Welcome Message from EORNA President
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December is a time when we have an opportunity to spend time with loved ones. It is also time to reflect on the past year and look toward the new year. “What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.” (Vern McLellan)
This is my first message as the president of EORNA. I hope I am worthy of your trust in the position. For the next two years, I’ll give my best for EORNA with its member associations and industry partners. In this context, I would like to thank the previous president, May Karam, for her hard work and commitment to EORNA.
This year we finally managed to arrange a face-to-face EORNA congress. It was wonderful to meet all the participants, volunteers, and industry partners for interesting conversations, which is not the same in a virtual congress. In only a year and a half, we can again meet as the EORNA family at the 11th EORNA Congress in Valencia 2024.
I wish all EORNA Members and dear colleagues Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.
May 2023 be a year of peace and happiness.
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Warmly,
Jaana Perttunen
EORNA President
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The new EORNA Congress 2024 is online!
Visit the congress website to read the welcome message from the EORNA President, discover the key dates of the upcoming congress, and get to know more about the host city of the upcoming Congress: Valencia.
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Mark your Calendars for European Perioperative Nursing Day on 15 February 2023!
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On 15 February of each year, we celebrate the European Perioperative Nursing Day (EPND). This day aims to encourage reflection and focus on the quality and high level of provided care and the human dimension of our profession.
The #EPND2023 theme is “Learn, Lead, Inspire”.
EORNA invites OR nurses and friends to use this day to highlight the contributions of operating nurses and the role of education in the high level of care our profession provides.
➡️ What can the perioperative nursing community accomplish through the power of education?
Give us your thoughts on social media and help create a buzz:
- Mark the date: 15 February 2023
- Use the official hashtag #EPND2023
- Please share your message about #EPND2023 with the images provided in our media kit below
- Tag EORNA in your posts (Twitter @EORNA_Nurses / Facebook @EuropeanOperatingRoomNursesAssociation)
Spread the word on European Perioperative Nursing Day!
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Take advantage of the webinar to commemorate the celebration of EPND!
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EORNA and Ansell collaborated to offer the webinar, "Dermatologist's View on Managing Healthcare Worker Occupational Dermatitis".
The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 15 February 2023 (2:00 pm CET).
Featuring Dr. Houle, this webinar presents the point of view of a dermatologist concerning the management of occupational contact dermatitis in healthcare workers. Risk factors for the development of this condition will be reviewed as well as tips for its prevention and early detection. Investigations of contact dermatitis will be discussed, especially in the context of hand dermatitis in the healthcare setting.
Sign up now!
This webinar will also be presented in French on 15 February 2023 at 16:30 CET.
More info and registration here.
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News from AEEQ (Asociación Española de Enfermería Quirúrgica)
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The last quarter of the year has been full of intense scientific activity in AEEQ. In Cáceres, we held a Conference with the motto "Solvent Surgical Nurses" and approached topics such as Information and Communication Technologies or humanization in the operating room.
In Barcelona on 16 and 17 November, the Robotic Surgical Nursing Conference theme was "Embracing technology while continuing to care". It had two sessions, the first theoretical of the different surgical specialties and workshops and a second one from the University, with live connection to the operating room of the Hospital Clínic (Barcelona), where a robotic cardiac surgery was performed.
It has had a high participation of nurses from all over Spain and a high content of the scientific program in which it is worth mentioning the unanimous opinion of the necessary training of the operating room nurse to take care of the patient safely in the adaptation to new techniques.
On 25 November, the 7th Surgical Nursing Conference of the Community of Madrid was held. The different hospitals participated in the event, and the most innovative experiences were presented. The impact of the inaugural conference entitled Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Nursing is worth mentioning.
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News from AESOP (Association of Portuguese Operating Room Nurses)
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On 12 December 2022, a Webinar was held on the topic of perioperative normothermia, to understand why international guidelines have not been fulfilled and because we know that inadvertent perioperative hypothermia remains a neglected problem that is present in many patients undergoing surgery.
The Webinar topics were:
• "Challenges in implementing a perioperative normothermia strategy, from theory to practice." Miguel Miró Murillo
• How hard can it be? The expert's experience - Esmeralda Nunes
What do we retain for daily practice?
• Temperature monitoring, maintenance of normothermia, prevention and treatment of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia are considered standard of care.
• Every effort should be made to maintain perioperative normothermia, including increased use of warming methods and temperature monitoring.
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From 28 to 30 September 2022, 600 perioperative nurses gathered in Santa Maria da Feira at the XX National Congress of AESOP - Association of Portuguese Operating Room Nurses, in its 36th year of its foundation. Together they were able to enjoy an exceptional scientific program and a panel of experts who addressed the most current topics in the nursing specialty and the world we live in, guided by the ethical principles that govern the practice of these health professionals.
The meeting of the six Past Presidents of the AESOP who left us the testimony of the legacies of each mandate, including the testimony of Margaret Brett, 1st President of EORNA (European Operating Room Nurses Association) and, as a final corollary, the announcement of the creation of the “AESOP Margaret Brett” Training Scholarship to support the specialized training of perioperative nurses in Portugal.
7 Workshops, 6 Debate Panels with experts, 5 Conferences with national and European experts, 19 Free Communications, and 27 E-Posters were presented and awarded, and a technical exhibition with 28 companies present. And the event was accredited by the National Board of Nursing (Ordem dos Enfermeiros), with 0,6 CDP.
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News from AFISO, French-speaking OR Nurse Association from Belgium
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• AFISO held its 10th webinar with a presentation about The hidden costs of latex gloves and The results of a KCE report on staffing in the ICU. A parallel with the OR? It was a huge success.
• AFISO actively collaborates with other national nurse organizations to reflect and make some statements on possible future function differentiation between caretakers. With the shortage of nurses, national nurse associations want to ensure that the resources and competencies are allocated efficiently in order to ensure quality and safe care.
• AFISO sends its best wishes to all the nurses and healthcare workers throughout Europe and the world. May you find the energy and motivation to keep the human being in the centre of the care and promote good practice and safe care!
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News from CORNA (Croatian Operating Room Nurses Association)
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In October 2022, the 20th CORNA Congress with international participation was held in Croatia.
Two hundred seventy participants took part in the congress. The topic of the congress was the "Operating room nurse in the eyes of patients", as well as other free topics.
During the congress, we exchanged a lot of knowledge and experience. We would like to emphasize that in November in the Republic of Croatia, the implementation of the unified documentation of operating room nurses was completed, and the documentation has now been implemented in all hospitals. Also, it is important to note that the unified documentation of operating room nurses is a powerful tool in raising the level of patient safety and quality of preoperative care and at the same time, is a starting point for education and research work.
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News from CZORNA (Czech Operating Room Nurses Association)
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CZORNA had its National Congress of Perioperative Nurses, on 3-4 June in Pardubice.
On the occasion of the EPND 2023, CZORNA will organize a meeting on Friday 10 February 2023 under the care of the management of the Faculty Thomayer Hospital in Prague.
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News from IPNA (Israeli Perioperative Nurses Association)
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On the 1st of December, we had our 32nd National Congress. It was an excellent congress, with 370 delegates from all the operating rooms in Israel. The congress topic was the same as the EORNA congress in Stavanger's "Winds of Change".
The congress was in Shfaim Hotel near Tel Aviv. We had ten speakers, all of them perioperative nurses from different hospitals. We also had one key speaker, Prof. Neomi Bitterman from the last EORNA Congress in Stavanger.
During the congress, we gave sponsorships to eight young nurses who are now in the postgraduate perioperative nursing course. The best poster topic was "To sleep the fears" about reducing children's fear in the operating room.
In October, we finished the last project about patient preparation and handover. It took us one year of working, and it was finally published as official guidelines by the national nursing administration of health.
In January and February 2023, we will have two workshops about quality of care and patient safety sponsored by our association.
In March 2023, we will have our election for the Executive Officers of our association.
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News from KYSYNOX (Cyprus Operating Room Nurses Association)
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The Cypriot Association of Surgical Nurses (KYSYNOX) organized on 25 November 2022, with great success, a scientific conference on Quality and Safety in the operating room.
The scientific day was organized at Lemon Park in Nicosia and was attended by 72 perioperative nurses from Public and Private Hospitals.
The scientific program of the conference lasted three hours. It consisted of six papers related to the central theme of the conference with roundtable and special lectures as well as clinical tutorials with training in medical equipment.
This scientific conference was the last event organized by the 7th Board of Directors of KYSYNOX, as elections have already been called for the appointment of a new Board of Directors for the three year period 2023-2026. The elections will take place on 20 January 2023.
It was preceded by the organization of the 21st Pan-Cypriot Perioperative Conference Nursing on 6-7 May 2022 at the Conference Center of Lefkara with the participation of 500 delegates from all public and private hospitals of Cyprus. The opening ceremony was dedicated to the 20 years of the establishment of KYSYNOX.
KYSYNOX also participated in the 33rd Panhellenic Perioperative Conference Nursing organized by SYDNOX in Chania on 22-25 September 2022, with a large number of Cypriot delegates and also with the participation in the scientific program of the conference.
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News from NAORN (Norwegian Association of Operating Room Nurses)
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NAORN (Norwegian Association of Operating Room Nurses) and NORNA (Nordic Operating Room Nurses Association) board has started the planning of the sixth congress in Bergen. The theme of the congress is "One step ahead – perspectives on operating room nursing". This week, the "Call for Abstracts" was published.
We hope our Nordic and European colleges will contribute and submit their scientific research, improvement knowledge, or clinical case studies. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 17 March 2023. For more information, follow us here.
We look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you in Bergen.
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News from SEORNA (Swedish Operating Room Nurses Association)
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SEORNA held our Annual Congress on 1 – 2 December in Stockholm as usual. This year we had more delegates than ever before. More than 300 Swedish Perioperative Nurses participated.
In the same week, the Board of Directors met our local representatives from throughout the entire country. At the meeting, some topics were how we deal with the lack of perioperative nurses and how some hospitals hire nurses as trainee nurses in special education programs.
Our representatives for Perioperative Nurses education in Sweden also had a meeting with all teachers from different universities.
During the autumn, SEORNA arranged various courses in infection control, trauma and law regarding MDR.
Right now, we are planning our annual meeting in January when the board meets with all our various committees, for example the Scientific committee, the Editorial Board, and the Leadership Committee.
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News from TCHAD (Turkish Surgical and Operating Room Nurses Association)
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We will celebrate the European Perioperative Nurses Day with a symposium to be held in cooperation with Balıkesir University, Faculty of Health Sciences on 17 February 2023, with the theme of "Learn, Lead, and Inspire".
We have started preparations for the 5th International - 13th National Turkish Surgery and Operating Room Nursing Congress which will be held in Kusadası between 16 and 19 November 2023. We invite all nurses to participate in this enjoyable event and hope to meet in Kusadası, Türkiye.
In our last four national congresses, we divided topics into Surgical Ward and OR issues. We planned the two-day international congress with parallel sessions in English. International congresses planned alongside the national congresses are a great opportunity to increase our cooperation, so we recommend it to all EORNA members.
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News from UNAIBODE (Union Nationale des Associations d'Infirmier(ère)s de Bloc Opératoire Diplômé(e)s d'Etat)
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Today, in France, nurses who want to specialise and become operating theatre nurses must follow a full-time training course for 18 months.
The publication of the decree of 27/04/2022 relating to the training leading to the State diploma of perioperative nurse transforms the content and makes it evolve. It is now delivered by the higher education establishments accredited and is recognized at level VII (Master), obtaining 120 ECTS in four semesters of five months each.
The State diploma is acquired by the validation, in theoretical and practical training, of the five blocks of competencies regrouping the nine competencies:
- Block 1: Care and implementation of prevention and care activities in connection with invasive diagnostic and/or therapeutic of the national framework of professional certifications by procedures
- Block 2: Implementation of complex surgical assistance techniques during invasive procedures for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes
- Block 3: Organisation and coordination of care activities, of the quality approach and risk prevention in the operative, interventional and associated sectors
- Block 4: Information and training of professionals in the interventional and associated sectors
- Block 5: Professional monitoring, research and improvement of practices-
The clinical training course comprises 47 weeks of internship with 26 weeks of compulsory internship. It is possible now to plan ERASMUS Internships.
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News from VVOV (Association of Flemish Operation Room Nurses)
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On 18 November 2022, the 37th annual VVOV-congress took place in De Haan, Belgium. After two canceled editions, everyone was very eager to meet their colleagues again.
We had a ‘full house’ with 175 participants and 22 speakers.
A few of the topics approached:
- Team approach to the trauma patient in the OR
- TCI’ (Anesthesia)
- Urological procedures in children
- Laser technology in Urology
- Blood gas analysis
- Procedural sedation in children
The next congress will be a two-day congress (as before COVID) and will take place in the spring of 2023.
You’re all invited!
Peter De Gang
President VVOV
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With its 24 Member Associations coming from 23 Countries, EORNA is the only recognised and leading professional organisation in the field of perioperative nursing, bringing together representatives from all quarters of Europe.
Our vision is to enhance and develop better perioperative patient care across Europe. While being the influential voice of perioperative nurses in Europe, we link and collaborate with relevant European and international organisations.
Is your national association interested in joining or becoming a member of EORNA? Then please explore all the great benefits of being a member!
We look forward to welcoming you to the EORNA Community!
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Thank you to EORNA’s Corporate Partners
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Corporate Partners have a long-term commitment to EORNA and help to finance our day-to-day commitments. We wish to thank our circle of Corporate Partners: 3M, Cardinal Health, Medtronic, Stryker, Dabir Surfaces and Ansell. Your support is very much appreciated!
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Welcome to our new Corporate Partners!
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The EORNA Corporate Partnership Programme is designed to involve a small number of preferred partners and to offer these partners an exclusive framework of collaboration between EORNA and these companies. If you are interested in receiving further information, please do not hesitate to contact Géraud de Dieuleveult.
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If you have any questions, please contact:
EORNA Secretariat
K.I.T. Group GmbH
Association & Conference Management
Kurfürstendamm 71 | 10709 Berlin, Germany | 0049 30 24603-441 |
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