Student & Faculty Program - Wednesday, March 17

Student Program
AORN is excited to offer student nurses FREE registration to the AORN 57th Congress. Come for the special one-day student program (Wednesday, March 17) or join perioperative nurses for the week. Whether you’ve chosen to pursue a career in the perioperative specialty or just want to see what perioperative nursing is all about, every student nurse can benefit from the student-focused program. The hands-on program is designed to introduce you to perioperative practice skills that you can use every day. A one-day program is offered especially for you on Wednesday, March 17. Attend the entire week and make valuable connections with experienced perioperative professionals from across the country. FREE registration is available to individuals pursuing education leading to eligibility to sit for the RN licensing examination. Complete the registration form on page 51-52 or register by calling Customer Service at 800-755-2676, Ext. 1. Student space is limited.

9:45am-12:30pm
Hands-on Learning
Progress from hand hygiene to skin preparation in a series of skills stations staffed by perioperative nurses, where you will learn some of the basic perioperative skills that you can use in your everyday practice. Other practice areas include gowning, gloving, and positioning techniques.

12:30-3pm
Exhibits and Lunch (on your own)
Take advantage of the largest nursing surgical product trade show in the country. Learn how the surgical industry professional and the perioperative nurse collaborate to provide safe patient care. Get a quick lunch on your own as you visit the exhibit floor. More than 500 exhibitors will be displaying the latest in surgical products and services.

3-3:30pm
Return to the hands-on learning session room where you will turn in your evaluation forms and obtain your certificate of attendance.

3:30-5:30pm
Perioperative QuizBowl: Evidence-Based Practice

Faculty Program
AORN invites full-time faculty members of nursing schools to a one day education program designed just for you, while providing a concurrent session for your students. The education sessions will provide information on how to form partnerships to educate nursing students. Free registration on Wednesday is available to all full-time, regular faculty members of schools of nursing. If you are planning to attend Congress for the entire week, Wednesday’s registration fee will be subtracted from the weekly registration fee. Other days are offered at a discounted rate (See registration form).

Forming Partnerships to Educate Nursing Students – Parts 1 and 2 The demand for nurses is expected to continue to grow at 2% to 3% per year, but the supply is expected to diminish as large numbers of nurses retire. At the same time, faculty shortages at nursing schools across the country are limiting student capacity. U.S. nursing schools continue to turn away qualified applicants to entry-level nursing programs due to an insufficient number of faculty, clinical sites, classroom space, clinical preceptors, and budget constraints. Join nursing faculty, deans, clinical educators, managers, and staff nurses in a discussion of leveraging resources by offering perioperative practice settings as clinical sites for nursing students as one strategy to address this emerging crisis.

10:30 am – 12 pm
Forming Partnerships to Educate Nursing Students (Faculty, Part 1)
Mary Ann Wehmer, RN, DNP, CNOR
Lucille Hanus, RN, BSN, Med, CNOR
Judith Seltzer, RN, MS, CNOR
Session 3802, 1.5 CH, Track: C, E, P
The first part of the program will include discussion about the opportunities and challenges in using perioperative patient care settings for clinical rotations and a review of innovative educational strategies for assessing critical thinking, skill mastery, and knowledge acquisition.

1:30 – 3 pm
Forming Partnerships to Educate Nursing Students (Faculty, Part 2)
Jane C. Rothrock, DNSc, RN, CNOR, FAAN
Joy Don Baker, PhD, RN, CNE, CNOR, NEA
Patricia C. Seifert, RN, MSN, CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN
Linda Sigsby, RN, MSN, CNOR
Session 3803, 1.5 CH, Track: C, E, P
The second part of the program will include a description of the necessary steps in assessing your perioperative environment and its readiness to incorporate students and identification of strategies for approaching a nursing program to offer your perioperative setting as a clinical site.