Hong Kong College of Perioperative Nursing (HKCPON) was established in 2012. It is one of 15 institutional colleges of Hong Kong Academy Nursing and Midwifery (HKANM). HKCPON has 5 subgroup of professional nurses : Perioperative Nurses, Endoscopy Nurses, Perfusion Nurses, Sterile Store Nurses and Pain Nurses.
Mission:
We are to promote the advancement of perioperative nursing;
We are to promote, foster, develop and assist medical and allied professions in the study of and acquisition, dissemination and application of knowledge and information concerning perioperative nursing;
We are to furtherance of the objects of the College to encourage, stimulate and aid research in perioperative nursing;
We are to stimulate public interest and provide public education in perioperative nursing and their related problems and to assist in keeping the medical profession in Hong Kong up to date in the latest developments in the field of medical and scientific research in perioperative nursing;
We are to encourage, assist and arrange for medical professionals, scientists, students and others to come to Hong Kong for the purposes of research and study and for the purposes of teaching and demonstrating theory and practice relating to perioperative nursing;
We are to encourage, assist and arrange for the medical professionals, nurses, scientists, students and others to travel abroad and engage in research study and training and to gain experience in modern methods of perioperative nursing;
We are to encourage, arrange for and assist students, medical professionals, nurses, scientists and others from Hong Kong and from abroad to undertake research in the perioperative nursing and to acquire training in methods of research in fields of perioperative nursing;
We are to advise the Hong Kong Academy of Nursing and Midwives (HKANM) and the Government on the registration and qualification standard regarding admission of fellowship matters.