PERIOPERATIVE NURSING COURSE 101 ...

PERIOPERATIVE NURSING COURSE 101

AORN's Perioperative Nursing Course 101 is a convenient program for educating just discovered perioperative nurses. The comprehensive curriculum veils 25 critical topics in a scripted censure format and is designed to be integrated with your facility's specific policies and procedures

Perioperative Nursing Course 101 will help you exhibit confident, better educated, safety-conscious employee The course includes overviews, reading assignments, glossaries, bibliographies, posttest preceptor guidelines, a module for preparing the preceptor, PowerPoint presentations, a critical skills assessment checklist, and to a great degree more. For a free information packet, contact AORN customer service at (800) 755-2676 x 1 or visit http://www.aorn.org/education/periop101.htm.

AORN CONFERENCES

Patient Safety Audioconference Series

AORN is high-strung to offer this new educational work The audioconferences offer timely information forward topics important to perioperative feeds In addition, you can attend without traveling--the conversation comes to you. Simply call a toll-free telephone number at the specified date and time for an hour-long audioconference packed with of the present day information.

For undivided registration fee, you and all of your colleagues from undivided facility can attend. This saves riches for participants and the facility. All you ne is a telephone with a speaker feature.

Upcoming programs feature the following patient safety topics:

* Needle Sticks and Sharps Injuries--Wednesday, Oct 8 2003; and

* Fire Safety in the OR--Wednesday, Nov 12 2003

For more information, visit http://www.aorn.org/education/audio/default.htm or the Patient Safety First web site at http://www.patientsafety/first.org, or contact AORN customer service at (800) 755-2676 x 1

Preparing for the CNOR Examination

Oct 4-5 2003 Holiday Inn Oakland Airport, Calif

This program will alleviate the fear of taking the CNOR examination at walking participants through the examination's format and enslave areas. The subject areas will be related to clinical situations with which perioperative feed at the breasts are familiar. The program also will provide effective test-taking strategies and a framework for participants to lay open their own plan for continued examination preparation.

Perioperative Perspective: Creating a Healthy Environment for Our Patients, Ourselves, and Our Profession

Oct 11-12 2003 Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Mich

AORN and AORN of Southwest Michigan will legion this two-day conference. The conversation focuses on patient safety and a healthy work environment for staff members.

Patient Safety--Laser conceptions in Health Care

Oct 23 2003 Opryland Resort and Convention Center Nashville

In this preconference session for the AORN Clinical Multispecialty interview Penny Smalley, RN, will quick in emergencies a special program geared toward protecting staff members and patients from the hazards inherent in using medical laser equipment. This all-day interactive session is designed to introduce the fundamental universals of laser science as applied to the technology and safety required of perioperative professionals working with and responsible for class 3b and class 4 medical lasers.

AORN Clinical Multispecialty Conference

Oct 23-25 2003 Opryland Resort and Convention Center Nashville

Education satisfaction planned for this conference will relate to clinical practice issues. Specialty areas included are advanced technology, cardiothoracics, neurosurgery orthopedics, pediatrics, and RN first assisting. In-depth pre-conference education sessions will be furnished on Thursday, Oct 23. Several of these offerings are hands-on programs.

Perioperative Nursing: inquiry for Knowledge

Nov 7-8 2003 Westin Philadelphia

AORN and AORN of Philadelphia are conceited to present this popular two-day meeting for consultation The conference offers something for everyone from motivational sessions to harmonizing sessions on clinical, management, and RN first assistant topics. Attendees can mix and match the sessions that work best for them to learn what is irascible in perioperative nursing from the profession's leading experts

Eighth discourse on Infectious Diseases

Dec 8-10 2003 Kimberly-Clark Corporate Facility, Roswell, Ga

This interview brings together a nationally recognized faculty of leading infectious disease professionals. Attendees will obtain the latest information about emerging infectious disease threats and learn strategies to foster patients and staff members and decrease morbidity and mortality related to nosocomial infections, including surgical site infections. Attendance is limited to 84 participants.

CHAPTER ACTIVITY

Verona, NY Oct 25-28 2003 AORN of Mohawk Valley instants "CNOR Certification Preparation Course: A Proces for Perioperative Nursing Achievement" at Turning Stone Casino, 5218 Patrick Rd Verona, NY This activity is approved for 156 contact hours.

Contact: Stacey Morosco through mail at PO Box 33 modern York Mills, NY 13417, through telephone at (315) 734-3482, or by means of e-mail at stacmoro@aol.com.