Education Courses for Individuals

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.

This panel will focus on how nurse leaders can create and implement successful smoke management programs in their facilities.

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.

Peer-to-peer and hierarchical incivility and bullying inside surgical departments is more pervasive now than ever before. This panel discussion will provide an increased awareness of how these behaviors manifest, tools and tactics to address, and how leaders can turn the tide inside their department.

This webinar explores how a hospital improved perioperative staffing by shifting from manual scheduling to a data-driven approach. Leaders will share insights on engaging staff, overcoming challenges, and the positive impact on workflow and morale.

OR staffing is challenging due to fluctuating surgical volumes, siloed decision-making, and manual workflows, but predictive analytics and automation can transform efficiency, cost control, and staff satisfaction. Join a discussion on using real-time data and AI-driven workforce planning to optimize staffing and enhance team satisfaction.

Are you strategizing how to effectively meet staffing and workload demands, while future-proofing your efficiency initiatives? Hear key insights into how new technology can be utilized to transform care in the OR.

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

Medical Laser Safety for Operators is a 2.0 CH course that prepares perioperative laser operators to reduce risk to patients and healthcare staff during medical laser procedures.

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.

AORN now offers an Adult Medication Safety Assessment that can be used as an on-boarding tool to establish a baseline level of knowledge on medications and also knowledge of Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices.

Understand safe and accurate administration and documentation of intraoperative medications and solutions.

Learn how to prepare for, recognize, and treat various obstetric emergencies that may arise during pregnancy.

AORN Center for Perioperative Leadership and national productivity expert Pamela Hunt, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN have teamed up for insightful leadership course to help you fine tune your understanding of financial and operational concepts vital to your success in your role.

Introduces the perioperative registered nurse (RN) to the elements of a culture of safety and the effect of human factors on delivery of care.

Learn specific behaviors to participate in patient and family educational activities.