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AORN PERIOPERATIVE NURSING COURSE 101
This course is a 81.5 continuing education contact hours. This operating room course is
intended for registered nurses without previous perioperative nursing experience. The
three phases of perioperative nursing practices are addressed, using the nursing process.
The concentration is on the intraoperative phase. This would be an alternative for the
nurse who would like to become a perioperative nurse.
CONGRESS MENTORING PROGRAM AVAILABLE
Congress will soon be here. If you are a first time attendee, plan to take advantage of
the mentoring program. This program pairs first timers with veteran Congress-goers to help
them learn the how-to’s and why’s of Congress. Call Lorie Briggs 1-800-755-2676.
The Certification Board has announced the denial for an extension of the BSN requirement for CRNFA. Stating that "one extension has already been granted and elapsed. We see no reason to extend the deadline again. In light of the recent legislative move to add the CRNFA to the Medicare payee list, another extension of the BSN requirement would be detrimental." The deadline for submittal of testing applications was August 31,1999 in order to test before the year 2000.
General News and Web information
INTERNET Rx: Would you like to
find out where a particular site is located? If your curious about which state or country
an Internet site is in, here is a way to find out: Type in
http://205.177.25.9/cgi-bim/whois? And then the domain name you’re looking for. For example, if you want to know where CBI is type: http//205.177.25.9/cgi-bin/whois?certboard.org and hit enter.
HEALTH care guidelines and regulations on line: Looking for information on current regulations and guidelines? You can get a good start with the sites below - and many offer downloads of regulations on the spot.
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research http://www.ahcpr.gov.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://wonder.cdc.gov
Health Care Financing Administration http://www.hcfa.gov
US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov
US Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov
HAVE A QUESTION ON THE INTERNET? E-mail them to kwhite@aorn.org
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES If you want to find out what your state legislators are debating, this is an excellent site for you. http://www.ncsl.org
THE POLICY NEWS & INFORMATION SERVICE This site teems with legislative information. THE MOST ACCESSED LEGISLATIVE SITE AROUND! THOMAS http://thomas.loc.gov This site provides extensive information on bills, the congressional record, committee information, and historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center This site has more than 10 directories of the 105th Congress from C-SPAN to Capweb to congress.org that contains e-mail addresses and biographical information for members of Congress.
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webpage. Not for classifieds. Inclusion in the
newsletter will be at the discretion of the newsletter committee with support from the
board.