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Webinar Addresses DEI

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The OR Today webinar “CCI’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards: Program Overview” was presented by Jim Stobinski, CEO and Lisa Rosenfield, special projects and partnerships lead at the Competency & Credentialing Institute. It was eligible for 1 CE credit. OR Today is approved and licensed to be a Continuing Education Provider with the California Board of Registered Nurses, License #16623.

The Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI) is a non-profit credentialing body dedicated to perioperative nursing. Its mission is to improve patient outcomes through nursing competency assessment and lifelong professional development.

In this 60-minute webinar, Stobinski and Rosenfield shared information about CCI’s newest initiative, the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards Program. This endeavor is designed to facilitate access to resources and increase diversity in the field of certified perioperative nursing, specifically for facilities which are under-resourced, in-need and/or underrepresented.

The presentation included information about the development and history of the program as well as its goals, program components and application information.

Attendees were also invited to submit questions.

One question was, “Why is CCI starting this DEI initiative now?”

The presenters said that after gathering data CCI discovered that it had to do a better job of understanding the overall makeup of all of perioperative nursing and making sure that the group represents the population.

The presenters were also asked about the importance of different certifications and expressed a desire to promote continuing education among nurses.

The complete question-and-answer session is available via an ondemand recording of the webinar at ORTodaywebinars.live.

Attendees provided feedback via a survey that included the question, “What were the most helpful components of the webinar?”

“Knowing there is training out there for RNs wanting to go into the OR,” said Tammy Ralls, associate vice president quality and safety operations, LifePoint Health.

“Noting the new OR certification options,” said Patricia Wouters from St. Lucie Surgery Center.

Jim Stobinski

Lisa Rosenfield

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