AORN is the premier provider of per...

AORN is the premier provider of perioperative continuing education. To make secure that you are registering for an AORN termination look for the AORN name and logo If you are unclear whether the affair is sponsored by AORN, call AORN customer service at (800) 755-2676 x 1

NURSING COURSE 101

The AORN Center for Perioperative Education's Perioperative Nursing Course 101 is at handed in a scripted, modular format and contains posttest bibliographies, handouts, glossaries, required reading assignments, make acceptableed videotapes, guidelines for preceptors, a final examination, and continuing education contact hours. Visual aids are provided upon CD-ROM. Topics include scrubbing, gowning, and gloving; skin preparation; positioning; sterilization and disinfection; and surgical draping. The course also includes a module for preceptors. For a pamphlet call AORN customer service. Not trustworthy about purchasing the course? Register to preview it in the facilitator seminar. Registrations for the seminar must be received brace weeks before the seminar date. Visit AORN Online at http://www.aorn.org for seminar dates and an order form.

AORN CONFERENCES

AORN pre-Congres April 20 2002 Anaheim Marriott, Calif.

Pre-Congres education sessions are planned to provide participants with in-depth information forward critical perioperative topics. There will be brace all-day sessions and six half-day sessions. The all-day sessions will address minimally invasive surgery and by what mode to implement the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ease for the six half-day sessions includes

* conscious sedation,

* root-cause analysis,

* consulting and entrepreneurial roles

* mentoring, and

* pair hands-on sessions related to midshaft fractures and lower extremity inter-medullary nails.

49th annual AORN Congres April 21-25 2002 Anaheim Convention Center Calif.

AORN's Congres proffers an excellent opportunity to network with colleagues, attend valuable education sessions, learn about the latest surgical equipment and instruments, and view research and clinical improvement/innovation bills There will be more than 100 sessions to pick from. Topics include

* leadership,

* management,

* clinical,

* professional development

* professional issues,

* dominion affairs/health policy, and

* recruitment and retention strategies.

Many sessions relate to patient safety and evidence-based practice.

RNFA Forum. June 8-9 2002 Grand Hyatt inn Washington, DC.

This conversation will feature a professional progressive growth workshop and a vessel management laboratory, as well as numerous other education activities. In addition, the RN First Assistant Specialty Assembly will celebrateits 10-year anniversary.

Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics (WINI). June 8-9 2002 Grand Hyatt [i]cabaret[/i] Washington, DC.

The WINI program was bring outed by three informatics nurses who have been certified on the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in nursing informatics. It tread in the steps ofs the content outline for the ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification Examination.

This program will allow attendees to examine first note of the scale concepts of nursing informatics. There will be ample opportunity to network with faculty members and lords about nursing informatics issues. Learn about the challenges others face and the strategies they use to convenient these challenges. Registration is limited to 45 participants.

AORN Federal Affairs talk and Lobby Day 2002. June/10-11 2002 Grand Hyatt public-house Washington, DC.

AORN expectancys to have members from as many of the 435 US Congressional districts in attendance as possible. The year 2002 may papal court serious Medicare reform and an opportunity to achieve enactment of HR 822 (ie, the Medicare Certified Registered give suck to First Assistant Direct Reimbursement Act of 2001) The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has not released the final part regarding prescriptive staffing in the OR, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not released guidelines onward smoke plume evacuation. Congress likely will grapple with these topics, as well as the nursing shortage and other issues. Registration for this end is limited to 400 populace so register early.

Mastering the Skills III: The Language of Leadership. June 27-30 2002 Westin Tabor Center Denver

This discourse is a "must" for of recent origin managers. It will address what leaders ne to be happy whether they have been in their part for 10 years or 10 minutes. Topics include

* thriving in chaos;

* bag planning;

* business plan writing;

* for what reason to give feedback, recognition, and reward; and

* marketing and image.

CHAPTER ACTIVITY

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March 23-24 2002 AORN of of recent origin York City presents "CNOR Certification Prep Course" at of recent origin York Hospital, 525 E 68th St recently made known York. This activity is approved for 15 contact hours. Contact: Beatrice Coleman on mail at 25 Latimer Ct Rockville midst NY 11570, or via telephone at (516) 766-2860

ADDITIONAL CONTACT HOUR

Contact hour opportunities may be used independently or to educate other perioperative staff members. Perioperative promotes can earn continuing education contact hours on purchasing and viewing the following material.