….LINKS….

Perioperative  Email lists

OR Nurses Down Under -   list owner is Lilian Blair

E-mail list for Australian OR nurses for support and to share ideas and information.

 

Periop email list – American based

 

Australian  perioperative  sites

Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN)  

Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group (VPNG)

Tasmanian Operating Room Nurses (TORN)

Operating Room Nurses Association of Western Australia (ORNA) 

South Australian Perioperative Nurses Association (SAPNA)

 Perioperative Nurse Association of Queensland (PNAQ)

Northern Territory Perioperative nurses

 

International perioperative sites

 

AfPP  Association for Perioperative Practice (British perioperative nurses)

 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)  (American perioperative nurses)

 International Federation of Perioperative Nurses

Operating  Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC)

South African Theatre Nurse

 

 

Other Australian professional organizations

Nursing

Royal College of Nursing Australia

Australian Nursing Federation

Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council

NSW Nurses Association

Nurses & Midwives Board NSW

The Australasian Day Surgery Association

The Australian Nurse Teacher association

The Joanna Briggs Institute

The Australian Society for Post Anaesthesia Nurses and Anaesthesia Nurses (ASPAAN)

Other

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

Australian Government Dept of Health & Aging - publications

Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)

Sterilising Research & Advisory Council of Australia

 

 

Anaesthetics & Recovery Room

American Society of Perianaesthesia Nurses   (ASPAN)

American  Association of Nurse Anaesthetists (AANA)

British Anaesthetic and Recovery Room Nurses Association

International Federation of Nurse Anaesthetists (IFNA)

Virtual anaesthesia text book

The Anaesthesia Education Website

This site has some excellent physiology information under “exam resources”

Update in Anaesthesia   Journal from World Anaesthesia.

                                             FABULOUS practical procedures / equipment

 

Day Surgery—Australian

Australian Day Surgery Nurses Association

British Association of Day Surgery

 

Endoscopy

GENCA Gastroenterological Nurses College of Australia

Endoscope Reprocessing – Queensland Health

http://www.myendosite.com/

SGNA Society for Gastroenterologist Nurses (USA)

 

Other sites  with education resources

World ortho   the World of Orthopaedics, Trauma, and Sports Medicine

                           This site has online orthopaedic text books

American Society of Opthalmic nurses

Eye resources on the internet

Infection control today (USA)    

Surgical Tutorial web site – free online tutorials, covers many topics

Online Atlas of Surgery

Online Laparoscopic Technical Manual

 

Journals

OR Manager

Outpatient Surgery Magazine

Nursing Review on Line

The Operating Theatre Journal

 

Informatics / searching 

Look Smart – a great place to search for articles

Tutorials & On-Line learning Resources for Nurses & families

 

 

Surgeons / Anaesthetists sites

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists  (ANZCA)

Australian Society of Anaesthetists
Australian Medical Association
Australasian Anaesthesia

Royal Australian & New Zealand College Of Ophthalmologists

American College of surgeons

American Society of Anaesthetists
British Association of Day Surgery
Federated Ambulatory Surgeons Association
Society for Ambulatory Anaesthesia (Samba)