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 occurrence look for the AORN name and logo If you are unclear whether the result 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 not absented 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 confident about purchasing the course? Register to preview it in the facilitator seminar. Registrations for the seminar must be received sum of two units weeks before the seminar date. Visit AORN Online at http://www.aorn.org for seminar dates and an order form.

AORN Conferences

AORN pre-Congress

April 20 2002 Marriott Anaheim, Calif.

Pre-Congres education sessions are planned to provide participants with in-depth information upon critical perioperative topics. There will be sum of two units all-day sessions and six half-day sessions. The satisfied for the all-day sessions is minimally invasive surgery and to what degree to implement the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 contentment 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 intermedullary nails.

49th annual AORN Congress

April 21-25 2002 Anaheim Convention Center Calif.

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

* leadership,

* management,

* clinical,

* professional development

* professional issues,

* direction affairs/health policy, and

* recruitment and retention strategies.

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

Mastering the Skills IIl: The Language of Leadership.

June 27-30 2002 Westin Tabor Center Denver

This conversation is a "must" for novel managers. It will address what leaders ne to be prosperous whether they have been in their character for 10 years or 10 minutes. Topics include

* thriving in chaos;

* assortment planning;

* business plan writing;

* by what means to give feedback, recognition, and reward, and

* marketing and image.

AORN TELECONFERENCE

Growing pertain tos Part 2: Infection Control Update. Dec 18 2001

This teleconference will be held in conjunction with VHA, Inc, and will overspread the latest issues in infection repress including the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards forward needle-stick prevention. For more information, call (800) 842-2291 The call is scheduled for 10:30 AM to noon, mountain standard time.

ADDITIONAL CONTRACT HOURS

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

INTERNET

Visit http://www.aorn.org/education/ for the latest quality continuing education. AORN, in partnership with HealthStream, is making a special put forward for a limited time barely Check out the world-class continuing education available to you for approximately $2 by contact hour.

Beginning January 2002 the Ambulatory Surgery Administrator Certificate Program will be available online. This program addresses what encourages or physicians need to obtain on the leadership fast track. It consists of 11 online courses that will culminate in participants receiving their certificates in November 2002 Graduation is planned for Congres 2003 Course titles include

* administration of ambulatory surgery centers

* quality of care environment,

* quality management and improvement,

* clinical records and confidentiality issues,

* professional improvement,

* facility management, and

* intraoperative management.

For more information, fare to distance education on AORN Online at http://www.aorn.org. Call AORN customer service at (800) 755-2676 x 1 to register.

CD-ROM

The following education themes are available onward CD-ROM:

* critical issues in the perioperative practice setting,

* safety in the perioperative setting,

* scalding;-very warm topics for supply system management, and

* choleric topics for perioperative nurses.

There are between five and six education sessions forward each CD-ROM. All sessions neared on safety in the perioperative setting apply toward the four contact hours lacked for the 10% professional liability credit available to AORN members. The CD-ROM activities are available between the sides of Virtual Factory, Inc. For more information or to order, call (617) 578-9127 x 13 or hurl an e-mail to mark@virtualfactory.com.