ASC Nurses Seminar
In conjunction with the 2009 Fall Specialty Conference
Orlando, Florida
Thursday, October 29, 2009
7-8am - Registration and Breakfast
8-9:05am
Plotting Your Future
One of the nation's leading ASC experts will share her secrets of making the transition from staff nurse to managing multiple ASCs. Whether you are interested in being director of nursing, administrator, or managing multiple ASCs, this session will provide useful tips.
Donna St. Louis, RN
BayCare Health System
9:10-10:10am
Infection Control in ASCs
Infection control is a major factor in assuring patient safety. In this session, the relevant CDC guidelines for infection control and Medicare's new tracer methodology for assessing compliance will be reviewed.
Speaker invited.
10:10-10:30am - Break
10:30-11:15am
Surviving in Today's Economy: Cutting Costs Without Reducing Quality
Learn how one ASC assessed costs and came up with several ways to save money that add up to great efficiency without harming patient care.
Alisa Fisher-Hurst, CASC
St. Augustine Surgery Center
11:20am-12:05pm
Using Checklists to Improve Safety
An OR nurse will share how her ASC integrated recommended standards and practices from numerous groups into single checklists. Although it required trials and many revisions, the end product is easy for OR staff to use and enhances patient safety.
Linda Prister, RN
Dearborn Surgery Center
12:05-1pm Lunch
1-2:35pm
How Do You Measure Up to Medicare's Revised Conditions for Coverage?
This session will review the revisions to Medicare's conditions for coverage for ASCs and the new interpretive guidelines that surveyors are using to assess ASC compliance with these new standards.
Kathy Bryant
ASC Association
2:35-3pm Break
3pm-4:15pm
Malignant Hyperthermia: Being Prepared
MH is something no surgery team wants to face, but real-life experiences show that it can and does happen. Take this opportunity to hear from someone who faced it firsthand. Learn what to expect if it happens at your ASC.
Keith Metz, MD
Great Lakes Surgical Center
Cheryl Fielder, RN CASC
Peachtree Orthopaedic Surgery Center at Piedmont
4:20-5:05pm
Just When You Thought You Knew HIPAA, They Change It
Learn about the recent changes that Congress made to HIPAA and how they will affect your ASC.
Dawn McLane, RN, MSA, CNOR, CASC
Lakeshore Surgicare