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Membership will give you access to benefits like
Educational meetings with exciting and informative guest speakers
Discounted registration to Study days & Conferences
Networking with Orthopaedic Nurses Associations interstate
Grants for educational purposes
Opportunity to meet members at informal occasions
Annual conference
This annual fee also gives you a subscription to the International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
Membership cost for 2017 will be $150
Definition:
The derivation of the term "orthopaedic" is from the Greek - orthos (straight) and paedis (child). The historic definition "the rearing of straight children" remains an important concept within the modern definition - the study of the form and function of the human frame.
Scope:
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 as central and contributing to the plan of care.