2008 Multispecialty Conference

Educator Track
Monday, Oct 6 - Tuesday, October 7

The role of nurse educator can present a number of challenges and the need for creativity. AORNs two-day educator track will provide you with new ideas, solutions to critical challenges, and tips to creating quality, effective education for your facility.

Earn 1.5 CE per session

Monday, Oct 6

6:30 am - 8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:00 am - 7:50 am	Networking Session for Educators
8:00 am - 8:15 am 8:15 am - 9:45 am	Welcome General Session 4868 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.
9:45 am - 11:00 am	Morning Coffee Break with Exhibitors
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Concurrent Sessions Session 4869 Teaching the MTV Generation Michele Deck, RN, BSN, MEd, LCCE, FACC Today's learners are consumers of television and the media. They aren't afraid to "channel surf," missing critical content and skill development, just as they do with the media. Their learning styles are changing, and we need to adapt to that trend to thrive as educators. Session 4874 Anatomy of a Lawsuit Anne Roy, RN, JD, CASC (Session 4870 Moved to 3:15 pm) With growing concern about lawsuits in the health care industry, this session will focus on the elements necessary for a lawsuit, what are the frequent episodes occurring in the operating room (OR) that may develop into a lawsuit, and how the OR staff can minimize their risk of being sued.
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch on your own
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Concurrent Sessions Session 4871 How to Create a Green Team Tom Bradick Session 4872 Spellbinders: Stories Can Teach, Motivate & Inspire Michelle Deck, RN, BSN, MEd, LCCE, FACC Do you currently use stories as teaching tools? If so, come to this session and learn how to improve your story telling abilities to ensure maximum learning impact.
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm	Concurrent Sessions Session 4873 Promoting the Use of the Perioperative Setting for Nursing Students Debra Shobe, RN, BSN, CNOR Mary Ann Wehmer, RN, MSN, CNOR (new speaker) Luci Hanus, RN, BSN, MEd, CNOR (new speaker) How do we encourage nursing students to consider a career in the OR when they rarely get to experience what goes on behind closed doors? The answer is to work with your local schools of nursing and show them how basic nursing skills and care plan development can be taught and experienced in the perioperative setting. In addition, our nursing specialty offers many opportunities to develop decision-making, critical thinking, and organizational skills while working as an integral member of the surgical team. The speaker will discuss the tools and aids contained in the newly revised AORN Primer for Perioperative Education. Session 4870 Copyright or Copywrong - Be Careful! Claire Everson, RN, CNOR, CCAP (Session 4874 Moved to 11:00 am) As information and its methods of storage and transmission continue to expand dramatically, it becomes more important than ever to understand copyright law. Saying "I work for a nonprofit organization" doesn't exempt us from this law. Since continuing education means providing current knowledge, educators, clinical nurse specialists, and managers are in a position to find copyright law either the means to that end or the grounds for legal action against them.

Tuesday, Oct 7

7:30 am - 8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 am	Concurrent Sessions Session 4875 Moving from Sacred Cows to Evidence-Based Practice Lauri McCanless, MS, RN-BC, RNC, CNS & Ellice Mellinger, RN, MS, CNOR Sacred cows are found throughout nursing practice, and they are often emotionally charged topics of conversation. The Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (EBNP) movement has gained momentum in the last 10 years and is considered the "gold standard" for changes in practice. Various models of EBNP will be analyzed for their application to clinical nursing. A practical tool to guide nurses in their search for evidence will be described. The development process for the "EBNP Question/Search Form" used at University Medical Center MC will be explained. This practical tool to guide nurses in their search for evidence will be applied to projects completed by nurses in the perioperative setting. This presentation will assist nurses to examine their practice critically, identify their personal "sacred cows," and provide a tool for systematic analysis of evidence to change practice. Moving nursing forward as a profession demands standards of practice that are based on evidence. EBNP has the potential to improve patient outcomes and patient/family satisfaction. Session 4876 Critical Thinking in Nursing Jennifer Bedick, RN, MSN, CNOR Critical thinking is not an easy thing to do, but knowing what it is and how to do it are critical in today's health care environment. Perioperative nurses must employ critical thinking skills so they can give the best care possible to the patients entrusted to them. This education session will do just that.
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Break
9:45 am - 11:15 am	Concurrent Sessions Session 4877 Team Building Marilyn Benson This session will explore conflict management styles and strategies that are critical in building and empowering teams in varied situations. Session 4878 Magnet™ Buy-In: Convincing Your Staff Melissa Helmer, RN, MSN, CNOR Before you can educate the staff nurse regarding the 14 Forces of Magnetism, you must first convince them why Magnet™ status is important to your institution. The operating room staff can be one of the more difficult areas for Magnet™ "buy-in." You will need specific strategies that can assist you in convincing your staff of the importance for Magnet™ and the needed Journey to Magnet Excellence™. Once the staff nurse understands Magnet™ and accepts the Magnet™ journey, the next step is to maintain the Magnet™ momentum.
11:15 am - 12:45 pm	Lunch on your own
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions Session 4879 Question Writing Basics Kathleen Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE, ANEF In this session, you will learn how to write test items that accurately measure learning outcomes. Basic measurement concepts that affect item writing will be discussed. Participants will learn the importance of a test blueprint and how to generate questions that correspond to it. General rules for item writing and specific suggestions for various item types will be described. Session 4880 (repeat) Critical Thinking in Nursing Jennifer Bedick, RN, MSN, CNOR Critical thinking is not an easy thing to do, but knowing what it is and how to do it are critical in today's health care environment. Perioperative nurses must employ critical thinking skills so they can give the best care possible to the patients entrusted to them. This education session will do just that.
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Break
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	General Session Session 4881 Playing Defense: How to Keep Your Best Employees Tim Rutledge, PhD This presentation outlines the steps that facilities need to take to identify their key employees and create engaging employment experiences for them. In a seller's job market (fewer job seekers than job openings) talented employees have lots of choice in where they work, and the head hunters are trying to pry them loose. The presenter will share a tool to explore the elements of employee engagement. Participants will learn how to identify who their key employees are and how to "build walls" around them through engaging management behavior.

Educators: Additional Programs You Shouldn't Miss

Sunday         Basic Educator Seminar
Friday            PNDS for the Staff Nurse Workshop - Free
Saturday      PNDS for Informatics Workshop - Free
Sunday        Research/Evidence-Based Practice Workshop
                     Competency Assessment Workshops
Tuesday      Risk Management Certificate Program
                     Sterilization Certificate Program

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2008 Multispecialty Conference

Educator Track Monday, Oct 6 - Tuesday, October 7

Educator Track
Monday, Oct 6 - Tuesday, October 7