AORN of San Diego County

10/28/2026

Have you been a member of AORN San Diego County for at least one year? If you have taken the CNOR certification exam this year between April 1 and September 30, 2026, we are offering a reimbursement scholarship in the amount of the single exam registration fee of $445. Our chapter awards two First Time CNOR scholarships twice each year! The awards for this term will be presented at our December meeting.

10/15/2026

10/14/2026

🩺 5 Minutes of Your Time Could Help Improve OR Patient Safety!

Perioperative nurses — we need your voice! 📣

Think about all the surfaces we touch during a surgical procedure. Are there areas that might be overlooked during routine environmental cleaning? What have YOU noticed in your OR?

We're helping a DNP student gather insights from perioperative nurses for a research project exploring high-touch OR surfaces, environmental cleaning practices, and surgical site infection prevention.
📝 Here's how you can help:
- ⏱️ Less than 5 minutes
- ✅ Just 10 questions
- 🔒 Anonymous and confidential
- 💙 An opportunity to contribute to future infection prevention initiatives

You work in the OR. You know the challenges. Your experience matters!

Research depends on people willing to share their perspectives. Even a few minutes of your time can help identify opportunities to strengthen perioperative practice and patient safety.

📅 Survey closes December 1, 2026
👉 Take the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdV-G_O-9yQYwyWPGeEy54s9hd4zrgTyvS2I_UPJmOj07pXQg/viewform?usp=header
🙌 Know another perioperative nurse? Tag them or share this post! Help us reach nurses across different facilities and specialties.

Infection Prevention Survey

09/24/2026

💙 Learning, Service & Connection — All in One Morning!

What a wonderful time we had at our September Educational Breakfast at Broken Yolk!

A huge thank you to Dr. Nikki Washington for an engaging and interactive presentation on recognizing and responding to perioperative emergencies. From identifying those early warning signs to knowing how to react when seconds matter—including emergencies such as Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST)—the session gave us plenty to think about and take back to our practice. 🚨🩺

And our morning wasn’t just about learning! ❤️ Thank you to everyone who helped assemble hygiene kits for children and youth experiencing homelessness. We’re grateful to be able to support our community while spending time together as a chapter.

Great education. Meaningful service. Even better company.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and made the morning so special. This is what our AORN San Diego community is all about!

09/22/2026

💙Happy Surgical Technologists Week! 💙

This week, we celebrate the incredible surgical technologists who help keep our ORs safe, efficient, and ready for whatever comes through the doors.

You anticipate the next move.
You protect the sterile field.
You know the instruments.
You troubleshoot when things don’t go as planned.
And you work side-by-side with nurses, surgeons, anesthesia professionals, and the entire perioperative team to provide safe, high-quality care.

Behind every successful procedure is a team — and surgical technologists are an essential part of that team. 👏

To the surgical techs who work alongside us every day: thank you for your skill, precision, teamwork, and commitment to our patients.

AORN of San Diego County is proud to celebrate you this week and grateful to have you as part of our perioperative community! 💙

09/18/2026

⏰ Tomorrow’s the Day!

Join AORN of San Diego County TOMORROW for our September Educational Breakfast! Come enjoy a morning of learning, networking, and giving back to our community.

Earn 1 CE with Dr. Nikki Washington during:
“Can You Recognize It? An Interactive Guide to Managing Medical Emergencies in the Perioperative Setting.”

And we’re giving back!
We’ll be assembling hygiene kits for children and youth experiencing homelessness to donate to the San Diego County Office of Education.

📅 Saturday, September 19
⏰ 9:30–11:30 AM
📍 Broken Yolk Cafe
3577 Midway Dr., San Diego
💻 Can’t join us for breakfast? Join via Zoom!

Breakfast + networking
Interactive education
1 CE
Community service
Learn something. Meet someone. Help someone.

What better way to spend a Saturday morning?
We hope to see you tomorrow!

https://www.aornsandiego.org/calendar-of-events/2026/aornsd-septemberchaptermeeting

09/10/2026

Join AORN of San Diego County on Saturday, September 19 for a morning that brings together some of the best parts of our chapter — education, networking, and community service! 💙

- Earn 1 CE during an interactive presentation with Dr. Nikki Washington on recognizing and managing medical emergencies in the perioperative setting.
- Connect with fellow perioperative professionals over breakfast.
- And while we’re together, we’ll be assembling hygiene kits for children and youth experiencing homelessness to donate to the San Diego County Office of Education.

📅 Saturday, September 19 | 9:30–11:30 AM
📍 Broken Yolk Cafe, 3577 Midway Dr.
💻 Zoom option available for the meeting and education

Come for the learning. Stay for the connections. Help us make an impact beyond the OR.

All are welcome — we’d love to see you there!

https://www.aornsandiego.org/calendar-of-events/2026/aornsd-septemberchaptermeeting

09/09/2026

📣 Perioperative Nurses — Your Perspective Is Needed!

We’re helping a DNP student recruit perioperative nurses for a doctoral project exploring:
High-Touch OR Surfaces & Environmental Cleaning Practices for Surgical Site Infection Prevention

The project seeks to better understand which high-touch surfaces in the operating room may be overlooked during routine environmental cleaning and identify potential opportunities to strengthen SSI prevention practices.

📝 The survey:
• Is anonymous and confidential
• Includes just 10 questions
• Takes less than 5 minutes to complete
• Is intended for perioperative nurses

Your experience in the OR can provide valuable insight into current cleaning practices and help identify areas that may deserve greater attention.

Survey closes December 1, 2026
👉 Take the survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdV-G_O-9yQYwyWPGeEy54s9hd4zrgTyvS2I_UPJmOj07pXQg/viewform?usp=header

Questions about the project may be directed to:
Doctoral Candidate: Victor Osunde — [email protected]
Faculty: Alice Butzlaff — [email protected] | (408) 924-3131

Please consider taking a few minutes to participate — and share this post with another perioperative nurse! 💙

09/08/2026

❤️ A Few Hours. A Few Helping Hands. A Big Impact.

This Sunday, AORN of San Diego County is heading back to Ladle Fellowship, and we’d love for you to join us!

Giving back to our community is an important part of who we are as a chapter. Come spend the afternoon alongside fellow AORN members as we lend a hand and support the work Ladle Fellowship does for our San Diego neighbors.
📅 Sunday, September 13
⏰ 1:00–3:30 PM
📍 First Presbyterian Church of San Diego

Bring a coworker, friend, or family member and make an afternoon of it. You don’t have to be an AORN member to help — the more helping hands, the better! 💙

Come connect, serve, and make a difference with us.

https://www.aornsandiego.org/calendar-of-events/2026/septemberladle

AORN of San Diego County invites you to join us at the Ladle Fellowship Soup Kitchen, where we'll be serving a comforting meal and distributing clothing to the homeless. Date: Second Sunday of each month Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm Location: First Presbyterian Church San Diego, 320 Date St, San Diego, CA

09/02/2026

🍂 September with AORN of San Diego County: SERVE. LEARN. LEAD. 🍂

We have three great opportunities to connect with your perioperative community this month!

❤️ SERVE | Ladle Fellowship
📅 Sept. 13 | 1:00–3:30 PM
Join us as we give back to our San Diego community.

🚨 LEARN | Chapter Meeting + 1 CE
📅 Sept. 19 | 9:30–11:30 AM
📍 Broken Yolk Cafe + Zoom
Can You Recognize It? Explore how to recognize and respond to medical emergencies in the perioperative setting with Dr. Nikki Washington.

💡 LEAD | Board Meeting
📅 Sept. 28 | 7:00–8:00 PM
Come see what’s happening with the chapter, share your ideas, and help shape what’s next!
Serve your community. Strengthen your practice. Help shape our future.

👉 Visit our Events Calendar for details and registration.
https://www.aornsandiego.org/calendar-of-events