Active and associate AORN membership categories examined

Task Force on Membership Criteria reports results of survey

“…At its June 1995 meeting, the AORN Board of Directors approved the Task Force on Membership Criteria's plan to survey approximately 3,800 members to assess the need for a change in AORN membership criteria. Headquarters staff members mailed the survey, a cover letter, a scan sheet, and an executive summary of the Credentials Committee report 1 to 3,849 members.…”

Eligibility criteria for AORN active membership and perioperative nursing certification raise similar issues

“…At the AORN leadership meeting in April, the Board presented information to the attendees about incongruities in the AORN bylaws, membership criteria policies, and perioperative nursing definitions and models 1 . In addition, Maryann Mawhinney, RN, BSN, CNOR, presented information on the perioperative practice categories that allow eligibility for CNOR certification and recertification administered by the National Certification Board: Perioperative Nursing, Inc (NCB:PNI).…”