AORN Conference attendees! Please note that AORN has decided to cancel the in-person conference in Orlando due to the increase in COVID cases. Please check your email for a statement from the organization and additional communication regarding refunds.

By now we are all aware that the in-person portion of the AORN Surgical Conference has again been cancelled. Our membership organization made a valiant effort to return us to some degree of normalcy in scheduling a meeting for August but ultimately their work was stymied by the events on the ground in Florida. AORN has now quickly pivoted to maximizing a virtual meeting and there is a good lesson there for us in the Denver chapter. We are in unprecedented times in nursing and a high degree of flexibility is becoming the norm. That need for flexibility will likely be the requirement for our chapter this year as we begin our work.

We will begin our year this Thursday, August 5^th with a meeting of the elected officers and committee leaders for the chapter. Our full meetings will resume in September, but let’s anticipate that virtual meetings will be the norm for the near future. Adjusting to a new way of doing business with more technology and virtual and hybrid meetings settling in as the norm will present some challenges. However, I believe we also have some opportunities for our chapter if we are open to these realities. I look forward to seeing you in the virtual meetings as we come together again to kick off our work for 2021 and 2022.

Coming soon.

You’ve made it here – to our fabulous website! If you are looking to become a member of DAORN, this is how you go about it: If you are not already an AORN member, join AORN and select the Denver chapter (0601) in the membership application. If you are already an AORN member and would like to change or add chapters, please contact AORN Experience Services at (800) 755-2676 or custsvc@aorn.org. We look forward to meeting you!