2008 Multispecialty Conference
Ambulatory Track
Friday, October 3 - Saturday, October 4
A two-day track designed for both ASC nursing staff and management discussing the latest issues, challenges, and best practices in ASC nursing today! Join your ASC colleagues to learn the newest in clinical techniques, understanding informed consent, how to manage MRSA, and much more. Both continuing education contact hour credit and administrator education units (AEU) are conveniently offered.
Earn 1.5 CE per session, 1.5 AEU per session
Friday, Oct 3
| 6:30 am - 8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00 am - 7:50 am | Networking Sessions |
| 8:00 am - 8:15 am 8:15 am - 9:45 am |
Welcome Concurrent Sessions Session 4793 Recommended Practice Update: Moderate Sedation Cecil A. King, RN, MS, CNOR This session will discuss the revisions to the AORN Recommended Practice for Managing the Patient Receiving Moderate Sedation. The basic competencies, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe administration of moderate sedation during operative and other invasive procedures will be reviewed. Patient selection, assessment, pharmacological agents, and monitoring equipment will be discussed. Session 4794 CMS Update Kathy Bryant, JD The second year in which payments will be based upon Medicare's new system will bring additional changes. Although these changes will not be final until November 2008, speaker will discuss the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal for changes, and the industry's reaction to them. What procedures ASCs can expect to be reimbursed for and likely quality reporting requirements will be covered. In addition, attendees will be alerted to expected changes in what ASCs have to do in the areas of patient rights, infection control, and quality improvement to Medicare. Session 4795 Cross-Training in the ASC Marilyn Christian, RN, BSN, CNOR, CASC Cross-training can be used to maximize resources and enhance quality patient care. Learn how to implement an effective cross-training program that is motivating to your staff and opens the doors for opportunities for personal growth and development while increasing patient and physician satisfaction. Session 4796 Managing Loaner Instrumentation Rose Seavey, RN, BS, MBA, CNOR, ACSP This presentation will help perioperative informatics professionals understand the importance of having written policies on managing loaner instrumentation for patient safety. It will cover recommended practices from AORN and AAMI as well as the ASHCSP/IAHCSMM Position Paper on Loaner Instrumentation. In addition the presenter will show how bar coding technology can be used to document and track loaner sets of instruments. |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4797 The Bug Stops Here! A Practical Plan Stephanie Davis, RN, MSHA, CNOR An estimated 2 million Americans contract healthcare associated infections each year. 90,000 of these patients will die, which is more than the number of deaths attributed to breast cancer or automobile accidents annually. The problem is the situation is getting worse. Since 1975, the infection rate has escalated by 36%. Experts believe that the majority of these infections are preventable. This session will describe from a corporation and from a surgical services director's point of view, why addressing the spread of infections is absolutely necessary. Using a simple "ABC" multifaceted guide will yield the most successful program and save the most lives. Session 4798 cancelled Session 4799 Breast Cancer: Technological Updates Eddy C. Hsueh, MD What are the new advances in breast cancer technology and how does that impact the overall survival rate? This session will discuss the most recent outcome data and current trends that are available as well as the use of intracavitary radiation in breast conservation approach to cancer. Session 4800 Hot Topic: Cataracts in an Office Based Facility Mary Ann Hensley, RN, CNOR Outline of the establishment and operation of performing cataract surgeries in the office based setting. This includes the planning and implementation of performing successful cataract surgeries in an office based environment. |
| 11:30 am - 12:45 pm | Lunch on your own |
| 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4801 (repeat) Recommended Practice Update: Moderate Sedation Cecil A. King, RN, MS, CNOR This session will discuss the revisions to the AORN Recommended Practice for Managing the Patient Receiving Moderate Sedation. The basic competencies, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe administration of moderate sedation during operative and other invasive procedures will be reviewed. Patient selection, assessment, pharmacological agents, and monitoring equipment will be discussed. Session 4802 |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4805 (repeat) The Bug Stops Here! A Practical Plan Stephanie Davis, RN, MSHA, CNOR An estimated 2 million Americans contract healthcare associated infections each year. 90,000 of these patients will die, which is more than the number of deaths attributed to breast cancer or automobile accidents annually. The problem is the situation is getting worse. Since 1975, the infection rate has escalated by 36%. Experts believe that the majority of these infections are preventable. This session will describe from a corporation and from a surgical services director's point of view, why addressing the spread of infections is absolutely necessary. Using a simple "ABC" multifaceted guide will yield the most successful program and save the most lives. Session 4806 (repeat) The Use of Regional Nerveblock in Patients Undergoing an Orthopedic Procedure Nahel Saied, MD This session will explore the use of reginal nerve blocks for orthopedic procedures. The presentation will review patient selection criteria's, preoperative assessment considerations, overview of the types of blocks used in orthopedics, potential complications and patient satisfaction surrounding the use of reginal nerve blocks. Session 4807 (repeat) Breast Cancer: Technological Updates Eddy C. Hsueh, MD What are the new advances in breast cancer technology and how does that impact the overall survival rate? This session will discuss the most recent outcome data and current trends that are available as well as the use of intracavitary radiation in breast conservation approach to cancer. Session 4808 cancelled |
Saturday, Oct 4
| 6:30 am - 8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00 am - 7:50 am |
General Session Update from the Ambulatory Specialty Assembly |
| 8:15 am - 9:45 am |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4809 Generational Differences: How Four Generations Can Work Together Barry Schapiro Today's workforce comprises four distinct generations; each with its own shared history, common biases, and core beliefs. Learning what makes each generation tick, and taking the time to consider your communication approach, will advance your relationships and help you work with your team during good times and through stressful situations. This program, How Four Generations Can Work Together, will provide participants with the understanding and tools necessary to effectively work side by side with, coach, manage, and retain each generation at work. Session 4810 Family-Centered Care: From The Munsters to The Cleavers Karen Crow & Patient Panel All families are unique. How do you individualize care and involve patients and family members in an ambulatory setting when the clock is ticking? Incorporating patient- and family-centered care practices can help you increase patient satisfaction and be more efficient. Hear from pediatric nursing professionals and families about "how to" put patient- and family-centered care into practice and improve patient outcomes. Session 4902 (new) How to Create a Green Team Tom Badrick This session will discuss what a green team is and why everyone should be a part of one. Learn both the expected and unexpected benefits of going green. Outline how to start a green team and what it takes to keep it ongoing. Session 4811 Cancelled Session 4812 Disaster Preparedness - What Can Your ASC Do? Marilyn K. Christian, RN, BSN, CASC, CNOR The ASC's direct involvement in the local community is one of the most effective ways to be prepared for the event of an emergency. The session will explore ways the ASC can assume a vital role in the overall emergency preparedness solution in their community. The session will cover means by which the ASC gets involved in the community preparedness for natural hazards, technical hazards, and terrorism. |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4813 A Key to Managing Up: Building Relationships with Your Boss Phyllis Miller, MS, RN, SANE-A, CFN, FHCE Bosses! We all have them. Some we love and some we hate, and they are one of the strongest influences over our job satisfaction. Do you want to know how to make that all-important relationship at work more effective? Or would you like to learn how to deal with a boss that you just can't get along with? If so, this session is for you! Come learn about how to manage this relationship better. You'll learn what makes your bosses tick (and ticks them off!) and what that means for how you work with them. You'll find out what you do that can make the relationship better or worse. The session includes developing strategies for dealing with a difficult boss as well as strategies from other fellow subordinates as to what worked and what didn't. Finally, you will leave with a plan of action that will put you in the driver's seat back home to either improve a relationship gone bad, or make a great relationship with your boss even better. Session 4814 Bariatric Lap Banding in the ASC Patsy Mitchusson, RN, CASC Bariatric Lap Banding is being performed more frequently in ambulatory surgery centers across the country. Has your surgical center talked about doing Lap Banding? What are the things as a perioperative nurse that must be considered when doing these procedures at your facility? This session help prepare the surgical team to meet the needs of their patients and have a better understanding of the Lap Band procedure. Session 4815 Malignant Hyperthermia: "There Has to be a Better Way" Melissa Helmer, RN, MSN, CNOR Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) does not change, the symptoms and treatment are the same, the difference is the nursing perspective during a MH Crisis. A novice OR nurse's first time experience responding to a MH crisis "opened the eyes of a more experienced OR nurse" for the need of a revision to the MH cart. The new perspective is to have a more efficient MH cart with defined nursing roles to provide competent nursing care for the patient during a MH crisis. Session 4816 Essential Aspects of Informed Consent in the Ambulatory Setting Anne Roy, RN, JD, CASC Lack of informed consent occurs when a physician does not provide adequate information to the patient to make an informed decision. The purpose of this session is to take the mystery out of the informed consent process and explain the responsibilities of the ASC and to provide suggestions as to what elements need to be included in your policies and procedures. |
| 11:30 am - 12:45 pm | Lunch on your own |
| 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4817 (repeat) Generational Differences: How Four Generations Can Work Together Barry Schapiro Today's workforce comprises four distinct generations; each with its own shared history, common biases, and core beliefs. Learning what makes each generation tick, and taking the time to consider your communication approach, will advance your relationships and help you work with your team during good times and through stressful situations. This program, How Four Generations Can Work Together, will provide participants with the understanding and tools necessary to effectively work side by side with, coach, manage, and retain each generation at work. Session 4818 (repeat) Family-Centered Care: From The Munsters to The Cleavers Karen Crow & Patient Panel All families are unique. How do you individualize care and involve patients and family members in an ambulatory setting when the clock is ticking? Incorporating patient- and family-centered care practices can help you increase patient satisfaction and be more efficient. Hear from pediatric nursing professionals and families about "how to" put patient- and family-centered care into practice and improve patient outcomes. Session 4819 moved to 2:30 pm Session 4820 Recall of Surgical Emergency Protocols Mary Renee Khalar, RN, BSN, MBA, CNOR Patient safety in the perioperative setting includes the ability to remember emergency protocols during crisis situations. Cardiac arrest, whether from ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia, asystole, or PEA, and malignant hyperthermia are generally low volume in most ORs. Due to the sporadic occurrence of these emergencies, it is often difficult to remember treatment protocols. This program uses an education technique, the Window Pane Learning Grid, that stimulates all forms of learning preferences. Using the "Grid" to review the emergency protocols will fuel staff members' different learning preferences to increase retention and recall of the algorithms. Session 4821 (repeat) How to Create a Green Team Tom Badrick This session will discuss what a green team is and why everyone should be a part of one. Learn both the expected and unexpected benefits of going green. Outline how to start a green team and what it takes to keep it ongoing. |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4824 (repeat) |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall Opening Reception Join your colleagues and surgical industry representatives at the opening of the exhibit hall. Welcome by AORN vice-president Anne Marie Herlehy, RN, MS, CNOR |
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