Leadership Conference

Pathway to Collaboration: It Takes a Team

Friday, July 13, 2012 - Sunday, July 15, 2012
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel - Denver, CO

Overview 

Agenda 

• Friday, July 13 
• Saturday, July 14 
• Sunday, July 15 

About Our Speakers 

• Barbara Nichols, RN, DHL, MS, FAAN 
• Robyn Benincasa 
• Susan McLean Whitehurst, MSN, RN, MBB  
• Laura A. Boone, M.Ed. 
• Jane Kusler-Jensen, BSN, RN, MBA, CNOR 

Registration: Register before June 22nd and save $100 with the Early Bird Rate! Download our registration form or click here to register online 

Housing 

Corporate support provided by:

AORN’s Leadership Conference will explore the leadership components of collaboration that can influence safe perioperative practice. Nationally recognized speakers will help you discover how to apply leadership skills in collaborative efforts that can affect not only patient care but can be applied to developing your career.

Association Leadership Academy  

Once again this year, AORN will host an association leadership academy on Friday afternoon to orient current and new Chapter, Specialty Assembly, and State Council leadership. Enjoy an engaging and interactive afternoon, and walk away with effective leadership skills you will be able to apply immediately.

Writer’s Workshop  

Back by popular demand, attendees can chose to attend a Writer’s Workshop on Friday afternoon, which will provide tips and tools for aspiring writers, instead of attending the Association Leadership Academy.

Purpose/Goal  

Communicate. Collaborate. Innovate. Network. Gain the leadership tools and training you need to effectively collaborate with the entire health care team to provide safe patient care and prepare you for your professional and personal life today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Who should attend? 

• Perioperative nurses interested in developing their leadership skills
• Perioperative nurse leaders wanting to enhance their skills
• AORN association member leaders:
• Chapter presidents
• State council chairs
• Specialty assembly chairs
• Chairs of national committees/task force

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Agenda 

TOTAL CONTACT HOURS: 10.0 

GENERAL INFORMATION 

CONTACT HOURS 

Continuing nursing education contact hours are awarded for content that meets the ANCC definition of continuing nursing education. To earn contact hours for a session, the participant must be in attendance for 90% of the session.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT 

AORN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

AORN is Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 13019. Check with your state board of nursing for acceptability of education sessions for relicensure.

DISCLAIMER 

AORN recognizes these activities as continuing education for registered nurses. This recognition does not imply that AORN or the American Nurses Credentialing Center approves or endorses products mentioned in the activity.

AEU  

This program is approved for 10 hours of AEU credit by BASC Provider #0102.

SPECIAL NEEDS 

AORN staff members will be glad to assist you with any special need, such as physical or dietary. Please contact AORN at 800-755-2676, Ext. 245.

CANCELLATION POLICY 

A refund of attendee’s registration fee (if applicable), less an administrative handling fee of $40, will be issued if written notification of cancellation is postmarked or faxed on or before June 30, 2012.

CANCELLATION OR REPLACEMENT OF SPEAKER 

AORN reserves the right to substitute equally qualified instructors in an emergency and reserves the right to cancel or substitute session.

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About Our Speakers:

 Barbara Nichols, RN, DHL, MS, FAAN  

Recognized by the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research as one of the 50 most influential people involved in worldwide health initiatives, Barbara Nichols has worked as a medical surgical nurse, head nurse, nursing instructor and as a consultant to innumerable organizations. Most recently, for 13 years, she held the position of Chief Executive Officer with CGFNS International – an immigration neutral organization whose expertise regarding the education, registration and practice of foreign educated nurses and other health professionals is recognized worldwide. In an effort to further contribute to better patient care and nursing in the international arena, Barbara gravitated toward the W. K. Kellogg Foundation where she served five years as a consultant for professional nursing in several African countries, including Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa. While at the foundation she helped formulate nurse and medical practice acts, introduce continuing education and strengthened the role of professional nursing.

Barbara, who was the first black President of the American Nurses Association, has authored more than 70 articles, received five honorary doctoral degrees and earned numerous awards for her leadership and sustained contributions to the nursing profession. She maintains her active participation in many nursing and health-related organizations today. Barbara holds a diploma in nursing from Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Boston, Mass; a baccalaureate in nursing from Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio, and a Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

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 Robyn Benincasa  

A world champion adventure racer, San Diego City firefighter and founder of World Class Teams, Flashover Seminars and Project Athena Foundation, Robyn Benincasa is also a speaker on motivation, leadership and teamwork. She accepts full blame for inspiring people to do insane things like climb Mount Kilimanjaro, run their first triathlon, start their own adventure racing teams, or start their own businesses. Robyn Benincasa inspires people to do amazing things.

Robyn has made an art form of extreme performance by competing and winning at the highest levels of sport and business. Revered as one of “California’s Fittest Women”, she spent her youth competing at the state and national level in gymnastics, diving, cross country, and judo in which she became a national champion. Soon after earning a Marketing degree from Arizona State University, Robyn ‘started at the top’ Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company where she earned the prestigious “Rookie of the Year” award. While consistently achieving top sales in her day job, she completed six Ironman races, with two podium finishes. Then the adventure race bug bit.

In her 15-year career as a professional adventure racer, Robyn has competed in close to 40 expedition-length events - gnarly, multiday, multisport killers such as Primal Quest and Eco-Challenge. She has biked through jungles in Borneo, climbed Himalayan giants in Nepal, trekked across lava fields in Fiji, rafted rapids in Chile - and racked up multiple world championship titles along the way. In her spare time, Robyn, is a full-time firefighter in San Diego, on the nation's first all-female crew.

NBC, ABC, CNN, ESPN, USA Network, Discovery Channel, Outdoor Life Network, PBS and FOX have all featured Robyn and her amazing accomplishments. Add to those network credits editorials in Fast Company, Sport Illustrated, Vogue, Corporate & Incentive Travel, The New York Times, Outside, and Harper's Bazaar.

Robyn recently set a new Guinness World Record for paddling.

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Susan McLean Whitehurst, MSN, RN, MBB   

Susan McLean Whitehurst has more than 34 years of health care experience including subspecialty administrative and clinical practice experience from Duke University Hospital in surgical/trauma intensive care, neurosurgery/neurology, cardiovascular/cardiology heart center, perioperative administration and senior executive leadership over emergency services, critical care, operating rooms, oncology services and aligned support services such as infection control, health information management, sterile processing, wound management, preoperative screening, guest services, and social work.

Between 2004 and 2011, Susan served as the President and CEO of SRM Healthcare Solutions in Hillsborough, North Carolina where she facilitated physician advisory boards regionally and nationally, senior leadership training and mentoring in lean health care quality improvement programs. She also served as an adjunct faculty member of the Six Sigma instructor team at North Carolina State University since 2005. As a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and instructor for North Carolina State University, she provided green belt, black belt and master black belt courses, lean health care training, and error proofing workshops for customers from southeast region hospitals and health care organizations. Her passion and areas of influence are in medical error prevention through the use of process analysis tools, using evidence, mentoring senior leaders in linking cost of poor quality in quality improvement efforts and designing operational tools that eliminate system issues that create human error.

Susan maintains a certification in organizational diagnosis, redesign and team building, and she completed her graduate study research in building high performance teams. She is currently the Project Manager for Joint Commission Resource's Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network and a senior consultant for Joint Commission Resources.

Susan’s extensive consulting experience, both internally for Duke University and externally to other organizations over the years, her regional and national presentations on lean six sigma, error proofing, perioperative redesign, organizational diagnosis and development, and leadership effectiveness, as well as her corporate partnership experiences, have enabled her to influence research-based changes at the multidisciplinary practice level within many institutions.

Susan received her BSN from East Carolina University and her Master's degree from Duke University.

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Laura A. Boone, MEd  

Laura A. Boone, MEd, a senior learning consultant at Owens & Minor University (OMU), is responsible for building educational curricula for customers and business partners. OMU was created in April 2003 and was designed to centralize and promote proactive teaching and learning at Owens & Minor. OMU now offers learning opportunities and support to customers and business partners implementing strategic objectives through development of their people, processes, and product knowledge. In a blended learning environment, educational programs focus on what customers need to know and also address current or anticipated challenges. Programs are delivered to the executive suite, leaders in the middle of the organization, or managers/ professionals on the front line. OMU provides a set of integrated learning experiences targeting the customer's specific needs while providing greater knowledge and understanding of health care supply chain management. Expert teammates facilitate the courses to provide a practical experience to learning. Boone also currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to Owens & Minor, Laura has worked with the U.S. Army Cadet Command reviewing and revising the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps curriculum and has developed and implemented educational initiatives for the Virginia Department of Adult Education.

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Jane A. Kusler-Jensen, BSN, RN, MBA, CNOR 

Jane A. Kusler-Jensen, BSN, RN, MBA, CNOR, is Specialist Master with Deloitte Consulting, LLP. Previously, she was the executive director of the Orthopedic Hospital of Wisconsin, the director of perioperative services for River Woods Outpatient Center and Ozaukee Campus, part of Columbia St. Mary's Healthcare System, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Other prior positions have included director of surgical services for Aurora Bay Care, Green Bay, administrator of Physicians Plus Surgery Center, Madison, nurse manager at Surgi-center of Greater Milwaukee, head nurse at Waukesha Memorial Hospital, patient care coordinator for plastic and neurosurgery at St. Joseph's Hospital, and the OR head nurse at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jane earned her diploma in nursing from Deaconess School of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, her BSN from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a Bachelor of Science in Management from Cardinal Stritch College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and her MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She received an AORN writer's award in 1997 for her article, "A Patient Classification System Developed in a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center." She has presented at the 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 Multi-Specialty Conferences, and 2002, 2005, 2007, and the 2009 AORN Congress.

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Housing 

Hotel Information/Reservations 

Support AORN and book your room at the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel, the official hotel for the Leadership Conference. By booking your sleeping room through the official AORN housing bureau, Wyndham Jade, and staying at the official AORN Hotel you are supporting AORN and helping your association meet its obligations and control attendee registration costs.

In the event you have any problems with your reservation or accommodations, Wyndham Jade/AORN can only assist in reconciling those issues if your reservation was booked through Wyndham Jade. If you have questions about an unauthorized solicitation, the online system, or about housing in general, please contact AORN Housing at 866.268.0198 or email at aornconf@wyndhamjade.com.

Deadline for reservations: June 18, 2012 

For online reservations, detailed hotel information, forms, maps and more, please visit http://www.wynjade.com/aorn12/leadership/ or contact Wyndham Jade directly at 866.268.0198 in the United States or +1.972.349.5436 outside of the United States.

Room Guarantee 

All housing requests require a credit card guarantee. The guarantee may be made with one of the following credit cards: MasterCard, VISA, Discover, and American Express.

Attendee Hotel Reservations  

Hotel Room Cancellations   

All hotel room cancellations can be submitted online or in writing to AORN/Wyndham Jade by email, fax, or mail. Deposits will be refunded in full if received 72 hours or more prior to arrival.

Hotel Room Changes Contact Wyndham Jade directly with any hotel room changes prior to June 19, 2012. Changes after the deadline should be made directly with the hotel. The hotel may apply an early departure fee equal to one night’s stay for changes made on site.

Contact Wyndham Jade and book your room today! Call 866.268.0198, in the United States, or +1.972.349.5436 outside of the United States.

Two Easy Ways to Reserve Your Hotel Room 

1. Internet: Visit www.aorn.org and select the Leadership Conference under Upcoming Events. Click on the Hotel and Travel information section
2. Phone: 866.268.0198 in the United States or +1.972.349.5436 outside of the United States.

Local Transportation & Parking (fares subject to change without notice)

Airport Shuttle Service 

Shuttle transportation between the Denver International Airport (DIA) and the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel is provided by SuperShuttle. Discounted roundtrip shuttle service is $34 per person; one way shuttle service is $19 per person. Reservations can be made online, or by calling (800) BLUEVAN and mentioning the roundtrip discount code: AORN2.

Arrival at DIA:
Proceed to the SuperShuttle ticket counter in the Main Terminal, Level 5 (same as Baggage Claim), check in, receive your ticket and then go to the van loading area. Ticket counters are closed between 12am and 6am. If you arrive between these hours, please use the courtesy phone located at the ticket counter to notify dispatch of your arrival.

Returning to DIA:

Reservations must be made for return trips to DIA. Call (800) BLUEVAN to make your return reservation at a time that best suits your flight departure time (SuperShuttle recommends being at the airport one and a half hours prior to flight time).

Taxis Taxis pick-up and drop-off on Level 5 of DIA, outside Doors 507 – 511 on the East Terminal and outside Doors 506 – 510 on the West Terminal. The flat rate to/from downtown Denver is $55.15.

Parking at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel 

Overnight self parking is $24 and overnight valet parking is $28. AORN does not validate parking.

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