Opportunities from the center for perioperative education

AORN Journal,  May, 2007  

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PERIOP 101: A CORE CURRICULUM

AORN's Periop 101: A Core Curriculum--formerly called AORN's Perioperative Nursing Course 101--is a comprehensive online program for educating new perioperative nurses. The curriculum covers 27 crucial topics and is designed to be integrated with your facility's specific policies and procedures in a clinical practicum and preceptorship. This facilitator-led course will be available online late this spring.

Periop 101 will help you develop confident, better-educated, safety-conscious, novice perioperative nurses. The course includes overviews, reading assignments, glossaries, bibliographies, posttests, preceptor guidelines, video clips, a critical skills assessment checklist, a Preparing the Preceptor module with free continuing education contact hours, and more. For more information, visit AORN Online at http:// www.aorn.org/education/periop101.htm. For a free information packet, send an e-mail to periop101@aorn.org.

AORN CONFERENCES

Key Leadership Skills: Coaching, Counseling & Mentoring:

July 20, 2007

Denver Marriott City Center, Denver, Colo

This one-day perioperative management seminar is conveniently offered the day before the AORN Leadership Conference. The seminar is designed to help both new and experienced managers learn the key ways to be successful leaders by keeping staff members satisfied.

Research shows that managerial support and guidance are the top factors in determining job satisfaction and staff motivation, and a lack of managerial support and guidance are the top reasons that employees leave their positions. To ensure that your employees are motivated, happy, and provided with constructive feedback, you must effectively coach, counsel, and mentor them. Committing to developing these key skills will help you be successful in your leadership role. For more information or to register, visit http://www.aorn.org/events.

Leadership Conference: A passion for leadership--A Catalyst for Change

July 20-22, 2007

Denver Marriott City Center, Denver, Colo

At the 2007 Leadership Conference, you will be challenged by nationally known authors and presenters who are recognized for their leadership success and impact on individuals and organizations. These presenters will provide you with the wisdom of their experiences through a high-energy, fast-paced learning format to help you become a catalyst for effective change.

If you want to become a confident and compassionate leader, this conference is for you. The one-track program is designed for nurse leaders who work in all settings. You will leave this conference with a renewed passion for leadership, new insights, and specific steps you can take to be a successful leader in your work setting and your professional association. For more information or to register, visit http://www.aorn.org/events.

DISTANCE LEARNING

Ambulatory Surgery Administrator Certificate program. This program begins May 19 and 20 with a face-to-face meeting at the Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colo. During the two-day meeting, attendees will review

* privacy and unique identifiers;

* regulatory issues;

* security rules, transactions, and code sets;

* credentialing details; and much more.

After the meeting, 11 online courses will cover such topics as

* leadership and management,

* medical records management,

* anesthesia services, and

* risk management.

This program will provide 52 continuing education contact hours and ambulatory education unit credits. The deadline for completing the program is Sept 30, 2007. For more information or to register, visit http://www.aorn.org/events/ambadmincert, or call customer service at (800) 755-2676 x 1.

Online Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Administrator Certificate program. AORN has developed a certificate program that addresses the needs of directors and administrators of ambulatory surgery centers. Participants must complete eight of the 10 online course modules in four months to earn the certificate and continuing education contact hours.

The program addresses issues that directors or administrators of ambulatory surgery centers face, such as compliance and regulatory issues and inventory management. Topics include

* competencies,

* managed care contracting,

* the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,

* budget and business plan development,

* Stark/Safe Harbor, and

* inventory management.

To register, visit http://www.aorn.org/events/advambonline.asp or call customer service at (800) 755-2676 x 1. Modules also are available for individual purchase.

Management courses. The following online courses offer continuing education contact hours and may be taken by themselves or used with AORN's Perioperative Management Resources seminars and manuals for more in-depth understanding. In Budgeting, you will learn

* basic cost accounting,

* essential steps in the budgeting process,

* components of capital and operating budgets, and

* steps to improve budget performance while providing safe patient care.