1. American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses

2. ASORN
 Organized in 1976 to unite
registered nurses committed to
providing quality ophthalmic care.
 Today members include persons
from all parts of the ophthalmic
team.

3. Membership
 Active Member
Registered Nurses
 Individual Affiliate
Ophthalmic Technicians,
Administrators. Photographers
LVNs/LPNs
Surgical Technologists

4. ASORN’s Mission Statement
 ASORN’s mission is to foster
excellence in ophthalmic patient
care and to support the ophthalmic
team through individual
development, education and
evidence-based practice.

5. Resources
 Safe Surgical Checklist
 Mitomycin-C Learning Module
 Publications

6. Publications
 Insight: The Journal of the American
Society of Ophthalmic Registered
Nurses
 ASORN Connection (online)
 ASORN Blink (online)

7. Publications
Core Curriculum
for Ophthalmic
Nursing

8. Publications
Ophthalmic
Procedures for
the Office and
Clinic

9. Publications
Ophthalmic
Procedures for
the Operating
Room and
Ambulatory
Surgery Center

10. Publications
Care and
Handling of
Ophthalmic
Microsurgical
Instruments

11. Publications
Standards of
Ophthalmic
Clinical Nursing
Practice

12. Continuing Education
 ASORN is accredited as a provider
of continuing nursing education by
the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s (ANCC) Commission on
Accreditation (COA).

13. Continuing Education
 Meetings
Annual Meeting – 2013 New Orleans
Regional Meetings
○ Fort Worth
○ San Antonio
○ Chicago
 Webinars – 2013 series Focus on the ASC

14. Continuing Education
 ActionED
 ASORN is a partner in ActionED the
online continuing education site for
ophthalmic professionals.

15. ActionED
 Nursing and/or JCAHPO credits
available on ActionED for:
ASORN Manuals and Core Curriculum
Chapters
Continuing Education Articles published
in Insight.

16. RN Certification
 The National Certifying Board for
Ophthalmic Registered Nurses
(NCBORN) has certified registered
nurses since 1989.

17. Employment
 ASORN Careers
powered by Local Eye Site
www.localeyesite.com/asorn-careers

18. www.ASORN.org
 For more information or to join
ASORN visit us at:
www.ASORN.org