The Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) is a professional Association for operating room nurses. ORNAC’s mission, vision and core values support patient care. Enhances nurse’s leadership qualities, advance education, promote competency to execute safe perioperative nursing practice and patient safety. Provide evidence-based practice care for a better client outcome. Maintain aseptic technique throughout the surgery. Respect the rights of the client. (Perioperative Nurses Week). Surgical Safety checklist is a communication tool to ensure the surgical team about the patients’ procedure before induction of anesthesia, time out and debrief before the patient is transferred from operating room. This is an effective system to reduce critical events and economic burden to organizations (Canadian Patient Safety Institute, 2017).
Importance and overview of Professional Association and its Advantages for Members
The constitution of ORNAC created its Bylaws on 1983. Its updated and reflective practices are effective since then. ORNAC is a non-profit association was legally integrated under the Industry Canada’s Canadian Corporations Act on November 20, 2008. The ORNAC functions as the national representative for perioperative Registered Nurses on issues affecting their nursing practice, client safety and quality care. The Association is committed to facilitate perioperative Registered Nurses to be proactive, an advocate for clients, enhance their skills through continuous education. The perioperative nurses’ scope of practice is constantly changing because of growing community and advancement of technology. The Slogan of ORNAC is “Promoting Excellence” and reassuring support to the members and community (Purpose and Beliefs.)
Guidelines such as purpose, mission, and vision and its strong support to nurses and overall benefits of being a member
The purpose of ORNAC is committed to promote excellent client care framed on standards of nursing practice, detailed education, clinical competency, ethics, analyses and nursing practice. (ORNAC) Purpose and Beliefs.) The fundamental standards for an excellent perioperative care are promotion of leadership qualities, practice skills, respect the rights of the diverse population, work in partnership with interprofessional team with association. The mission of ORNAC is to provide safe and quality client care. Enhance clinical competency, advanced education, be an active member for professional growth nationally and across the globe. The vision is to advocate for the safety of clients and become a strong leader in perioperative nursing practice. Maintain affiliation with national perioperative associations to advance clinical competency and education (Mission, Vision and Values). ORNAC is providing many bursaries for continuing education, discount fees for attending conferences, clothing or cosmetics, availability of peer review journals, networking opportunities with other nursing professionals. (Bursaries)
Impact of creating networking opportunities by the Organization and its influence on nurses in their career
ORNAC demonstrates leadership in patient safety through partnership with perioperative stake holders. Encourages best practice s with ORNAC standards for OR nurses. Assist in career development. Access to research and education grant opportunities. Build your network. Share ideas, ask for advice and learn from experienced nurses, get the latest perioperative news, learn more about best practice, enhance knowledge through peer reviewed articles, journals, educational webinars. Canadian Nurses Association (2018)
Responsibilities of the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice
The ORNACs’ model of concept demonstrates professional guidelines to confirms that perioperative Registered Nurses accountability and responsibility for the client care. The operating room practice standards enhance nurses to make decisions in areas of one’s own conduct, respect the values of clients, legal matters. Throughout the perioperative period, nurses focus is on surgical patient care. To execute clinical competency, continuing education knowledge, clinical and ethical decision-making, communication and psychomotor skills, safety, collaborative team work and leadership skills are essential. The benchmark of nursing practice is based on complete evaluation of pre-operative, intra-operative, and immediate post-operative stages of the operative patients’ outcome. (Beliefs and Conceptual Model)
Opportunities for continuing education and professional development
To enhance professional development, attend workshops to improve leadership qualities. Talk about work ORNAC conferences. This will improve good communication skills develop a reputation in career (Canadian Nurses Association, 2018). Moreover, advanced education enables perioperative nurses to become the Registered Nurse First Assistant. The added education gives opportunities for RNFAs’ to work in collaboration with surgeons to provide direct care during complex surgeries. In the year 2000, role of RNFA is recognised in Canada, and comes under the umbrella of the perioperative nurse’s scope of practice. RNFAs’ Canadian network enables them to vote and voice for ORNAC, able to attend for RNFA’s practice workshop, expand the communication link with other members (ORNAC., n.d.).
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