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A O R N of Northern Virginia Congress
participation
was
encouraged
in this Virginia chapter through a moneyraising dance, the purpose of which was to members' trips to
Las
Vegas. A Christmas dance, for which
subsidize chapter
386
tickets were sold, netted $1580 for the AORN group. In nurse recruitment activity, the chapter has presented group discussions on "all facets of nursing education" to classes a t local high schools.
no food, water or supplies," said Miss McCall. Financed by the hospital board of directors, the make-shift staff was prepared to care for
250 victims-or
stretch that care
to 500 victims. "Prepared to fight hunger, gangrene and massive iniuries,'' recalls Miss McCall, "we found ourselves instead entangled in the most unfortunate web of red tape that anyone can imagine. "Cuban-American
doctors found them-
selves confronted with hostile classmates from their professional schools in Cuba.
A O R N of South Florida Firsthand view of the results of one of the world's most devastating earthquakes was given to AORN of South Florida by Katherine McCall, who was assistant administrator at the Pan-American Hospital, Miami, during the M a y 31 earthquake in Peru. The one-minute shake took 70,000 lives and 800,000 homes. "Eleven people from Pan-Am Hospital organized to g o into an area where there was
March 1971
Everywhere we went, i t was 'viva l a Castro,' " Miss McCall commented to the group, gathered a t South Miami Hospital. "Americans
received no recognition for
the services they were eager to perform. They kept us busy filling out forms. Finally we took the bull by the horns and,told our story on a television program. After that, the scene changed, and it became possible to get to the unfortunate victims."
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Hospital last fall spoke to a group of operating room nurses in Rockford. Gerald Staud, MD, made a presentation on infant surgery.
AORN of East Texas Implantation of silastic finger joints prostheses to hands disabled by rheumatoid arthritis or trauma was the subject presented at an East Texas meeting by two local physicians. Speakers were Charles T. McCarthy, Jr., MD, orthopedic surgeon, and David K. Fletcher, MD, arthritis and rheumatism specialist.
AORN of Northeastern Wisconsin "Prepared t o fight hunger, gangrene and massive injuries," was a group of medical people from Pan-American Hospital. M i a m i , who volunteered t o help with posteorthquake damage in Peru. Katherine M c C a l l , RN, among the workers, spoke at a meeting of the AORN of South Florida.
Different types of patients treated with plastic surgery were described at a meeting at which E. A. Schrnag, MD, was the featured speaker. Dr. Schrnag showed slides, emphasizing long-term results nurses are often unable to see,
AORN of Twin Cities AORN of St. Louis A spring Regional Institute i s on the agenda for plans and discussions for St. Louis. The chapter has dubbed the Institute "Bridging the gap," and will develop a plan of care with entire work-up from diagnosis through admission to discharge.
AORN of Fort Wayne, Indiana "The RN in surgery - present and future" was the topic for discussion at a meeting in Fort Wayne, the guest speaker was J. Robert Bell, MD, a general and thoracic surgeon, and a panel talk followed the formal speech.
A tear-out membership survey was mailed to operating room nurses in the Twin Cities -Minneapolis and St. Paul-by the local AORN board of directors, to measure interests, and estimate possible growth of meeting attendance. The poll was printed in Stereoscope, the chapter newsletter, and was intended to provide insight into ways to promote chapter participation.
AORN of Midlands South Carolina A bake sale was organized by the Midlands chapter to help send representatives to the
AORN of Rockford, Illinois The neo-natologist who organized the highrisk-newborn unit at Rockwood Memorial
126
1971 Congress. The group was
pleased, according to Truma R. Coker,
RN,
vice president, with the success of the bazaar-bake-sale.
AORN Journal
AORN of Cenfral Illinois Wise and witty insights into the world of communication were given a t a Central
II-
ageal speech for the laryngectomy patient; and a speech therapist from the center provided to questions and a complete
tour.
linois meeting by Betty Cole, RN, assistant director of nursing, Decatur Memorial Hospital. Communication i s t o b e improved on even today, according to Miss Cole, i n this fast and busy world.
All Mohawk Valley A O R N members participated in a combined garage-bake-sale sponsored as a "ways ond means" project by the group. Manning the booth here are Theresa Fioschetti, R N . C a r o l Perry. R N , Lorraine Kabot, R N . Marilyn Butler. RN. and Rose Deutschmann, RN.
AORN of Omaha, Nebraska Organizational activities are i n full swing
Communication, a word in itself currently overworked, was given new flare and meaning by Betty C o l e , R N , at a meeting of the A O R N of Central Illinois. Miss C o l e is assistant director of nursing, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Illinois.
for the Omaha chapter, as they emphasize PafliciPation through the chapter newsletter, Across the suture line, and through nurse
AORN of Mohawk Valley, New York
O n the editorial side, members are requested t o submit "guest articles" to the news sheet. Topics come from hospital news and features, and, according to Marlene Swanson, RN, president-elect, the chapter's policy for printing all received news has
"It was an odd sensation t o hear absolutely nothing," according to Mohawk Valley AORN members who toured the local Hearing and Speech Center. They were referring to the Center's "floating" o r "suspended" room where hearing i s tested.
All phases of speech therapy were explained during the visit, including esoph-
128
recruitment programs.
sti mu lated interest.
Regional winners in the nurse recruitment competition for AORN, the chapter rnembers organized displays in the shopping centers. Theme for their recruitment campaign how about was "People need nurses you?"
...
AORN Journal
A O R N of Northern Virginia Congress
participation
was
encouraged
in this Virginia chapter through a moneyraising dance, the purpose of which was to members' trips to
Las
Vegas. A Christmas dance, for which
subsidize chapter
386
tickets were sold, netted $1580 for the AORN group. In nurse recruitment activity, the chapter has presented group discussions on "all facets of nursing education" to classes a t local high schools.
no food, water or supplies," said Miss McCall. Financed by the hospital board of directors, the make-shift staff was prepared to care for
250 victims-or
stretch that care
to 500 victims. "Prepared to fight hunger, gangrene and massive iniuries,'' recalls Miss McCall, "we found ourselves instead entangled in the most unfortunate web of red tape that anyone can imagine. "Cuban-American
doctors found them-
selves confronted with hostile classmates from their professional schools in Cuba.
A O R N of South Florida Firsthand view of the results of one of the world's most devastating earthquakes was given to AORN of South Florida by Katherine McCall, who was assistant administrator at the Pan-American Hospital, Miami, during the M a y 31 earthquake in Peru. The one-minute shake took 70,000 lives and 800,000 homes. "Eleven people from Pan-Am Hospital organized to g o into an area where there was
March 1971
Everywhere we went, i t was 'viva l a Castro,' " Miss McCall commented to the group, gathered a t South Miami Hospital. "Americans
received no recognition for
the services they were eager to perform. They kept us busy filling out forms. Finally we took the bull by the horns and,told our story on a television program. After that, the scene changed, and it became possible to get to the unfortunate victims."
125
Hospital last fall spoke to a group of operating room nurses in Rockford. Gerald Staud, MD, made a presentation on infant surgery.
AORN of East Texas Implantation of silastic finger joints prostheses to hands disabled by rheumatoid arthritis or trauma was the subject presented at an East Texas meeting by two local physicians. Speakers were Charles T. McCarthy, Jr., MD, orthopedic surgeon, and David K. Fletcher, MD, arthritis and rheumatism specialist.
AORN of Northeastern Wisconsin "Prepared t o fight hunger, gangrene and massive injuries," was a group of medical people from Pan-American Hospital. M i a m i , who volunteered t o help with posteorthquake damage in Peru. Katherine M c C a l l , RN, among the workers, spoke at a meeting of the AORN of South Florida.
Different types of patients treated with plastic surgery were described at a meeting at which E. A. Schrnag, MD, was the featured speaker. Dr. Schrnag showed slides, emphasizing long-term results nurses are often unable to see,
AORN of Twin Cities AORN of St. Louis A spring Regional Institute i s on the agenda for plans and discussions for St. Louis. The chapter has dubbed the Institute "Bridging the gap," and will develop a plan of care with entire work-up from diagnosis through admission to discharge.
AORN of Fort Wayne, Indiana "The RN in surgery - present and future" was the topic for discussion at a meeting in Fort Wayne, the guest speaker was J. Robert Bell, MD, a general and thoracic surgeon, and a panel talk followed the formal speech.
A tear-out membership survey was mailed to operating room nurses in the Twin Cities -Minneapolis and St. Paul-by the local AORN board of directors, to measure interests, and estimate possible growth of meeting attendance. The poll was printed in Stereoscope, the chapter newsletter, and was intended to provide insight into ways to promote chapter participation.
AORN of Midlands South Carolina A bake sale was organized by the Midlands chapter to help send representatives to the
AORN of Rockford, Illinois The neo-natologist who organized the highrisk-newborn unit at Rockwood Memorial
126
1971 Congress. The group was
pleased, according to Truma R. Coker,
RN,
vice president, with the success of the bazaar-bake-sale.
AORN Journal
AORN of Cenfral Illinois Wise and witty insights into the world of communication were given a t a Central
II-
ageal speech for the laryngectomy patient; and a speech therapist from the center provided to questions and a complete
tour.
linois meeting by Betty Cole, RN, assistant director of nursing, Decatur Memorial Hospital. Communication i s t o b e improved on even today, according to Miss Cole, i n this fast and busy world.
All Mohawk Valley A O R N members participated in a combined garage-bake-sale sponsored as a "ways ond means" project by the group. Manning the booth here are Theresa Fioschetti, R N . C a r o l Perry. R N , Lorraine Kabot, R N . Marilyn Butler. RN. and Rose Deutschmann, RN.
AORN of Omaha, Nebraska Organizational activities are i n full swing
Communication, a word in itself currently overworked, was given new flare and meaning by Betty C o l e , R N , at a meeting of the A O R N of Central Illinois. Miss C o l e is assistant director of nursing, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Illinois.
for the Omaha chapter, as they emphasize PafliciPation through the chapter newsletter, Across the suture line, and through nurse
AORN of Mohawk Valley, New York
O n the editorial side, members are requested t o submit "guest articles" to the news sheet. Topics come from hospital news and features, and, according to Marlene Swanson, RN, president-elect, the chapter's policy for printing all received news has
"It was an odd sensation t o hear absolutely nothing," according to Mohawk Valley AORN members who toured the local Hearing and Speech Center. They were referring to the Center's "floating" o r "suspended" room where hearing i s tested.
All phases of speech therapy were explained during the visit, including esoph-
128
recruitment programs.
sti mu lated interest.
Regional winners in the nurse recruitment competition for AORN, the chapter rnembers organized displays in the shopping centers. Theme for their recruitment campaign how about was "People need nurses you?"
...
AORN Journal