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During the past years, with support from the AADO Council, the Nurse Subcommittee has organized various educational activities to promote trauma nursing care.
Apart from delivering high quality trauma care to our clients, we are also looking into their psychosocial problems, occupational safety for our staff and promotion of health programmes...

Welcome to the Official Website of the Association of Maltese Orthopaedic Nurses

ANZONA is an international organisation that was set up by local Orthopaedic Nursing associations throughout New Zealand and Australia. ANZONA hosts regular conferences and serves as a great way for Orthopaedic nurses throughout Australia and New Zealand to learn about the latest developments in Orthopaedics and as an excellent way...

AONA Objectives Promoting the recognition of Orthopaedic Nursing as a professional specialty. Encouraging the exchange and dissemination of knowledge, skills and issues in the field of Orthopaedic Nursing. Providing a forum of continuing education by means of written data, lectures and seminars. Encouraging the highest standards of patient care in the realm of Orthopaedic...

The Canadian Orthopaedic Nurses Association believes that nurses who provide care to individuals with neuromuscular and skeletal disorders require a specific body of knowledge and skills to deliver the highest standard of care. We believe that this knowledge is acquired, maintained and advanced through basic knowledge, continuing education, practice and research.

Over the last century or more Orthopaedic Nuring has become a well developed and highly specialised area of nursing. Orthoapaedic Nurses provide specialised holistic care to individuals, alongside their families, with musculo-skeletal problems, injuries and conditions. Orthopaedic nurses provide care from the cradle to the grave in all settings...

The Irish Orthopaedic Nurses Section was established to provide a forum for orthopaedic nurses to network, to exchange practice information and to promote education events relevant to this specialist area.

The mission of the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses is to advance the quality of musculoskeletal health care by promoting excellence in research, education, and nursing practice.
The National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses promotes a culture of professional collaboration developed through trust, respect, integrity and passion for the specialty of orthopaedics.
The...

Established in 1982, the (US) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGISTS (NAOT) is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence through the continued educational development of orthopaedic allied health care professionals who specialize in casting, splinting and bracing. USA

NZONA is an organisation of concerned nurses and other health professionals who are involved in the field of orthopaedics. The New Zealand Orthopaedic Nurses' Association (NZONA) believes that nurses who provide care to individuals with neuromuscular and skeletal disorders require a specific body of knowledge to deliver the highest standard of...

Orthopaedic care may take place in the home, clinic, community, acute care ward, long term facility or hospice, or anywhere else that care is needed. The success of orthopaedic care is in the team approach, the recognition of the skills and limitations of each member and acceptance of the client/patient...

Certification --"why or why not?"--is a question that many orthopaedic nurses consider. The benefits of certification include a promotion of quality patient care, an elevation of the standards of orthopaedic nursing practice, and an increase of self-esteem and personal satisfaction. The life-long learning process of nursing is enhanced with the...

Objectives -
To be a resource group for advice and education in matters relating to orthopaedics and orthopaedic nurses
to promote the interests and activities of orthopaedic nurses
to identify issues of concern to orthopaedic nurses and to take action as necessary.

Currently the Section of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing (SOTN) is for members only, so cannot be directly accessed

SAON is an association advancing the quality of Orthopaedic health care provided to the community and promoting orthopaedic nursing as a specialty. We have regular meetings for members where the latest developments in Orthopaedic nursing are presented.