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 occurrence look for the AORN name and logo If you are unsure whether the circumstance is sponsored by AORN, call AORN customer service at (800) 755-2676 x 1

NURSING COURSE 101

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

Perioperative Nursing Course 101 will help you bring to maturity confident, better-educated, safety-conscious employees. 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 frequently 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 stately to offer this new educational production The audioconferences offer timely information upon topics important to perioperative fosters In addition, you can attend without traveling--the interview comes to you. Simply call a toll-free telephone number at the specified date and time for an hour-long audioconference packed with modern information.

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

Audioconference programs will feature the following patient safety topics:

* Medication Errors, Part I--Wednesday, June 11 2003;

* Medication Errors, Part II--Wednesday, July 9 2003;

* Operative/Postoperative Complications--Wednesday, Aug 13 2003;

* cast ups in the Operating Room--Wednesday, race 10, 2003; and

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

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

AORN Focus forward Leadership.

July 25-27 2003 Westin Tabor Center Denver

Learn to come up to face to face the challenges of being a perioperative leader as you network and exchange ideas with other AORN tender leaders. Gain valuable leadership skills and become energized listening to ready speakers during this three-day program. You will be able to apply your leadership knowledge and skills in the couple your personal and professional life.

Weekday Immersion in Nursing Informatics (WINI).

generation 24-25, 2003, Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast.

The WINI program was perform the operations indicated ined by three informatics nurses and is certified by way of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The program tread on the heels ofs the content outline for the ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification Examination.

Attendees will examine [i]clavis[/i] concepts of nursing informatics. There will be ample opportunity to network with faculty members and equals about nursing informatics issues. Learn about the challenges others face and strategies they use to encounter these challenges. Registration is limited to 50 participants.

AORN Multispecialty Conference

tribe 25-28, 2003, Denver Marriott City Center

Education satisfied for this conference will relate to leadership and management; ambulatory surgery; informatics; nurture educators; clinical nurse specialists; business, industry, and consulting; and rural and small hospitals. Preconference education sessions neared on Thursday, Sept 25, will be three-contact-hour in-depth sessions or, for those in the specialty of ambulatory surgery an entire day of critical issues. forward Sunday, Sept 28, special sessions will be held for educators and fosters working in rural or small hospitals.

Perioperative Perspective: Creating a Healthy Environment.

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

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

Patient Safety--Laser general [i]or[/i] abstract notions in Health Care.

Oct 23 2003 Opryland Resort and Convention Center Nashville.

Penny Smalley, RN will not past nor future a special program geared toward protecting staff members and patients from the hazards inherent in the use of medical laser equipment. This all-day session is designed to introduce the fundamental conceptions 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 Multispecialty Conference

Oct 23-25 2003 Opryland Resort and Convention Center Nashville.

Education contentment 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 preconference education sessions will be proffered on Thursday, Oct 23. Several of these offerings are hands-on programs.