Clinical Resources

Scope and Standards of Practice helps delineate the responsibilities of RNs engaged in practice in the perioperative setting.

The ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements provides a guide for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision making.

Clinical answers to important questions for perioperative professionals to help standardize practice and promote patient and worker safety.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses' (AORN) Position Statements articulate their position on perioperative nursing-related topics.

Find articles, reports, and statistics to assist with nursing research.

AORN is dedicated to incorporating research and evidence-based practice as a foundation for perioperative nursing to provide quality patient care.

AORN is dedicated to incorporating research and evidence-based practice as a foundation for perioperative nursing to provide quality patient care.

Authoritative and informative reports on topics important to perioperative RNs with recommended solutions for improvement and future research.