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OR Excellence CONNECT Conference
The OR Excellence conference is hosted by Outpatient Surgery Magazine, a Division of AORN. Our conference is all about networking with your outpatient surgery colleagues, education opportunities with the industry’s leading innovators and discovering cutting-edge surgical products and services.
A friendly, interactive environment unlike any other conference you’ve experienced. You will return to your facility refreshed and prepared to meet challenges head-on.
About Outpatient Surgery Magazine
Our Mission
The OR Excellence Conference is presented by Outpatient Surgery Magazine, a Division of AORN. For more than 20 years, Outpatient Surgery Magazine has been the monthly publication and meeting place for decision-makers in hospitals, surgery centers and offices performing ambulatory surgery across North America. Visit www.outpatientsurgery.net for recent issues and more information.
About AORN
Mission
AORN's mission is to promote safety and optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures by providing practice support and professional development opportunities to perioperative nurses. AORN will collaborate with professional and regulatory organizations, industry leaders and other health care partners who support the mission. Visit our website for more information.
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Accreditation
ANCC
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (provider #P0041).
CBRN
AORN is provider-approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 13019. Check with your state board of nursing for acceptability of education sessions for re-licensure.
NCCT
National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) has partnered with AORN as a source of quality continuing education courses for surgical technologists. In accordance with its Outside CE Course Submission and Acceptance Policy for recertification, contact hours provided by AORN may be completed and submitted to NCCT for outside CE approval for recertification credit.
CASC
We have applied for AEU credits for CASC and expect to be approved for 16.5-19 hours of AEU credits by BASC Provider #4254.
Available Contact Hours
Contact hours are calculated based on a 60-minute contact hour (CH) (60 minutes = 1 contact hour). A total of 16.5 contact hours (CH) may be earned.
AORN will award contact hours for attendance at sessions that contain continuing nursing education content. To earn contact hours for a session, participants must attend at least 90% session.
Disclaimers
AORN and Outpatient Surgery Magazine, a Division of AORN, do not endorse any commercial company's products or services. Although all commercial products are expected to conform to professional medical/nursing standards, inclusion in this course does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made by its manufacturer.
Faculty members are responsible for the content of their presentations and for obtaining permission to use any copyrighted material. Outpatient Surgery Magazine, a Division of AORN, is not responsible for and does not assume any liability for presentations.
No responsibility is assumed by Outpatient Surgery Magazine, a Division of AORN, for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any standards, recommended practices, guidelines, methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the health care sciences in particular, independent verification of diagnoses, medication dosages, and individualized care and treatment should be made. The material contained herein is not intended to be a substitute for the exercise of professional medical or nursing judgment. This content is provided on an "as is" basis.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUTPATIENT SURGERY MAGAZINE, A DIVISION OF AORN, INC., DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OF THIRD PARTIES RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Copyright
Copyright 2024 Outpatient Surgery Magazine, A Division of AORN
Outpatient Surgery Magazine, A Division of AORN training and educational materials are protected under federal copyright and trademark law. Only registered attendees may use our materials. Any unauthorized use of our materials is strictly prohibited. Violations of these requirements or of our valuable intellectual property rights may incur substantial penalties, including statutory damages of up to $150,000 for a single willful violation of Outpatient Surgery Magazine, A Division of AORN copyrights.
Informed Audience
To ensure an informed audience, it is noted in the faculty list whether the speaker has a potential conflict of interest or has no conflict. If a potential conflict of interest exists, the conflict type is identified.
