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AORN Specialty Assemblies are member-run, online groups offering members the opportunity to virtually interact with other nurses from across the nation who share an interest in the same specialty. The purposes of specialty assemblies include providing and promoting a dynamic network, serving as a forum for communication, identifying and exploring patient care issues, addressing current trends and issues, and promoting specialized educational programming.
AORN Specialty Assemblies List
Changing technology and medical care needs are creating new demands for education and more focused specialization within the perioperative nursing field. AORN offers 10 specialty assemblies, listed below. Click on your Specialty Assembly title of interest for more information.
Overview
The Nurse Scientist Specialty Assembly is open to PhD prepared perioperative RNs who serve as academic faculty members, nurse educators, leaders, and clinicians who are interested in engaging in scholarly activity, such as conducting research, implementing evidence-based practice initiatives, and the dissemination of new knowledge related to the perioperative environment.
Purpose Statements
- Provide a networking platform for perioperative nurse scientists interested in scholarly activity, including but not limited to perioperative research and evidence-based practice.
- Connect perioperative nurse scientists by maintaining a Specialty Assembly that is committed to conducting and promoting scholarly work within the perioperative environment.
- Increase communication and collaboration among perioperative nurse scientists.
- Serve as a resource for perioperative leaders and AORN for scholarly inquiry within the perioperative environment.
- Promote scholarly activities that serve AORN Research Priorities.
- Advance the science of perioperative nursing.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Nurse Scientists Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The Ambulatory Surgery Specialty Assembly is for perioperative nurses and administrators who work in ambulatory settings or are interested in specialty surgery centers, office-based settings, free-standing surgery centers, or hospital-based outpatient centers.
Purpose Statements
- Enhance communication among perioperative nurses who practice in either a freestanding, office-based, or hospital-based ambulatory surgery facility.
- Provide specialty education related to perioperative practices for the ambulatory surgery patient.
- Serve as a resource for health care professionals.
- Facilitate application of perioperative research to the ambulatory surgery patient.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Ambulatory Surgery Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner: contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The Clinical Nurse Educator Specialty Assembly is open to nurse educators, academic faculty members, clinical nurse specialists, and all other perioperative nurses who are interested in learning more about teaching and learning strategies for staff development and patient teaching.
Purpose Statements
- Provide a forum for networking for nurse educators and other members interested in perioperative staff development and patient education.
- Unify perioperative nurse educators by maintaining a Specialty Assembly which is committed to promoting professional standards of perioperative nursing practice.
- Provide specialized educational programs for novice and experienced perioperative educators.
- Increase communication and collaboration among nurses who have similar work functions.
- Serve as a resource for perioperative leaders and AORN in the area of perioperative staff development and patient education.
- Promote safe patient care through the application of AORN Guidelines.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Clinical Nurse Educator Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The Integrated Health Practices Specialty Assembly invites all Perioperative nurses to join us in learning about and applying Integrated Health Practices to their daily living and to their practice settings. This is an opportunity to explore the many modalities used worldwide and to learn how they may change your personal and professional life. We offer networking, education, and Newsletters on what we call CAM modalities.
Purpose Statements
- Enhance communication among nurses who practice holistic/integrative nursing and are developing the use of techniques in complementary therapies for themselves and patients within the perioperative setting (Hospital, Ambulatory, Free Standing Settings).
- Promote specialty education sessions addressing integrated health practices.
- Serve as a resource for other perioperative nurses who are interested in integrating these techniques into their facilities.
- Support self-care among health care providers.
- Facilitate and support Evidence Based Research (EBR) projects supporting Integrated Health Practices applications.
- Promote safe patient care by following AORN Standards & Recommendations.
- Provide resource links to facilitate learning and application of the many modalities.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Integrated Health Practices group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The Leadership Specialty Assembly is for perioperative nurses who are interested in administration, management concepts, leadership skills, or organizational dynamics for perioperative services.
Purpose Statements
- Enhance communication, collaboration, and networking among perioperative leaders.
- Assess, promote, and provide specialized education programs for perioperative leaders.
- Provide and serve as a resource network for perioperative leaders and other health care professionals who have an impact on the perioperative arena.
- Facilitate applications of management research in the perioperative setting and exchange pertinent information.
- Provide recommendations that will guide patient care practices and standards of care in the perioperative arena.
- Unite perioperative leaders for the purpose of maintaining a Specialty Assembly dedicated to the continuous endeavor of promoting the highest professional standards of practice among perioperative leaders.
- Serve as a resource for AORN in the area of management.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Leadership Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The Pediatric Specialty Assembly is for perioperative nurses who specialize in or are interested in working with pediatric patients, ranging from neonates to adolescents.
Purpose Statements
- Provide a forum for pediatric nurses for networking.
- Unify pediatric perioperative nurses and to enhance pediatric research and education.
- Enhance communication among nurses who have similar work functions.
- Promote safe patient care through the application of AORN's standards and recommended practices in perioperative settings.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Pediatric Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The Perioperative Nursing Informatics Specialty Assembly is for nurses who specialize in or are interested in computer technology, internet interactions, or career opportunities in perioperative nursing informatics. This assembly will be of interest to you if you are interested in finding out more about the nursing informatics specialty or if you are an experienced nurse in informatics who would like to compare notes with others. Many times, consultants, managers, administrators, nurse educators, and staff nurses join this group to find out more about information technology.
Purpose Statements
- Increase awareness of the transaction that occurs between the nurse and the patient in the perioperative environment in a way that can be analyzed and documented.
- Promote the visibility of the unique nursing contribution to patient outcome through the use of nursing informatics to communicate and codify nursing activities.
- Actively promote education that addresses the informatics field.
- Facilitate global dissemination of perioperative nursing informatics and information.
- Facilitate the application of perioperative nursing research using nursing informatics, standards, and data.
- Support the formulation and implementation of the perioperative nursing data set (PNDS).
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Perioperative Nursing Informatics Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The Retired Nurses Specialty Assembly is for perioperative nurses who are retired, in transition toward retirement in their career, or interested in tapping into the expertise of perioperative nurses with a vast array of experience in a variety of specialties.
Purpose Statements
- Provide a forum for networking for retired nurses and other members interested in learning about the Retired Nurses Specialty Assembly.
- Increase communication and collaboration among nurses who have similar work functions.
- Serve as a resource for AORN in all areas of perioperative nursing.
- Serve as a resource for the membership of AORN on matters concerning retirement.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Retired Nurses Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The RNFA Specialty Assembly is for perioperative nurses who are practicing as RN first assistants (RNFAs), managing facilities that employ or contract with RNFAs, or are interested in finding out more about this specialty.
The RNFA Specialty Assembly is a coalition of perioperative nurses dedicated to the advancement of the role of the RNFA. Operating within the jurisdiction of and in collaboration with AORN, we provide a forum for the development of standards, the exchange of information, and the opportunity for education relative to the practice of the RNFA. In so doing, we enrich the quality of patient care and promote the enhancement of the role of the RNFA among our health care colleagues and the community at large.
Purpose Statements
- Unite RNFAs for the purpose of maintaining a specialty assembly dedicated to the continuous endeavor of promoting the highest professional standards of practice among them.
- Research, study, discuss, and exchange information pertinent to the field of first assisting.
- Provide and promote a dynamic network of RNFAs that will address current trends and issues related to RNFAs and promote specialized education programs for RNFAs' continuing education.
- Serve as a forum for RNFAs in order to enhance communication.
- Provide recommendations that will guide the scope of practice, the standards of practice, and the educational preparation of RNFAs as issued by AORN.
- Provide a resource body for RNFAs, RNFA managers, RNFA educators, and RNFA employers in order to promote and facilitate the practice of RN first assisting.
- Serve as a resource to AORN in the area of first assisting.
- Facilitate the application of clinical research in the RNFA practice setting.
- Promote safe patient care through the application of AORN's standards and recommended practices in the RNFA practice setting.
- Promote consumer awareness to administrators, institutions, physicians, clients, and insurers regarding the RNFA role, scope of practice, qualifications, and educational preparation.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the RNFA Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Overview
The Sterile Processing/Supply Chain Management Specialty Assembly is for perioperative nurses and Sterile Processing and Supply Chain colleagues who manage or interface with central supply, sterile processing, or purchasing departments.
Purpose Statements
- Provide and promote a dynamic network for AORN members to address current trends and issues related to sterile processing and materials management.
- Assess, promote, and provide focused education programs.
- Develop a greater understanding between perioperative nursing, sterile processing, and materials management.
- Serve as a resource to AORN to help promote safe patient care on issues related to sterile processing and materials management.
Networking
As a member of this specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the Sterile Processing/Supply Chain Management Specialty Assembly group on Periop Corner where you can contact other members or specialty assembly leaders, share information, upload resources and documents, post and respond to discussions, and more.
Join this specialty assembly under your AORN Hub Account and log in to Periop Corner today.
Interested in Forming a Specialty Assembly?
To be considered for a new Specialty Assembly, the specialty area must be related to perioperative nursing practice. Requestors must submit the following information to [email protected] with the subject line: ‘New Specialty Assembly Request’ and include the following information:
- Requester contact information (name, email, phone)
- Proposed Specialty Assembly name
- Specialty Assembly leadership (names/emails)
- Specialty Assembly overview (brief description of intended audience)
- Specialty Assembly purpose statement(s) (SA goals)
- Specialty Assembly activities (brief description of meeting cadence, planned activities, etc.)
AORN will contact you within two-four weeks of submission request on approval status. Newly approved SAs will have an Periop Corner group created, a complimentary Zoom account created, and will be listed on the SA webpage, which will be updated on a quarterly basis.
Members wishing to connect around non-perioperative shared interests may remain as or form a new common interest group on Periop Corner by visiting this page and clicking "New" to create a group.
How to Join a Specialty Assembly
You can join a specialty assembly simply by selecting as many as you want on the membership application when you join or renew your membership.
Already a member? Update or join a specialty assembly today under your AORN Hub account!
Once you have joined a specialty assembly, you will automatically be placed into the corresponding specialty assembly group(s) on Periop Corner.
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