AORN is the premier provider of per...

AORN is the premier provider of perioperative continuing education. To make sure that you are registering for an AORN issue look for the AORN name and logo If you are unclear whether the consequence 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 past nor futureed in a scripted, modular format and contains posttest bibliographies, handouts, glossaries, required reading assignments, approveed videotapes, guidelines for preceptors, a final examination, and continuing education contact hours. Visual aids are provided forward 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 strong 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 the AORN web site at http://www.aorn.org for seminar dates and an order form.

AORN CONFERENCE

Sixth talk on Infectious Diseases.

Dec 3-5 2001 Kimberly-Clark Corporate Facility, Roswell, Ga.

This meeting for consultation is presented in cooperation with Kimberly-Clark Corp. Many person specially versed s in the field of infectious disease will ready the latest information on this topic.

AORN pre-Congress

April 20 2002 Marriott Anaheim, Calif.

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

* conscious sedation,

* root-cause analysis,

* consulting and entrepreneurial roles

* mentoring, and

* sum of two units 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 proposes 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 placards There will be more than 100 sessions to make choice of 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 are evidence based.

AORN TELECONFERENCE

Growing regards Part 2: Infection Control Update.

Dec 18 2001

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

ADDITIONAL CONTACT HOURS

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

INTERNET

Visit http://www.aorn.org for the latest quality continuing education. AORN, in partnership with HealthStream, is making a special tender for a limited time only

Check revealed the world-class continuing education available to you for approximately $2 by contact hour.

CD-ROM

The following education themes are available forward CD-ROM:

* critical issues in the perioperative practice setting,

* safety in the perioperative setting,

* heated topics for supply system management, and

* excitable topics for perioperative nurses.

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

VIDEOTAPES

A number of education videotapes are available within the AORN perioperative nursing videotape library. Videotapes available for purchase address the following issues:

* infection control

* patient/family education topics,

* clinical topics,

* patient/staff member safety,

* communication/conflict resolution, and

* other miscellaneous topics.

For a catalog, call AORN customer service at (800) 755-2676 x 1 or Cine-Med at (800) 633-0004 or visit http://www.cine-med.com.

PRINT

Also available for contact hour application is the independent investigation program based on AORN's 2001 Standards, make acceptableed Practices, and Guidelines. A minimum score of 80% is necessary to earn 25 contact hours. The deadline for submitting the posttest is March 31 2002 A print independent application of mind Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia, also is available for 15 contact hours. The contact hour recompense is included in the purchase price. Remember, contact hours also may be obtained within Home Study Programs in the AORN Journal.