows with some of the brightest minds in our industry and immerse yourself in the business/management side of perioperative nursing.

Refine your understanding of measurements for financial success and how you impact them in your leadership role. You’ll take an in-depth look at how to interpret revenue and expense variances in staff and operational budgets and identify what is needed to create a strong justification for capital purchases.

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.

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.

Fine-tune your knowledge of return-on-investment calculations and timelines. Learn how to assess revenue and expenses for an initiative, estimate a timeline based on variables, and ensure you can articulate how your project translates into enhanced patient safety.

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.

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.

This webinar delves into the ongoing and necessary battle against racism in our profession, emphasizing why this work remains crucial in today's healthcare landscape. This webinar offers a valuable opportunity for reflection, education, and action.

Learn step-by-step how to develop and defend a staffing plan to provide quality patient care. Hone your skills in calculating FTE needs, understanding staffing mix and benefit time, and interpreting productivity metrics to inform actions you can take to meet goals.

Creativity is another hat for a nurse leader to wear. But this one pays off in recruitment rewards.

Clear and thoughtful communication helps build trust, improve efficiency, and create a positive work environment. By adding context, checking for understanding, and fostering open dialogue, nurse leaders can keep their surgical teams aligned and performing at their best, even in high-pressure situations.

However you identify, there is the right place/right time depending on the individual and circumstances.

You’ll need to assess equipment needs, evaluate new technology, and build a strong business case. Learn important how-to strategies from periop leaders who’ve been successful.

In the January issue of Periop Leader, a feature article provided Part One of the webinar, “Perioperative Staffing and Productivity.” In this issue, Part Two wraps up what you need to know to develop your budget in these areas.

In the recent Leader Exchange webinar that was presented by the AORN Center for Perioperative Leadership, a multi-disciplinary panel discussed their work to optimize their ORs. In the meantime, here are some quick tips that were provided by the panel experts from Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

It’s common for periop leaders to struggle with the responsibility of creating a budget and revenue plan for their facility.

Here are their actionable strategies from the recent webinar, Leader Exchange: Strategies to Address Staffing & Culture in the OR to improve culture, empower teams and drive results.

In a recent Leader Exchange webinar session, our panel of experienced perioperative leaders shared valuable insights and lessons on attracting and cultivating the next generation of leaders.

In a recent AORN webinar called Motivating and Engaging the Youngest Generation at Work, presented by AORN’s Center for Perioperative Leadership, generational experts Lisa Walden and Hannah Ubl focused on who Gen Z is and why this group behaves the way they do.

Here are the nuts and bolts of being a successful leader of Boomers, Millennials and Gen Xers. Gen Z tactics will be revealed in the next Leader Exchange webinar, Motivating and Engaging the Youngest Generation at Work.

Never underestimate the value of the preceptor and their influence on new team members’ ability to learn and assimilate effectively. They are essential frontline leaders and culture builders, and their success is ultimately your success.

To rise above the distractions, leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith recommends five key points that leaders should be aware of in order to achieve their short- and long-term goals.

A perioperative leader’s success in 2024 depends on optimizing your perioperative department advises AORN’s CEO Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN.

AORN CEO Linda Groah provides a how-to for maximizing staff productivity, collaboration, and job satisfaction.