AORN seminars and Education Center courses

AORN seminars and Education Center courses

Seminars Implementation of AORN Recommended Practices Nov 11-12,1983-Boston May 18-19, 1984-Philadelphia Fee: $75; $100 nonmember This seminar is designed to assist registered nurses practicing in the operating room to increase their knowledge of AORN recommended practices in relation to asepsis; to apply these recommended practices in their work setting; and to evaluate the efficacy of their technical practices to ensure a high quality of care for the surgical patient. Leaders: Colleen K Harvey, RN, BSN, AORN senior coordinator, consultation; and Dorris Davis, RN, MS, AORN consultative specialist. Computers in the OR (Basic) Jan 27-28, 1984-Houston June 15-16, 1984-Denver Fee: $75; $1 00 nonmembers This seminar is designed to provide managers and staff nurses working in the operating room with basic information that can assist them in the decision-making process relative to the selection and design of data processing or computer systems. Leaders: Nancy Ertl, RN, director of patient care, Mercy Health Center, Dubuque, Iowa; Sylvia Doyle, RN, MS, director of operating room services, St Joseph Hospital, Houston; and Dan Novak, AORN director of computer services. Quality Assurance Aug 5-6, 1983-Cedar Rapids, Iowa Oct 14-15, 1983--Marquette, Mich

May 18-19, 1984-Little Rock, Ark Fee: $75; $100 nonmembers This seminar is designed to explore the concept of quality assurance in the past, present, and future. Components of a quality assurance program will be reviewed and discussed with emphasis on how to implement such a program in the operating room. Leaders: Janet Hixon, RN, MA, AORN director of education; and Judy Pins, RN, CNOR, head nurse, operating room, Mercy Health Center, Dubuque, Iowa.

Preparingfor the Certification Examination July 29-30, 1983-Kansas City, Mo Aug 5-6, 1983-Reno, Nev Fee: $75; $100 nonmembers This seminar is designed to assist participants preparefor the AORN certificationexamination. The focus will be on the nursing process, AORN standards and recommended practices, and the perioperative role. Test-taking techniques and practice will be provided. Leaders: Bradley J Manuel, RN, MSN, AORN senior coordinator, continuing education; and Colleen K Harvey, RN, BSN, AORN senior coordinator, consultation. Parliamentary ProcedureMeeting Magic Sept 26-27, 1983-LouisviIle, Ky Nov 10-11, 1983-Phoenix May 21-22, 1984-Baltimore June 4-5, 1984-Lake Geneva, Wis Fee: $75; $100 nonmembers This seminar is planned to help Association members become better acquainted with parliamentary law. This enables the members to function more efficiently and productively as active participants in local chapter affairs. Leaders: Caroline Rogers, RN, AORN pro-

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fessional registered parliamentarian; and Jan Pfretzschner, professional registered parliamentarian.

What Makes Your Chapter Thrive? Sept 16-18, 1983-Des Moines, Iowa Oct 14-16, 1983-Sacramento, Calif May 18-20, 1984-Albuquerque, NM Fee: $75; $100 nonmembers Local chapters have expressed a desire to explore ways of improving chapter viability and share approaches to solving common problems. Difficulties have been acknowledged in the following areas: conducting business meetings; expediting business; developing chapter education programs to stimulate attendance at meetings: and understanding and interpreting national policies and procedures. Leaders: Carol Sibelius, RN, AORN membership director: and Paula Stiles, RN, MA, AORN credentialing coordinator. Accreditation, registration The Association of Operating Room Nurses is accredited by the Western Regional Accrediting Committee of the American Nurses’ Association as a provider and approval body for continuing education for nursing. Participants in AORN national continuing education offerings such as seminars, courses, Congress, World Conference, and MILsQ will receive a transcript of continuing education units (CEU) annually. Participants earn 1.2 CEU for each two-day seminar attended (or .6 CEU for each seminar day). The transcript will be issued yearly in accordance with AORN’s fiscal year, which begins July 1. AORN has obtained a California provider number, 00667, which can be used by nurses to meet requirements for relicensure in California. Nurses registered in Florida who want continuing education credit will be required to complete information that AORN will forward to the Florida Board of Nursing. The Florida provider number is 27F0177. AORN’s Iowa provider number is 103. AORN national seminar registration is limited to registered nurses. Registration fees include instructional costs, study and work materials, and luncheon each day. Fee must accompany the registration form. A fee of $10 will be assessed for cancellation. Refund for

cancellations will be allowed only if requests are received two weeks prior to the scheduled seminar. Hotel information is sent with confirmation.

Courses Staff Development: Administrative Frame work Sept 19-23, 1983 May 21-25, 1984 Fee: $125 This course is designed for registered nurses in the operating room who have responsibility for designing, implementing, and evaluating a staff development program, or one of its components, for example, orientation or inservice education. Leader: Sharon R Lunn, RN, MS, AORN curriculum coordinator, continuing education.

Staff Development: Education Design OCt 31-NoV 4, 1983 June 25-29, 1984 Fee: $125 This course is designed for orientation and inservice education instructors,or anyone with responsibility for some aspect of staff development in the operating room. The course focus is how to design high quality educationalofferings or activities. Leader: Sharon R Lunn, RN, MS, AORN curriculum coordinator, continuing education. The Nurse Manager in the OR (Basic) OCt 3-7, 1983 Fee: $150 This course is designed to assist the operating room manager. Although the content will include some background information, the primary emphasis will be on the development of communication skills and techniquesin relation to the management style of the participant as well as the managerial climate in the operating room where helshe works. Leader: Colleen K Harvey, RN, BSN, AORN senior coordinator, consultation. The Nurse Manager in the OR (Advanced) May 14-18, 1984 Fee: $150 This course is designed to help participants relate functional areas of management to their

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Leader: BradleyJ Manuel, RN, MSN, AORN senior coordinator, continuing education.

own institutional setting. Leader: Dorris Davis, RN, MS, AORN consultation specialist.

Teleconference programming

Stress Management for Perioperatlve Nurses NOV17-18, 1983 Jan 16-17, 1984 Fee: $75; $100 nonmembers This workshop is designed to assist perioperative nurses in not only identifying signs, symptoms, and cause of stress, but in recognizing they have a choice and responsibility in regardto stress that stems from or affects their job. Leaders: Janet Hixon, RN, MA, AORN director of education; and Sharon R Lunn, RN, MS, AORN curriculum coordinator, continuing education.

AORN will do teleconference programs for established networks upon request. An honorarium or fee-for-sewice must be provided by the contracting agency. Prior commitments made by the Association will have priority should there be a conflict between AORN's established continuing education calendar and requests for teleconference programs. The programs have been designedfor registered nurses in the operating room, but some of the programs can be adapted to general nursing or multidisciplinary audiences. Program topics available include, for example: Management 0 managemenVleadership styles 0 management principles 0 writing job descriptions 0 employee counseling 0 preparing a budget for an OR unit

Reporting and Documenting Patient Care April 26-27, 1984 June 18-19, 1984 Fee: $75; $150 nonmembers This workshop will focus on reporting and documenting nursing care and patient outcomes during a patient's perioperative experience.

Quality Assurance definition of terms frequently used in qual-

AORN SeminarKourse Registration Form Registrationforms and checks.payableto AORN, Inc. must be postmarkedthree week8 prior to the date of Me offering. Send with fee check to AORN, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Use one form for each offering selected. For all cancellations. except chapter seminars. a $10 administrative fee will be retained by AORN. Please type or print. Social Securlty Number 0 CNOR 0 Member 0 Member-at-large 0 Nonmember Membership Number RN License Number -~ State Issued . First Name Last Name on Membership Card Initial Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other First Name Title Preferred on Badge Home Address City State Zip Code Hospital or Amliation Name __ __ Business Address _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ city Stale zip Code Hwne Phone Number Employment Phone Number Area Code AreaCodeSeminar or Course Title ~ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ _ _ _ ~ ~. __ Dete(s) Location . Fee (enclosed) -.__= 0 Send hotel reservation card 0 Send course grant application ~~~~

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Education grants Education grants are available for nurses taking courses at the Jerry G Peers Education Center. Individuals must be preregistered in a course to obtain a grant application form. A list of grant eligibility criteria may be requested when registering. Completed grant applications must be postmarked at least 30 days before the course begins.

Teenage pregnancy may not harm babies Although teenage pregnancy is considered a major social problem, the newborns of teenage mothers are not necessarily less healthy than those of older mothers, according to two researchers from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Although often weighing less than offspring of mothers in their 20% newborns and infants of teenage mothers actually score higher on some tests of early physical and mental development, write Stanley M Garn and Audrey S Petzold from the university's Center for Human Growth and Development in the April issue of American Journal of Diseases of Children. Garn and Petzold analyzed the effects of maternal size, weight, and maturity on birth outcome from data collected on 11,464 teenagers. They compared their findings with additional data on outcomes for pregnant women aged 20 to 29 and with data on nonpregnant teenagers. The authors found teenage mothers to be smaller and lighter than pregnant women in their 20s but comparable to nonpregnant girls of the same age. The teenage mothers had also started menstruating at an earlier age than women who became pregnant in their 20s.Even though teenagers give birth to many low-birth-weight infants, the relationship

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between the mother's weight at conception and the birth weight of her baby was the same for both teenagers and older mothers-that is, smaller women had smaller babies, regardless of age. The authors concluded that newborns of teenage mothers were small because of maternal size rather than age. Although birth weights increased with maternal age from 13 through 19 and into the 20s,children up to the age of seven years showed no difference in weight regardless of how old their mothers were at conception. In addition, Gam and Petzold found that both newborns and eight-month-old infants of teenage mothers scored higher on tests of physical, neurological, and mental development than those of older mothers. In fact, the incidence of lower scores on these tests increased with maternal age each year from 13 to 19 years and older. Even though larger weight gains during pregnancy lead to higher birth weights, the authors do not recommend that teenage mothers gain more than about 31 pounds. More weight may not benefit the mother, they say, and will have less influence on the weight of the newborns than additional weight has on infants of older women.

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