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\nSenior Consultant  \nProgressive Surgical Solutions, a division of BSN Consultanting  \nLisa Spruce, DNP, RN, ACNP, CNOR, CNS-CP, ACNS, FAAN Director of Evidence-Based Perioperative Practice Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)  \nLinda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN  \nCEO/Executive Director  \nAssociation of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)  \nAORN thanks Janice Kelly, MS, RN-BC, President AORN Syntegrity, Inc, subsidiary of AORN, Inc, and Erin Kyle, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, Editor in Chief, Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, for their contributions in developing this document.  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction to Perioperative Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 1  \nFoundational Documents of Professional Nursing 1  \nAudience for this Publication 1  \nOperating Room Nursing and the Association of Operating Room Nurses 1  \nPerioperative Nursing Practice and AORN 2  \nScope of Perioperative Nursing Practice 3  \nDefinition of Perioperative Registered Nurse 3  \nEvidence-Based Practice 3  \nPatient Advocacy 3  \nCurrent Trends and Issues Impacting Perioperative Nursing 4  \nPerioperative Patient Focused Model 6  \nOperating Room Defined 7  \nCharacteristics of Perioperative Nursing Practice 7  \nRoles, Education, and Practice Settings for Perioperative Nursing Practice 8  \nProfessional Education and Training for All Perioperative Nursing Roles 8  \nRegistered Nurse Circulator 8  \nSurgical Scrub Person 8  \nModerate Sedation Registered Nurse 8  \nRegistered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) 9  \nGraduate-Prepared Registered Nurse 9  \nPerioperative Advanced Practice Registered Nurse 9  \nCertification of Perioperative Nurses 10  \nEthics in Perioperative Nursing Practice 10  \nApplication of the Nine Provision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements 10  \nFuture Considerations for Perioperative Nurses 11  \nThe Impact of Technology 12  \nStandards of Practice 13  \nStandard 1. Assessment 13  \nStandard 2. Diagnosis 14  \nStandard 3. Outcome Identification 14  \nStandard 4. Planning 15  \nStandard 5. Implementation 15  \nStandard 5A. Coordination of Care 16  \nStandard 5B. Health Teaching – Health Promotion 16  \nStandard 6. Evaluation 16  \nStandards of Professional Performance 17  \nStandard 7. Ethics 17  \nStandard 8. Advocacy 18  \nStandard 9 . Respectful and Equitable Practice 18  \nStandard 10. Communication 19  \nStandard 11. Collaboration 19  \nStandard 12. Leadership 20  \nStandard 13. Education 20  \nStandard 14. Scholarly Inquiry 21  \nStandard 15. Quality of Practice 21  \nStandard 16. Professional Practice Evaluation 22  \nStandard 17. Resource Utilization 22  \nStandard 18. Environmental Health 23  \nGlossary 25  \nReferences 29  \nResources 30  \n© 2021 AORN Inc. All Rights Reserved.  \nIntroduction to Perioperative Nursing:  \nScope and Standards of Practice  \nFOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING  \nRegistered nurses (RNs) practicing in the United States have three professional resources that inform the thinking and decision making that guides their practice:  \n• Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements1 lists the succinct explications that establish the ethical framework for RNs across all roles, levels, and settings.  \n• Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: The Essence of the Profession2 conceptualizes nursing practice, describes the social context of nursing, and provides the definition of nursing.  \n• Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 4th edition3 outlines the expectations of the professional role of the RN, includes the scope of practice statement for nursing, and identifies the Standards of Professional Nursing Practice and their accompanying competencies.  \nPerioperative Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice builds on these professional resources, describes the scope of perioperative nursing practice, and identifies the specialty’s Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance ","cbCaims4xpOCxcNz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaims4xpOCxcNz","pdf",635392,32,"English","# Introduction to Perioperative Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice\n## Foundational Documents of Professional Nursing\n## Audience for this Publication\n## Operating Room Nursing and the Association of Operating Room Nurses\n## Perioperative Nursing Practice and AORN\n## Scope of Perioperative Nursing Practice\n## Definition of Perioperative Registered Nurse\n## Evidence-Based Practice\n## Patient Advocacy\n## Current Trends and Issues Impacting Perioperative Nursing\n## Perioperative Patient Focused Model\n## Operating Room Defined\n## Characteristics of Perioperative Nursing Practice\n## Roles, Education, and Practice Settings for Perioperative Nursing Practice\n## Standards of Practice","[{\"question\":\"Who is the primary audience for this perioperative nursing scope document?\",\"answer\":\"Registered nurses in all settings where invasive procedures are performed are the primary audience, with additional value for legislators, regulators, legal counsel, judiciary members, administrators, and nurse educators, as well as patients and families.\"},{\"question\":\"What foundational resources does the document use to guide perioperative nursing practice?\",\"answer\":\"It builds on the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, Nursing’s Social Policy Statement, and Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (4th edition) to frame ethical and professional expectations.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of standards are included for perioperative nursing?\",\"answer\":\"The document includes specialty Standards of Practice (such as assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation) and Standards of Professional Performance covering areas like ethics, advocacy, respectful and equitable practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, and quality of practice.\"}]","PERIOPERATIVE NURSING - Scope and Standards of Practice | PDF",1790541789,81]