Education Courses for Individuals

Understand testing, application, use, and cleaning of pneumatic tourniquets.

Understand proper patient positioning in order to provide optimal care in the surgical setting.

Identify how to protect both patients and healthcare workers during radiological procedures in the surgical setting.

Understand essential information on initial, intraoperative, and final counts of all items used in the surgical setting.

Identify and minimize the potential environmental hazards to patients and healthcare workers.

Develop and implement best practices to prevent sharps injuries and reduce bloodborne pathogen exposure.

The learner will have the knowledge to confidently implement the recommended practices from the AORN Guideline for Sterile Technique to maintain sterility and prevent contamination of the sterile field and sterile items during operative and other invasive 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.

Identify correct surgical attire and how it’s worn to protect both patients and healthcare workers.

Learn how to protect both health care workers and patients from transmission of potentially infectious agents.

Identify how to develop and implement a protocol for prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Learn step-by-step how to develop and defend a staffing plan to provide quality patient care. Hone your skills in calculating FTE needs, understanding staffing mix and benefit time, and interpreting productivity metrics to inform actions you can take to meet goals.

Learn how to safely position patients for an invasive or noninvasive procedure.

Understand the scope of perianesthesia nursing and the skill sets needed to perform this role.

Prepare preceptors for their critical role in orienting new registered nurses to the perioperative environment.

Understand professionalism, accountability, ethical behavior, and legal and risk management topics.

Refine your understanding of measurements for financial success and how you impact them in your leadership role. You’ll take an in-depth look at how to interpret revenue and expense variances in staff and operational budgets and identify what is needed to create a strong justification for capital purchases.

This newly updated course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to safely care for patients receiving moderate sedation. The streamlined course covers patient selection and assessment, psychologic monitoring and airway considerations, medication administration, emergency preparedness, and post-procedure care.

Learn how to apply principles of safety when using a variety of equipment in the surgical suite.

Identify the concepts of sterile technique and their application to clinical perioperative practice.