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Membership hits all-time high
Membership hits all-time high
AORN membership is at an all-time high with 30,518 members. At the same time last year, membership was 29,068. Credit for the increased membership, according to Membership Director Carol Sibelius, goes to the postCongress membership campaign launched April 18, which offered a $10 bonus to anyone who recruited a new member. The campaign ended June 1 and brought in 1,012 new members. When you fill out the membership application or renewal form, you provide AORN with information such as your employment, education, and age. This information is used by AORN to plan educational programs and other activities. If you are interested in writing an article for the Journal, it can give you an accurate profile of your reader audience. The material may also help your chapter in its program planning. We thought you might be interested in knowing who you-the AORN members-are. Of the total membership, 2,089 are associate members, which means these nurses do not work in the operating room, but in related areas such as recovery, emergency, or central supply. Nurses working only as first assistants are associate members, and 54 members classified themselves as that. The majority of the associate members are retired or inactive operating room nurses, but 167 directors of nurses are in this group. Most represented are recovery room and surgical unit nurses. Almost a third of you-28.5%-hold management level positions. Of these, 1,212 or almost 15% are directors or coordinators of
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surgical services. There are 3,588 OR supervisors (about 12%). Another 3,746 or 12.5°/0 are head nurses. A little more than half of you-16,620 or %%-are staff nurses. There are 1,359 inservice or staff development nurses, and 350 members list themselves as clinical specialists.Another 1,159 check their job category as private scrub/surgeon’s assistantlpractitioner. Officers of local chapters number 1,373 or 4.5%. Most of you do not belong to the American Nurses’ Association (ANA) or the National League for Nurses (NLN). Only 260 belong to both; 3,609 belong to ANA; and 208 belong to the NLN. Just over half of you are diploma graduates-1 7,272 or 57%. Associate degree graduates number 5,214 or 17%. Of the 6,595 (22%) with bachelor’s degrees, 4,752 are in nursing, while 1,843 are in other fields. Of the 800 members with master’s degrees, 377 are in nursing, while the other 423 are in other fields. There are four members who have doctorates in nursing, while 14 have doctorates in other disciplines. Most of you work in civilian hospitals with over 100 beds-about 74%. Only about 12% or 3,665 of you are in small hospitals of under 100 beds. As for age, about a third of you or 10,642 are women between 41 and 55. Less than 1,000 women members are under 25. There are 1,020 men members, with the majority in the 31- to 35-year-old age group. Other information on the form reveals that 453 members are foreign residents, and 3,770 are CNORs.
AORN Journal, August 1983, Vol38, No 2
AORN membership is at an all-time high with 30,518 members. At the same time last year, membership was 29,068. Credit for the increased membership, according to Membership Director Carol Sibelius, goes to the postCongress membership campaign launched April 18, which offered a $10 bonus to anyone who recruited a new member. The campaign ended June 1 and brought in 1,012 new members. When you fill out the membership application or renewal form, you provide AORN with information such as your employment, education, and age. This information is used by AORN to plan educational programs and other activities. If you are interested in writing an article for the Journal, it can give you an accurate profile of your reader audience. The material may also help your chapter in its program planning. We thought you might be interested in knowing who you-the AORN members-are. Of the total membership, 2,089 are associate members, which means these nurses do not work in the operating room, but in related areas such as recovery, emergency, or central supply. Nurses working only as first assistants are associate members, and 54 members classified themselves as that. The majority of the associate members are retired or inactive operating room nurses, but 167 directors of nurses are in this group. Most represented are recovery room and surgical unit nurses. Almost a third of you-28.5%-hold management level positions. Of these, 1,212 or almost 15% are directors or coordinators of
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surgical services. There are 3,588 OR supervisors (about 12%). Another 3,746 or 12.5°/0 are head nurses. A little more than half of you-16,620 or %%-are staff nurses. There are 1,359 inservice or staff development nurses, and 350 members list themselves as clinical specialists.Another 1,159 check their job category as private scrub/surgeon’s assistantlpractitioner. Officers of local chapters number 1,373 or 4.5%. Most of you do not belong to the American Nurses’ Association (ANA) or the National League for Nurses (NLN). Only 260 belong to both; 3,609 belong to ANA; and 208 belong to the NLN. Just over half of you are diploma graduates-1 7,272 or 57%. Associate degree graduates number 5,214 or 17%. Of the 6,595 (22%) with bachelor’s degrees, 4,752 are in nursing, while 1,843 are in other fields. Of the 800 members with master’s degrees, 377 are in nursing, while the other 423 are in other fields. There are four members who have doctorates in nursing, while 14 have doctorates in other disciplines. Most of you work in civilian hospitals with over 100 beds-about 74%. Only about 12% or 3,665 of you are in small hospitals of under 100 beds. As for age, about a third of you or 10,642 are women between 41 and 55. Less than 1,000 women members are under 25. There are 1,020 men members, with the majority in the 31- to 35-year-old age group. Other information on the form reveals that 453 members are foreign residents, and 3,770 are CNORs.
AORN Journal, August 1983, Vol38, No 2