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Prepare to pass the CNOR Exam!

Welcome to the Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) Review Resource Center, your online guide to preparing for the Certified Perioperative Nurse Certification Exam (CNOR). Here you will find access to a variety of resources to help you as you prepare to take the Certified Perioperative Nurse Certification Exam (CNOR).

Course available in 2 formats:

Watch a Sample of the Course

Course Overview:

The CNOR review course provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of perioperative nursing care based on the CNOR exam content outline. Participants receive information that will not only promote certification exam success but will also enhance clinical nursing practice.

Course Objectives:

Review and discuss perioperative nursing certification exam content based on the CNOR exam content outline.
Attain information to support and enhance perioperative nursing clinical practice.

Course Outline:

Session 1: Exam Overview and Test Taking
Session 2: Pre/postoperative Patient Assessment and Diagnosis
Session 3: Individualized POC Development and Expected Outcome Identification
Session 4: Management of Intraoperative Activities
Session 5: Communication and Documentation
Session 6: Infection Prevention and Control of Environment, Instrumentation and Supplies
Session 7: Emergency Situations
Session 8: Professional Accountability

About the course instructor:

Tonia Johnson, MSN, BSN, RN, RN-BC, CNOR

Tonia is dedicated to preparing operating room nurses to sit for the CNOR Exam. She is an expert in perioperative nursing with more than 20 years of experience in a variety of roles including clinical manager, clinical nurse specialist, charge nurse, and education coordinator. Currently she is the Manager of Clinical Education for Perioperative Services at a major Level One Trauma Center in Washington, D.C. In this role, she manages the Education Team which oversees education for the Operating Room, Pre & Post Op, Sterile Processing, Radiology Nursing and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Tonia shares her expertise and passion for OR nursing in this course as she provides a thorough review of CNOR content based on the CNOR exam content outline and prepares participants to pass the CNOR exam.

About Contact Hours:

Live course contact hours: 8 hours

E-course contact hours: 10 hours

For Nurses Outside of Florida and California: Nurse Builders is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

For Florida and California Nurses: Nurse Builders is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider #15118) and the Florida Board of Nursing (provider #50-9679).

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