Identify the concepts of sterile technique and their application to clinical perioperative practice.
Acquire basic nursing care considerations for a patient undergoing minimally invasive or endoscopic surgery.
Learn various surgical instruments to help anticipate the needs of the surgical team during surgical procedures.
The learner will have the knowledge to confidently implement the evidence-based practices and recommendation from the AORN Guideline for Sterilization on types of sterilization modalities used today; loading the sterilizer; load configuration; transport of sterile items; quality control measures; and installation, care, and maintenance of sterilization equipment.
Understand the care and handling of specimens.
Learn to use the nursing process in documenting safe and effective patient care in the perioperative setting.
Understand essential information on initial, intraoperative, and final counts of all items used in the surgical setting.
Learn how to protect both health care workers and patients from transmission of potentially infectious agents.
Understand proper patient positioning in order to provide optimal care in the surgical setting.
Understand testing, application, use, and cleaning of pneumatic tourniquets.
Understand safe and accurate administration and documentation of intraoperative medications and solutions.
1.25 CH
Prepare preceptors for their critical role in orienting new registered nurses to the perioperative environment.
Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Complementary Care.
Members Only
Explore the new Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) guideline to gain a comprehensive understanding of ERAS principles. Learn how to apply these evidence-based practices to improve patient recovery and outcomes.
Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Medication Safety: Guideline Update 2024.
Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Guideline Update: Local-only Anesthesia 2021.
Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Guideline Update: Radiation Safety 2021.
Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Guideline Update: Specimen Management 2021.
This 1.0 CH webinar prepares a perioperative nurse to understand the importance of sterile storage as part of sterility assurance and to list two sterile storage guidelines.
Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Guideline Update: Prevention of Patient Hypothermia 2020.
