THE
JANUARY MEETING TO BE HELD AT INTEGRIS
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
BUILDING D, LEVEL C, ROOMS F, G, & H
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Congress 2001. Coretta Scott King is one of the Key Note Speakers.
The topic for our March meeting is “Making right choices: Right glove for Right Job.” There will be a door prize drawing—can’t wait! I also believe Cindy McDonald will have additional free Contact Hours available to take home. Our April meeting will be on Trauma and May we will have two different perspectives on Facility Laundered Scrubs. If I don’t see you at Congress, I’ll see you in March! Loretta |
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Are you looking for “greener grass”? Is your facility looking for personnel?
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| Oklahoma State Council of
PeriOperative Nurses (OSCPN) along with
each of the AORN chapters of Oklahoma have joined forces to promote a new employment advertising website for Healthcare personnel within the state of Oklahoma. This site will produce revenue for your chapter by paying a commission of 20% to the chapter that refers each job ad. The more ads your institution lists, the higher the commission to your chapter. It is up to each member to promote their organization and to have a voice in what their chapter does with its funds. Please contact your agency recruiter and recommend the site to list Nursing and Healthcare employment openings. Remember to list your chapter as the “referral”. Please visit http://www.oklahomajobs.org
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AORN is offering three years of membership for $165. That is $10 a year off the cost of national dues. Sign up now and forget about paying dues until 2003!
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40 Years Ago In OR Nursing The Association celebrates its first anniversary of the publication OR Nursing.
Roundtable discussions are held at Congress to include, chemical disinfection, handling septic material, and disposable drapes.
Caroline Rogers, RN, shares her opinion that the staff nurse in the OR is the hub around which the remaining team members revolve.
In “Clinical Briefs,” two surgeons recommend using mobile ORs to go to the aid of heart attack victims, specifically victims who would benefit from the open-chest, manual-massage technique.
Look below for more OR Nursing History
Refreshments
For the March Meeting
Will be provided by:
Cindy McDonald, RN, CNOR
Clinical Consultant
Ansell Healthcare
Nancy Storer Suzann Charbeneau
Owen Checotf
Patrice Drummond
Peggy Elkins
Barbara Hunter
Cynthia Johnson
Welcome New, Renewed, & Rejoined Members Cynthia Palmer
Lisa Rother
Leesa Thompson
Stella Walton
Cecilia Yowell
RNFA Coarse Participant’s
In October, three RN’s from Oklahoma City attended the RNFA coarse in Taos, New Mexico. They were Dan Burke and Jenny Wilson of Mercy Health Center, and Sharon Bycroft of St. Anthony’s Hospital.
With the completion of the coarse the total number of RNFA’s at their institutions are eight at Mercy and five at St. Anthony’s.
Congratulations to Dan, Jenny and Sharon
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AORN
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS
2000-2001
Click Here| Gilley’s Honky-Tonk Celebration |
Do not miss this fun-filled evening. Tuesday, March 13, Texas-size entertainment will be offered throughout the evening, along with gourmet chuck wagon food, two drink tickets, and an opportunity to ride “El Toro,” the mechanical bull.
For attendees who are unfamiliar with the two-step, dance lessons will be available so that everyone can participate. The fee for the evening is $60. To attend, mark your registration form and step into the best honky-tonk in Texas.
30 Years Ago in the AORN Journal
Naomi Holtzer’s, RN, Story of her tour as an OR nurse in Vietnam.
Chemosurgery to treat skin cancer.
Gertrude Kohloff, RN, tells of attending her first Congress. Even though her horoscope advised no travel during the week of Congress, she attended anyway, overcoming an airline strike and a hotel room on the 13th floor, and had a wonderful time.
Members due to Renew |
| Cindy Baudendistel
Rosalie Dupus Leslie Haidek Lauri Hukili Diana Martin Gina Mersman |
Deborah Miller Sherry Mills Sheila Parra Pamela Photiadis Joel Roberts Cheryl Threatt Charlotte Wurtzbacher |
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Legislative Priorities |
AORN’s legilative priorities, as developed by the National Legislative Committee and approved by the Board of Directors, are as follows.
§ Ensure the supervisory presence of the professional Registered Nurse in the perioperative arena, promote AORN’s position that “Every surgical patient deserves a perioperative nurse”, and ensure that state laws require RNs in the circulator role.
§ Medicare reimbursement for the certified Registered Nurse First Assistants (RNFAs), and third-party reimbursement for RNFAs in the states.
§ Supervision and regulation of assistive personnel. AORN supports the establishment of basic educational standards for surgical technologists (STs). In addition, AORN suspends opposition to the registration or certification of STs, as long as it is under the state nursing board or equivalent.
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Educational Opportunites/ AORN Events |
Join AORN at our 48th annual AORN Congress-March 11-15 in Dallas. Pre-Congress March 10th
AORN Goes to Washington-Three great events, One great place! June 22-26 for RNFA Forum (16.6 Contact hours), AORN Leadership Conference (4.8 Contact hours), and AORN Lobby Day (12.1 Contact hours).
2001 World Conference doesn’t come around every year. Make sure not to miss this event, Sept.
2-7 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Perioperative Perspective: Focus for the Future.
April 28-29 in Kalamazoo, MI. Total Contact Hours for Entire Conference: 12.6
Multispecialty Conference: Ambulatory, Business, Industry & Consulting, Informatics, Leadership, Nurse Educator/Clinical Nurse Specialist, Rural Small Hospital. Sept 13-15 in Denver, CO.
Multispecialty Conference: Advanced Tech, Cardio, Neuro, Ortho, Pediatric, RNFA-Oct. 18-20 in St. Louis, MO
Quest for Knowledge 2001- November 2-3 Holiday Inn Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA.
Conference on Infectious Diseases: Dec.4-5 in Roswell, GA.
| 20 Years Ago in the AORN Journal |
Rodeo awaits Dallas Congress attendees. Rodeo events featured bull riding, calf roping, and girls’ barrel racing.
24 OR supervisors in an informal survey, report that the nursing shortage is less severe in the OR than other parts of the hospital, perhaps due to more regular hous and a lack of rotation.
Another survey shows that most OR nurses perform preoperative assessments, but only 47% of respondents say they usually prepare a care plan.
AORN Board of Directors establish an award for excellence in perioperative nursing.
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10 Years Ago in the AORN Journal |
A Home Study Program regarding Wilms’ tumor states that the disease occurs in one per 15,000 births and accounts for 8% of pediatric malignancies.
Nurses are encouraged to invent. Nursing equipment and supplies routinely are developed by people who do not use them.
Congress program highlights education sessions to be presented at Congress, including “Protective Attire: How Safe Are We?”
All information acquired from Perioperative Time Capsule, February 2001 AORN Journel Vol. 73, No.2
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“ A Nursing Odyssey: Legend to Legacy” |
The 48th Annual AORN Congress will be held March
11-15, 2001 at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas.
