Position Statements AORN position statements articulate the Association's official position or belief about certain perioperative nursing-related topics. Allied Health Care Providers and Support Personnel in the Perioperative Practice Setting APRN in the Perioperative Setting Care of the Older Adult in Perioperative Settings Creating a Practice Environment of Safety Criminalization of Human Errors in the Perioperative Setting Entry into Practice Environmental Responsibility Healthy Perioperative Work Environment Noise in the Perioperative Practice Setting One Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator Dedicated to Every Patient Undergoing A Surgical or Other Invasive Procedure Operating Room Staffing Skill Mix for Direct Caregivers Orientation of the Registered Nurse and Certified Surgical Technologist to the Perioperative Setting Patient Safety Perioperative Care of Patients with Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders Preventing Wrong-Patient, Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure Events Responsibility for Mentoring RN First Assistants Role of the Health Care Industry Representative in the Perioperative/Invasive Procedure Setting Safe Work On-Call Practices Value of Clinical Learning Activities in the Perioperative Setting in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula Endorsed DocumentsConsensus Model for APRN Regulation Consensus Model FAQs Immediate Use Steam Sterilization ACS Statement on use of cell phones in the operating room AAACN Position Statement on the Role of the Registered Nurse in Ambulatory Care CDC's Position Statement on Single-Dose/Single-Use Vials Criteria for the Evaluation of Clinical Nurse Specialist Master's, Practice Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate Educational Programs