AORN CineMed Video Library

Evidence-based Education for Your Staff

Continuing Education on Surgical Patient and Staff Safety

Nurturing the surgical team with professional development opportunities can help improve safety and quality in the OR and increase staff retention. AORN has partnered with CineMed to provide an online library of video-based educational courses designed to increase understanding and implementation of best practices in the perioperative environment.

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  • New/renewed subscribers as of February 2025 or after: Log in here.
  • Existing subscribers from before February 2025: Log in here.

Ready to Empower Your Team?

No time and low motivation for professional development? Imagine an easy way to provide engaging education, contact hours, and verify clinical competency.

Provide Professional Development and Contact Hours

Who Can Benefit?

  • Registered nurses (RNs) currently enrolled in a perioperative onboarding program, including AORN’s Periop 101: A Core Curriculum™.
  • New and experienced RNs transferring to the perioperative suite from other nursing specialties.
  • Sterile processing team members.
  • Non-RN perioperative team members (e.g., surgical technologists, surgical assistants/aides).
  • Other RNs involved in operative/invasive procedures in non-traditional OR settings (e.g., Endoscopy, OB, Cath Lab, Radiology).
  • Nursing students at schools of nursing.
  • Nurse managers and educators interested in leveraging video content for in-service training.
  • Hospital networks seeking easily accessible perioperative education for all staff on diverse topics.

AORN CineMed Video Library Features
Contact Hours vary per course. The entire Video Library offers 50+ CH upon completion of the courses and evaluations. Access the Video Library on any PC or mobile device. Videos include closed captions, note-taking capabilities, and Spanish translations.  Provide access to unlimited users with a facility subscription or to a select number of users with per-learner subscription options. View Pricing. Study guides help to retain complex information and prepare for the posttest. Then, assess competency and gain insights for improvement with multiple-choice exams. Facility administrators can assign specific courses with start and due dates as well as view course completion status and completion date for each learner. Access an instructional course and guides to get started quickly.

View Video Library Course Titles

Improve competency and clinical performance in the OR by supplementing training with this comprehensive library of educational video-based courses. Upon completion of all courses and evaluations, facility administrators and learners can earn 50+ Contact Hours.

  • Ambulatory Surgery Infection Prevention and Control
  • Autologous Tissue Management
  • Cardiovascular Hybrid Room Care Considerations
  • Care and Cleaning of Powered Surgical Instruments
  • Care and Cleaning of Surgical Instruments
  • Cesarean Deliveries
  • Complementary Care
  • Considerations for Safe Perioperative Care of Patients with Obesity
  • Electrosurgical Safety
  • Environmental Cleaning
  • Fire Safety
  • Hand Hygiene/Sterile Attire: Guidelines and Technique
  • It's More Than a Procedure: Patient Concerns about the Surgical Experience
  • Malignant Hyperthermia
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Moderate Sedation
  • Patient Skin Antisepsis
  • Perioperative Care of the Older Adult: Addressing Patient Conditions and Intraoperative Concerns
  • Perioperative Care of the Older Adult: Advanced Directives and Patient Priorities
  • Perioperative Environment of Care
  • Perioperative Medication Safety
  • Perioperative Patient Assessment
  • Perioperative Patient Information Management
  • Pneumatic Tourniquet Safety
  • Positioning the Patient: Safe Practices
  • Prevention of Unintentionally Retained Surgical Items
  • Prevention of Unplanned Hypothermia
  • Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism
  • Processing Flexible Endoscopes
  • Psychosocial Safety in Perioperative Practice
  • Radiation Safety
  • Risk Management in the Perioperative Practice
  • Risk Management
  • Safe Patient Handling and Movement
  • Sharps Safety
  • Special Considerations for the Pediatric Surgical Patient
  • Specimen Management
  • Sterile Technique and Draping
  • Sterilization of Reusable Medical Devices in the Health Care Setting
  • Surgical Instrumentation: Use, Care and Handling
  • Surgical Smoke Safety
  • Team Communication
  • Transmission-based Precautions
  • Workplace Safety
  • Wound Healing

AORN team members are ready to assist you with questions or to provide a custom tour of this solution.

Develop a Pipeline of Talent for a Variety of Roles

Many perioperative programs choose to bundle Periop 101: A Core Curriculum™, eGuidelines Plus, and the AORN CineMed Video Library to recruit, onboard, nurture, and retain staff.

  • Periop 101: A Core Curriculum™ is the premier education program used by healthcare facilities to train RNs entering the perioperative specialty. New as of March 2025: Same price, additional program features.
  • eGuidelines Plus provides facility-wide digital access to staff education resources, time-saving tools and templates, and the latest AORN Guidelines.

For more information on how bundling these resources can benefit your facility’s budget while strengthening your perioperative team, contact AORN today.

For over 40 years, highly respected healthcare professionals and organizations have relied on CineMed to educate and empower their teams to deliver unparalleled patient care. CineMed provides comprehensive programs at all levels to develop, assess, and retain top talent and cultivate high performing teams to deliver superior patient care.

 

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