AORN Events

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.

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.

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.

Local, interactive Guidelines Workshops are a perfect opportunity for any member of the perioperative team to develop their understanding of the latest AORN Guidelines updates, learn tips for implementation, and experience hands-on demos of the latest OR technology.

As you think about the future state of your facility and department, succession planning for yourself and key managers on your team should be crossing your mind. See how this group of periop leaders have passionately pursued mentoring the next generation of emerging talent as they plan for what’s next.

Local, interactive Guidelines Workshops are a perfect opportunity for any member of the perioperative team to develop their understanding of the latest AORN Guidelines updates, learn tips for implementation, and experience hands-on demos of the latest OR technology.

Local, interactive Guidelines Workshops are a perfect opportunity for any member of the perioperative team to develop their understanding of the latest AORN Guidelines updates, learn tips for implementation, and experience hands-on demos of the latest OR technology.

Join AORN for a 1.5-day virtual live advanced course for Medical Laser Safety Officers to ensure you have the most current information and tools to safeguard your colleagues and patients — and be successful in this important leadership role.

Join us in Charleston to celebrate nurses, surgical technologists, sterile processing technicians & all perioperative professionals who are changing the world.

Whether you're already a devoted researcher, or curious about how you might make your mark on perioperative practice through a research project, join your colleagues at AORN's annual Perioperative Nursing Research Symposium taking place online over two 4-hour sessions, January 15 & 16, 2025.