Results of the 2006 AORN Salary Survey: Trends for Perioperative Nursing

ABSTRACT
- AORN CONDUCTED ITS ANNUAL compensation survey for perioperative nurses in August 2006.
- A MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL was used to examine how a variety of variables, including job title, education level, certification, experience, and geographic region, affect nursing compensation.
- THIS SURVEY ALSO EXAMINES the effect of other forms of compensation (eg, on-call compensation, overtime, bonuses, shift differential) on average base compensation rates. AORN J 84 (December 2006) 952-963. © AORN, Inc, 2006.