Staff Development

Case Studies

AORN has developed case studies on selected surgical procedures with the goal of promoting and facilitating clinical learning through guided discussions.

Prevention of Sentinel Events

"Wrong-patient, wrong-site, wrong-procedure events" and "Unintended Retention of a Foreign Body" have been identified as the top reported sentinel events.

Administrators, perioperative directors, managers, RNs, and other interested health care professionals are encouraged to use these best practices resources and implement proactive risk strategies to prevent and reduce the incidence of sentinel events for every patient undergoing operative and other invasive procedures.

These sentinel event resources provide the latest best practices for preventing sentinel events from occurring, learning from "near miss" events, and effectively managing sentinel events that do occur.

Simulation Scenarios

AORN has developed scenarios of high-priority topics with the goal of promoting and facilitating clinical learning through multidisciplinary simulation.