Ambulatory Online Courses

Develop and maintain clinical competencies and support safe surgery with the following ASC online periop courses.

Ensure Clinical Competencies in the Outpatient Environment

Find accredited ambulatory courses below to ensure clinical competencies in the outpatient environment and earn contact hours.

AORN Members save up to 25% on each course.

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

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.

Fine-tune your knowledge of return-on-investment calculations and timelines. Learn how to assess revenue and expenses for an initiative, estimate a timeline based on variables, and ensure you can articulate how your project translates into enhanced patient safety.

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.

Are you strategizing how to effectively meet staffing and workload demands, while future-proofing your efficiency initiatives? Hear key insights into how new technology can be utilized to transform care in the OR.

As you think about the future state of your facility and department, succession planning for yourself and key managers on your team should be crossing your mind. See how this group of periop leaders have passionately pursued mentoring the next generation of emerging talent as they plan for what’s next.

There’s no doubt generational differences impact workplace dynamics, and as a leader these dynamics can be difficult to understand and manage. This session looks at each generation to understand their unique perspectives while providing actionable strategies to bridge gaps and enhance collaboration.

Gen Z Who? Despite being often grouped with Millennials, Gen Z is a unique cohort with distinct values, communication preferences, and expectations regarding work. Gain key insights around integrating Gen Z into your team, adjusting your management tactics, and tactics to help you lead a multigenerational workforce.

This 30-minute webinar – designed for busy ambulatory leaders – will help to identify common credentialing and peer review mistakes and share mitigation strategies and best practices.


3.25 CH | 3.25 AEU

Perioperative and procedural teams who use lasers are invited to join AORN for a half-day, virtual live training to understand and implement evidence-based laser safety processes. This course meets annual training requirements and provides guidance to keep yourself and your patients safe.


11.5 CH | 11.5 AEU

Join AORN for a 1.5-day virtual live advanced course for Medical Laser Safety Officers to ensure you have the most current information and tools to safeguard your colleagues and patients — and be successful in this important leadership role.

This self-paced, online course equips nurses serving as the designated medical laser safety lead with the latest information to reduce risk and implement safety procedures to keep patients and OR staff safe.

Learn the different postoperative phases and levels of patient care and incorporate that knowledge into practice. The learner will be able to integrate knowledge about discharge teaching and the teach-back method for essential patient and family understanding.

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