Elsevier / MC Strategies and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Launch Perioperative Nursing Skills Collection

New Evidence-based Procedures Series Latest in Mosby's Nursing Skills

ATLANTA, Georgia, October 20, 2010 - Elsevier / MC Strategies (www.mcstrategies.com/), a
pioneer in providing e-learning solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare
organizations, has partnered with the Association of periOperative Registered
Nurses (AORN) to develop the latest module for Mosby's Nursing Skills:
Perioperative Collection, the only perioperative-specific set of nursing
skills approved by AORN to be consistent with the Standards and Recommended
Practices.

Authored by practicing Certified Nurse, Operating Room (CNOR(R)(1))
nurses, this interactive, online resource helps perioperative nurses achieve
the ever-changing standards of care. Content for the skills collection is
consistent with AORN's Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices.

"Perioperative Nursing Skills will provide a superior resource for nurses
practicing within the OR," said Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN,
Executive Director and CEO, AORN. "Relied upon for their critical-thinking
skills and professional judgment, perioperative nurses require current
information that will help them excel and provide quality patient care. This
product will encourage nurses to practice in accordance with AORN
recommendations and standards from patient assessment through post-surgery
patient education."

The primary references for Perioperative Nursing Skills include AORN
Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, AORN Journal, Alexander's
Care of the Patient in Surgery (Elsevier), The Joint Commission National
Patient Safety Goals, Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing (Elsevier), and the
Association of Surgical Technologists (AST).

"The addition of perioperative skills allows us to now offer hospitals a
complete skills collection," said Barbara Nelson Cullen, Vice President of
Healthcare e-Learning for Elsevier / MC Strategies. "Working alongside AORN
to develop these skills, we have created a product that provides our
customers with the best of the best - evidence-based skills that will enhance
patient safety and overall patient care."

Designed to meet the nurse education and training needs of healthcare
organizations today, Mosby's Nursing Skills combines a powerful reference
product with convenient competency management system functionality to form
one comprehensive resource. Mosby's Nursing Skills offers nurses and nurse
educators convenient online access to current, evidence-based skills and
procedures. In addition to perioperative Nursing Skills, nearly 1,000 skills
are featured within specialties such as Critical Care Nursing, Emergency
Nursing, Pediatric Acute and Critical Care, Maternal / Newborn, Mental
Health, Neonatal and more.

(1) CNOR/CRNFA are registered trademarks of the Competency and
Credentialing Institute, Denver, CO

About AORN

AORN, Inc., the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses,
represents over 41,000 Registered Nurses in the U.S. and abroad who
facilitate the management, teaching and practice of perioperative nursing, or
who are enrolled in nursing education or engaged in perioperative research.
Its members also include perioperative nurses who work in related business
and industry sectors. AORN's mission is to support RNs in achieving optimal
outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures.
AORN promotes quality patient care by providing its members with education,
standards, services and representation. www.aorn.org

About Elsevier / MC Strategies

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Elsevier / MC Strategies (
www.mcstrategies.com) has been providing web-based training and
education products and services to the healthcare industry since 1986. The
company is a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions and serves a client
base of over 1,300 healthcare organizations nationwide, including integrated
health-delivery networks, hospitals, academic institutions and the federal
government. We offer a wide range of courses to help nurses meet their
clinical and professional education needs and as part of Elsevier Health
Sciences, home to some of the world's premier names in healthcare publishing
such as Mosby and Saunders, our library continues to grow.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. The company works in partnership
with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000
journals, including The Lancet (www.thelancet.com/) and Cell
(www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
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MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com/php/223273041-2/homepage) and Nursing
Consult (www.nursingconsult.com/php/223273076-2/home.html), which
enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal
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deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

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worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (
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