AORN CineMed Perioperative Clips

Evidence-based Quick Reference for Your Staff

Concise Instructional Videos on Essential Clinical Topics

Supporting the perioperative team with a reliable, evidence-based quick reference helps to avoid the use of anecdotal internet searches. AORN has partnered with CineMed to provide an online library of over 90 high-quality, evidence-based video clips that explain the "how-to" on essential procedures and techniques in just about 1 minute.

Perioperative Clips in Action

Click play to watch a sample video from the Perioperative Clips library. In just about 1 minute, this video shows how to perform the sitting/semi-sitting position for a surgical patient.

Improve Competency and Workflow Efficiency

Who Can Benefit?

Perioperative Clips are designed to provide a refresher on the clinical content and is not intended to replace comprehensive training on these activities.

  • Registered nurses (RNs) currently enrolled in a perioperative onboarding program, including AORN’s Periop 101: A Core Curriculum™.
  • New and experienced RNs transferring to the perioperative suite from other nursing specialties.
  • Sterile processing team members.
  • Non-RN perioperative team members (e.g., surgical technologists, surgical assistants/aides).
  • Other RNs involved in operative/invasive procedures in non-traditional OR settings (e.g., Endoscopy, OB, Cath Lab, Radiology).
  • Nursing students at schools of nursing.
  • Nurse managers and educators interested in leveraging video content for in-service training.
  • Hospital networks seeking easily accessible perioperative education for all staff on diverse topics.

AORN CineMed Perioperative Clips Feature

Each clip explains the "how-to" for topics including surgical draping, positioning, prepping, tourniquet care, and more in just about 1 minute.

Access videos on any device, whether on a desktop or on the go. Videos include closed captions, note-taking, and Spanish translations.

Facility administrators can assign specific clips with start and due dates as well as view learner progress.

Provide access to unlimited users with a facility subscription or to a select number of users with per-learner subscription options.

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Over 90 concise instructional videos designed to improve competency and workflow efficiency.

  • Cleaning
  • Instrument Cleaning
  • Medication Safety
  • Pnuematic Tourniquets
  • Positioning
  • Scrub Role - Draping
  • Scrub Role - Gowning and Gloving
  • Scrub Role - Sterile Field Set Up
  • Scrub Role - Surgical Hand Antisepsis
  • Sharps Safety
  • Skin Prep
  • Surgical Counts
  • Transmission-based Precautions

AORN team members are ready to assist you with questions or to provide a custom tour of this solution.

Develop a Pipeline of Talent for a Variety of Roles

Many perioperative programs choose to bundle Periop 101: A Core Curriculum™, eGuidelines Plus, and AORN CineMed Videos to recruit, onboard, nurture, and retain staff.

  • Periop 101: A Core Curriculum™ is the premier education program used by healthcare facilities to train RNs entering the perioperative specialty. New as of March 2025: Same price, additional program features.
  • eGuidelines Plus provides facility-wide digital access to staff education resources, time-saving tools and templates, and the latest AORN Guidelines.

For more information on how bundling these resources can benefit your facility’s budget while strengthening your perioperative team, contact AORN today.

For over 40 years, highly respected healthcare professionals and organizations have relied on CineMed to educate and empower their teams to deliver unparalleled patient care. CineMed provides comprehensive programs at all levels to develop, assess, and retain top talent and cultivate high performing teams to deliver superior patient care.

 

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