THE SEPTEMBER MEETING IS TO BE HELD AT

INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER

Meeting Room J      7pm


MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

I anticipate another good year for our organization. I was able to attend the leadership conference in Washington, D.C. at the end of June. While there, I attended an inspiring workshop on keeping the chapter meetings interesting and how to get people involved. I was also able to attend Lobby Day while I was up there. Over 300 RN’s were there to lobby our legislators for RNFA reimbursement. We also urged them to write a letter to HCFA asking them not to remove the RN from the OR. We started out with 37 co-sponsors of H.R. 822 and now have 72 co-sponsors thanks to our efforts that day!

Earlier this year at AORN Congress, the delegates voted to increase the dues in July 2002. I received a letter from AORN announcing that the due increase would not need to take effect until July 2003.

If you have any question, problems, or suggestions, please let me or one of the officers know.

Genevieve

 


?Oklahoma State Council of Perioperative Nurses

Fourth Annual Conference

October 12, 13, & 14

“Fullfilling the Future of Perioperative Care”

Join us at the Westin Hotel, in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City, within walking distance of Bricktown Canal and Entertainment District.

Conference Goal: To Provide a Networking Forum for Perioperative Nurses.

To Discuss Issues Important To Our Future as Perioperative Nurses.

Registration—Friday, October 12th 3:00-8:00 pm

Welcome Reception 5:30-8:00 pm

Heavy Hors D’oeuvres and Cash Bar

    Demonstration of OklahomaJobs.org by Dennis Wiltfong

 

Deadline for Registration is October 8, 2001

 

Fee Schedule: AORN Member Non-Mem Student

Entire Conference $95.00 $120.00 $80 (group of 3 or more $65ea)

Saturday Only $70.00 $90.00 $55 (group of 3 or more $40 ea)

For More information or to register on line go to

www.oscpn.org 

 


New, Renewed, Rejoined

Members

David Argo                     Lee Gordon

Leslie Haidek                 Neva Stubbs

Suzetta Hartpence         Judy Doss

Janice Robinson             La James

Brenda Bacon                 Dianna Davis

Debbie Howell                 Connie Lee

Marlaine Jennings

Paula Johnson                 Jenny Wilson

Helen McCarthy            Donald Renner

DUE TO RENEW

Daniel Burke

Michelle Conner

Deborah Foster

Nancy Sowers

Regina Waters


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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

2000-2001    Click HERE


Refreshments


For the April Meeting

Will be provided by:

Presbyterian Hosp.

Bone And Joint Hosp.

Medical Plaza Surgery Center

Specialist Surgery Center

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AORN Multispecialty Conference

St. Louis, MO

Wrong site surgery is a broad term that encompasses all surgical procedures performed on the wrong patient, wrong body part, wrong side of the body, or at the wrong level of the correctly identified anatomic site. JCAHO considers all wrong site surgeries, regardless of the extent of the procedure, to be sentinel events.

Performing surgery on the wrong site can have serious consequences for the patient.

Patients may be affected emotionally as well as physically from surgery performed on the wrong surgical site. An ineffective surgical site verification procedure can contribute to the incidence of wrong site surgery. Procedure shortcomings might include:

inadequate patient assessment

inadequate medical record review

lack of institutional controls

miscommunication among members of the surgical team and the patient

exclusion of certain surgical team member, and

reliance solely on the surgeon for determining the correct surgical site.

AORN is committed to promoting identification of the correct surgical site. As patient advocates, perioperative RNs should communicate with all members of the surgical team to verify the correct surgical site.

DON’T FORGET!!

May 19th @ Mercy Health Center

“Surgical Site Verification”

 

Registration forms online soon.


Educational Opportunites/

AORN Events

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.


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