IFPN President’s Message about the 2025 Perioperative Nurses Week
Dear Colleagues,
This week, we proudly celebrate Perioperative Nurses Week 2025 and honor every perioperative nurse whose skill, vigilance, and compassion make surgery safe for millions of patients around the world.
Across our global community, national associations highlight themes that beautifully reflect the spirit and strength of perioperative nursing.
United States – AORN
Perioperative Nurses Week: November 9–15, 2025
AORN’s theme, “Light the Path,” recognizes the dedication, compassion, and expertise perioperative nurses bring to every surgical setting. Your steady presence guides patients and teams through their most vulnerable moments. Your vigilance ensures safety. Your skill brings confidence. Your humanity brings comfort.
https://www.aorn.org/events/perioperative-nurses-week#:~:text=Perioperative%20Nurses%20Week%20November%209%2D15%2C%202025
Canada – ORNAC
Perioperative Nurses Week: November 9–15, 2025
Celebrated across all provinces, ORNAC invites us to look “Behind the Mask,” honoring the compassion, advocacy, and surgical excellence that define perioperative nursing in Canada. Their message reflects the deep commitment perioperative nurses bring to patient safety and interprofessional collaboration.
https://ornac.ca/news.phtml/98/pnw-2025
Australia & New Zealand – ACORN
ACORN celebrates its national Perioperative Nurses Week earlier in the year, with the inspiring S.T.A.R.S. theme that acknowledges the essential roles across the perioperative team, including scrub and scout nurses, technicians, anesthesia teams, recovery nurses, and all who support safe surgery. This celebration reinforces the unity and shared purpose of perioperative professionals throughout Australia and New Zealand.
https://www.acorn.org.au/pnw2025
A Shared Global Message
These themes from around the world illuminate a powerful truth:
Perioperative nurses are the steady light in the operating room, combining precision, teamwork, and humanity to protect every patient who places their trust in us.
As IFPN, we are deeply proud of this global family. Your expertise shapes safer systems. Your dedication advances perioperative practice. Your resilience strengthens teams through complexity and change. Most importantly, your compassion ensures that every patient enters the operating room with dignity and hope.
Thank you for the excellence you bring to your roles, for uplifting your colleagues, and for your unwavering commitment to patient safety.
We encourage every department to take time this week to reflect, recognize, and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of perioperative nurses across the world.
Wishing you a meaningful and inspiring Perioperative Nurses Week 2025.
With respect and gratitude,
On behalf of the IFPN Board
Prof. Dr. Meryem Yavuz van Giersbergen
President
International Federation of Perioperative Nurses (IFPN)
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