RUTH MELVILLE

ACORN PRESIDENT

2012-2014

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

ACORN Structure

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

ACORN Committee’s

• Executive Committee

• Finance Committee

• Standards Committee

• Journal Committee

• Marketing Committee

• Website Committee

• Education Committee

• Conference Committee

ACORN 2012-2014 Strategic

achievements

Implemented e-technology options

• website upgrade

• Variable modes of standards-electronic

and hard copy

• Webinar education

• Facebook and Twitter

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Review Leads

Review Leads

Review Teams

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

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”

To order your copy of the

ACORN Standards visit our new website

www.acorn.org.au

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Questions?