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ASORN San Francisco—It was the place to be
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ASORN San Francisco-It More than 500 ASORN members gathered at the ANA Hotel in San Francisco for our 1997 annual meeting. The redesigned format, stretching from Saturday through Tuesday, was a huge success, evidenced foremost by the large turnout. Sally Whitton will be on board for another 2 years, as she was reelected as annual meeting director, Congratulations
was the place to be
to Sally, and kudos to your team foursome including Eileen Beltramba, Kim Baggett, and Carol Al-Kobri, for superb effort and a spectacular outcome. The fashion show by Nordstrom’s will undoubtedly be a highlight of many meeting attendees’ memories. And the next evening’s San Francisco Bay dinner cruise, sponsored by the
Past President Carol Ruehl (L) congratulates Excellence in Ophthalmic Nursing award
Julie Burlew,
Bay Area local chapter will likely rival that memory. Thank you, ASORN Bay Area chapter for your warm hospitality and gracious assistance! It was a generous and appreciated gesture. The theme of “Soaring to New Heights” was expounded on by keynote speaker Linda Groah, RN, MS, CNOR, CNAA, as she unfolded the characteristics and the competencies we will need to make the paradigm shift and fit the health care arena of the next millennium. Donna Hill-Howes, RN, MS, inspired and impelled us to meet the challenges of career transition and “Reap the Rewards of Change” in her keynote address, which displayed firsthand the creativity and high technology moving nursing into the twenty-first century. Exhibitors were greeted by throngs of knowledge-hungry nurses in the lobby area and included Alcon, Becton-Dickinson/Beaver Surgical Products, Ethicon, Inc., Merck, Micro-Scientific Industries, Inc., Oakworks, Inc., Storz Ophthalmics, Visitec, Christian Eye Ministry, and Mosby-Year Book.
ASORN
winner(R).
ASORN Board of Directors, 1997-l 998 (L-R): Jean Hill, Director; Kate Coldblum, President; Marcia Hert, Secretary/Treasurer; Mary Merchant, Strategic Plan Director; Karen Fogelman, Director; Sally Whitton, Annual Meeting Director; Carol Ruehl, Past President.
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Volume XXII, No. 4, December 1997
INSIGHT
The Journal of the American
Society of Ophthalmic
Registered Nurses, Inc.
news
ASORN San Francisco-It More than 500 ASORN members gathered at the ANA Hotel in San Francisco for our 1997 annual meeting. The redesigned format, stretching from Saturday through Tuesday, was a huge success, evidenced foremost by the large turnout. Sally Whitton will be on board for another 2 years, as she was reelected as annual meeting director, Congratulations
was the place to be
to Sally, and kudos to your team foursome including Eileen Beltramba, Kim Baggett, and Carol Al-Kobri, for superb effort and a spectacular outcome. The fashion show by Nordstrom’s will undoubtedly be a highlight of many meeting attendees’ memories. And the next evening’s San Francisco Bay dinner cruise, sponsored by the
Past President Carol Ruehl (L) congratulates Excellence in Ophthalmic Nursing award
Julie Burlew,
Bay Area local chapter will likely rival that memory. Thank you, ASORN Bay Area chapter for your warm hospitality and gracious assistance! It was a generous and appreciated gesture. The theme of “Soaring to New Heights” was expounded on by keynote speaker Linda Groah, RN, MS, CNOR, CNAA, as she unfolded the characteristics and the competencies we will need to make the paradigm shift and fit the health care arena of the next millennium. Donna Hill-Howes, RN, MS, inspired and impelled us to meet the challenges of career transition and “Reap the Rewards of Change” in her keynote address, which displayed firsthand the creativity and high technology moving nursing into the twenty-first century. Exhibitors were greeted by throngs of knowledge-hungry nurses in the lobby area and included Alcon, Becton-Dickinson/Beaver Surgical Products, Ethicon, Inc., Merck, Micro-Scientific Industries, Inc., Oakworks, Inc., Storz Ophthalmics, Visitec, Christian Eye Ministry, and Mosby-Year Book.
ASORN
winner(R).
ASORN Board of Directors, 1997-l 998 (L-R): Jean Hill, Director; Kate Coldblum, President; Marcia Hert, Secretary/Treasurer; Mary Merchant, Strategic Plan Director; Karen Fogelman, Director; Sally Whitton, Annual Meeting Director; Carol Ruehl, Past President.
132
Volume XXII, No. 4, December 1997
INSIGHT
The Journal of the American
Society of Ophthalmic
Registered Nurses, Inc.