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RUTH MELVILLE
ACORN PRESIDENT
2012-2014
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Objectives
• Overview of ACORN and recent activities
• Brief overview of how the National Safety and Quality Health
Service Standards impact Perioperative Services and their
alignment to ACORN Standards
• ACORN Standards – What's new?
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ACORN
PNAQ
NSWOTA
Victorian Perioperative Nurses
Group
Tasmanian Operating Room
Nurses
South Australian
Perioperative
Nurses
Association
Operating Room Nurses
Association of WA
NTPN
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ORNA
SAPNA
TORN
VPNG
NSW Operating
Theatre
Association
Perioperative
Nurses Association
of QLD
NT Perioperative
Nurses
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ACORN Structure
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ACORN's Vision
• Standards utilising evidence based practices S
• Professional growth and development P
• Innovating to achieve best patient care I
• Representing all States and Territories R
• Influencing health policy I
• Teamwork T
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ACORN's Vision
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ACORN Committee’s
• Executive Committee
• Finance Committee
• Standards Committee
• Journal Committee
• Marketing Committee
• Website Committee
• Education Committee
• Conference Committee
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ACORN 2012-2014 Strategic
achievements
Implemented e-technology options
• website upgrade
• Variable modes of standards-electronic
and hard copy
• Webinar education
• Facebook and Twitter
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ACORN 2012-2014 Strategic
achievements
Financial Stability
• Governance and risk management policies
• Financial planning
• Achieving not for profit status
• Accreditation of courses
• Increased corporate memberships
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ACORN 2012-2014 Strategic
achievements
Members have had greater access to
• Financial grants
• Research scholarship
• Currently exploring support for our pacific
region nurses offering scholarship's to
attend Australian perioperative
conferences at local or national level
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ACORN 2012-2014 Strategic
achievements
Strengthened international alliances
• New Zealand Perioperative Nurses College –
NZPNC
• Asian Perioperative Nurse Association –
ASIORNA
• International Federation of Perioperative
Nurses- IFPN
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ACORN 2012-2014 Strategic
achievements /projects
Strengthened strategic alliances
• Links with ACHS
• Sits on the Council of National Nursing
Organisations - CoNNO
• Collaborated with RACS – scrubbing,
gowning and gloving appendix, SAST project
• Participate with ANZCA promoting standards
and anaesthetic nursing roles
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ACORN 2012-2014 Strategic
achievements/projects
Strengthened strategic alliances
• Board members have participated in reviews of
relevant Australian standards and National standards
– User applied Labelling of Injectable Medicines,
Fluids and Lines
• Participated in project to establish the development
of professional recognition scheme – credentialing
• Participating as a member of the Alliance for sharps
safety and needlestick prevention in healthcare
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ACORN Standards
serve as a reminder or aide-mémoire for our professional practice.
help us when advocating for consistency in quality care to ensure best outcomes for all our patients.
define us a community - to ourselves, to colleagues, to stakeholders.
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ACORN Standards Review
Team Formed
• Editor
• Team leaders
• Experts
• Stakeholders
• Key skills
Literature Reviewed
• Published
• Unpublished
• Legislation
• AS/NZS
• NQSHS*
Standard Revised
• Review team
• Stakeholders
• Legal Review
• Editor
Standard Approved
• Standards
Committee
• ACORN Board
National Safety and Quality in Health Service
Standards
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Structure
Process
Outcome
ACORN Standards Review
Board
Committee
Leads
Teams
Editor
Evidence
Recommendations
Rigorous process Outcome- focused Evidence-based Flexible and
adaptable recommendations
End-user involvement
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Review Leads
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Review Leads
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Review Teams
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Sharps Management
• Safe handling
• Disposal
• Infection risk
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Manual Handling
• Back injury
• Repetitive movements
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Fatigue
• Surgical count
• Medication safety
• Manual handling
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Electrosurgical Equipment
-Surgical fires
-Serious injury
-Deaths
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What’s new!
• Major revisions – Electrosurgical equipment
– Sharps management
– Perioperative attire*
– OR planning and design
– Infection prevention
– PNSA
• New – Fatigue management*
– Sustainable perioperative practice
*available later in 2014
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Perioperative Nurses Week 2014
National Perioperative Nurses week
“12th – 19th October 2014
Allow Perioperative Nurses to celebrate and share their work with the theme “TEAMWORK”
“POSTER”
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To order your copy of the
ACORN Standards visit our new website
www.acorn.org.au
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Questions?