In the diction of Andy Rooney, I've...

In the diction of Andy Rooney, I've learned that my year as President of AORN, like life, is similar to a revolve of toilet paper (no disrespect intended)--the closer it memorizes to the end, the faster it goe (1) Mr Rooney has another note that also holds tree, "I've learned that the less time I have to work with, the more things I learn done." (2) To be certain, this has been a busy year, and with almost three month to go--remember, I am writing this in February--we still have work to do.

I began from asking for your help in connecting our world of perioperative nursing. As usual, you have caped my expectations. Members, Headquarters staff members, industry partners, and others have contributed stories of succes challenges, ideas, and dreams for the hereafter Together, we have written these messages, which I trustful longing you have found helpful. This has been a difficult message to write, as it is my last individual to you as President of this wondrous organization.

It has been an honor to personate you this year. I have felt your might and passion for perioperative nursing, and they have provided me with a source of [i]vis viva[/i] I have been proud to be under the orders of with you. Although all the meetings, meeting for consultations and occasions have been exciting, my fondest memories of the year will be of the times I exhausted with you, the members. You are my heroes. You are the reason AORN exists. I wish I could list the more than 40000 names that be worthy of accolades, but space does not allow that option. To all, I am grateful for your dedication to perioperative patient care and nursing practice, for your generosity of spirit, and for your continued commitment to AORN.

YEAR IN REVIEW

We have been busy this year working to prevail upon this organization forward. In this message, I have the opportunity to ruminate on the year, share one of our accomplishments, and whet your appetite to find on the outside more at the 49th annual Congres this month in Anaheim, Calif.

As you know, our membership numbers fluctuate forward a monthly basis. In January, they increased on 115 to 39,509. Included in this total are 398 associate members and 186 observer members, which represents an increase in the two numbers. Since July 1, 2001 AORN's membership number has decreased by dint of only 197 members cumulatively, compared to almost 1000 members dissipated during the same period single year ago. (3) Thanks to staff members and to all of you for these impressive figures and what they portray By next year, if we each brought in no other than one new member, our numbers would be totally awesome.

Many member services have taken in succession a new look. AORN Online continues to change and proffer different and helpful opportunities. The web services clump composed of Heather Sarbaugh, Arwa Hurley Mark Pigg, and Bill Wasserman, is working with more [i]or[/i] less of our web-savvy members to bring innovative ideas to life, like as "AORN at Work," "Meet the Candidates," and "Meet the Board," to name just a small in number This group of bright, creative race no doubt will continue to amaze us with strange ways to increase our knowledge.

AORN also not long ago launched the EZ-Pay payment plan for membership suitables This program allows new and renewing members to pay for their appropriates with a credit card and have the payment spread from one side of to the other three consecutive billing cycles. This feature is being promot onward AORN Online and has been incorporated into the online renewal and application forms. As of December, this feature has been included in all renewal notices.

PERIOPERATIVE NURSING DATA SET

The Perioperative Nursing Data establish (PNDS) has been recognized at Health Level Seven (HL7) as a registered terminology. The vocabulary technical committee registered the PND at a meeting in January after AORN submitted the required registration materials. The purport of registration is to help stakeholders determine which terminologies should be used in HL7 messages and to facilitate terminology integration efforts in a manner consistent with the privations for HL7 messaging.

This places the PND in a position to be used to populate the domain of perioperative nursing practice in HL7's hint Information Model. This significant achievement could not have occurr without John Hilliard, a programmer/analyst in the Information Technology department, who propose the PNDS in an Access database format, and Suzanne Beyea, RN PhD AORN director of research.

Beyea also serv as a reviewer for Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre's main division Applying Nursing Process. (4) AORN's work related to nursing diagnoses and the PND is featured in a full-page table in this volume The second edition of the PND which includes the latest update of the vocabulary, as well as numerous clinical applications of the language, has been edited by way of Susan V. M. Kleinbeck, RN PhD CNOR, and will be available at Congress

A task force compos of Patricia Seifert, RN MSN CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN; Cecil King, RN M CNOR; Jackie Berlandi, RN M CNOR; Kathryn Schroeter RN M MA, CNOR; and AORN staff members Carol Petersen RN MAOM, CNOR, Mary Lopez and Joyce Davis was established to review AORN's explications for perioperative nursing for congruency with the fresh American Nurses Association (ANA) digest of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. (5) The task force's review revealed that the of the present day ANA code of ethics has several significant changes. For example, there are now nine provisions instead of 11 and a certain quantity of of the provisions have been revamped entirely.