Opportunities from the center for perioperative education

AORN Journal, July, 2005

* July 11 to 25 and

* Nov 7 to 21.

Visit AORN Online at http:// www.aorn.org/events/cnor.htm for more information.

Online master of science (MS) degree programs. AORN and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) School of Nursing are offering preferred tuition rates for MS in health care leadership and MS in health care informatics courses. Course work is available entirely via the Internet.

The MS in health care leadership consists of 37 credit hours. The courses taken in the Perioperative Management Certificate program offered in collaboration with UCHSC are required courses for this MS program.

The MS in health care informatics course consists of 34 credit hours. The courses taken in the Nursing Informatics Certificate program offered in collaboration with UCHSC are required, and up to 12 credit hours from these courses can be applied to this MS program.

Participants must meet admission and course requirements to be accepted into the School of Nursing. Participants must be AORN members to receive the preferred rate for the health care leadership program. For more information, visit http://www.aorn .org/education/culeadership.asp and http://www.aorn.org/educa tion/cuinformatics.asp.

Perioperative Management Certificate program. This certificate program is offered in collaboration with the UCHSC School of Nursing. It is ideal for any perioperative professional with a bachelor's degree in nursing who wants to improve his or her skills in management and leadership with a goal of successfully managing single or multiple perioperative nursing departments. The courses are

* Aug 29, to Dec 16, 2005--Leadership and Management; and

* Spring 2006--Management of Patient Care Services.

For more information, visit AORN Online at http://www .aorn.org/education/manage ment.htm, or contact Holly Heston at (800) 755-2676 x 318 or hheston@aorn.org. Course schedules are subject to change.

Nursing Informatics Certificate program. AORN and the UCHSC School of Nursing are offering preferred tuition rates for an online nursing informatics certificate program. Health care informatics is an interdisciplinary field that draws on knowledge from computer information and health sciences. This program uses informatics as a broad framework with a specific focus on nursing.

The course work in the certificate program is developed using the American Nurses Association's definition of nursing informatics. The certificate program courses focus on the core content for nursing informatics and provide a total of 16 graduate level academic credits. For more information, contact Holly Heston at (800) 755-2676 x 318 or hheston @aorn.org, or visit http:// www.aorn.org /education/ infor matics.htm.

Clinical Educator Certificate program. This convenient, comprehensive, distance-learning program gives nurse educators information on developing successful education programs for nurses in their facilities. The program is offered by AORN in collaboration with the UCHSC School of Nursing. The three courses, which provide a total of six academic credits, are credentialed at the graduate level but also are applicable to most undergraduate programs. The next offerings are