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Publish an AORN Journal Home Study Program

The AORN Journal editor is seeking authors to submit manuscripts that qualify for AORN Journal Home Study Programs. The content must include comprehensive and detailed descriptions of patient care activities, surgical processes, or descriptive patient care information. Content must describe disease processes or surgical procedures, nursing considerations, and patient care. Examples of procedure-specific content include

* detailed anatomy and physiology;

* preoperative care and interventions (eg, laboratory work, diagnostic studies);

* patient and family member teaching;

* patient-specific (eg, age, diagnosis, specific procedure) needs;

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* preparation for the procedure (eg, scheduling, equipment and instrumentation needs, patient care needs);

* intraoperative care and activities, including specific responsibilities of team members;

* postoperative care; and

* discharge teaching, expected recovery, and rehabilitation (eg, office visits, physical therapy, return to work, reportable symptoms).

Author guidelines can be obtained online at http://www.aorn.org, or ideas can be discussed with the editor by calling (888) 376-3244 or by sending an e-mail to BSGD@aol.com. Home Study Program questions are written by the clinical editor, but suggestions from authors are always welcome. Home Study Programs that have an AORN member as at least one of the authors qualify for the AORN Journal Writers Contest.

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Publish an AORN Journal Home Study Program

AORN Journal, Feb, 2002

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