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ASORN session if they fit your schedule better. Manion’s presentation will prepare us for the year 2K. Jo Manion 9:00-4:oo Saturday, October 23, 1999 Morning Topic 9:00-12:00: Surviving and Thriving in Your Career: Developing Personal Leadership Skills Afternoon Topic l:OO-4:00: Year 2K: Are We Ready? Critical Skills for Success Sdly Whit-ton, RN, CNOR Annual Meeting Director
Identifying Child Abuse Plenary Session Child abuse is one of the most common causes of trauma among children, yet frequently, child abuse is unrecognized by health care providers. This O’Hara Brandt course will explore the epidemiology of child abuse in the United States, with special emphasis on Shaken Baby Syndrome and the ocular manifestations of child abuse. Case reports of nonaccidental trauma in children also will be presented.
ASdRN and Prevent Blindness Continue It has been 2 years since ASORN and Prevent Blindness America developed our mutually beneficial professional relationship. I want to share with you the interesting activities of this last year. First, ASORN was once again honored by Prevent Blindness at their Annual Meeting Awards Banquet, We received a plaque for our member and corporate support of their “I’m Helping Give Children Their Vision for Life” mobile program. Also at this banquet, Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby) received the Person of Vision Award for highlighting in her advice column the “Light the Night for Sight” walkathon, a national event held annually the weekend before the Fourth of July to call attention to the prevention of eye-related fireworks injuries. Be sure to look for this opportunity to walk and support Prevent Blindness in your area. Lastly, I want to be sure all of you know about the Eye Patch Club, a sup port program for children and families dealing with amblyopia treatment. Membership in the Eye Patch Club includes the following: l The first issue of Eye Patch Club News. This newsletter features tips and techniques for promoting compliance, stories from and about children who are patched, INSIGHT
The Journal of the American
news
ASORN corporate
l
receives support.
a plaque
for
member
and professional advice from optometrists, ophthalmologists, and orthoptists. Each issue also includes a Kid’s Page, with fun games and puzzles for children. Five additional issues are yours when you complete and return the “Let Us Hear from You” sheet in the kit. The Classroom Guide. This guide is for the child’s teacher. Sometimes children who wear patches worry that friends at school will not understand patching. The guide explains everything to the teacher and classmates and gives them ideas for fun activities to help everyone learn more about their eyes.
Society of Ophthalmic
Registered Nurses, Inc.
Valuable Partnership
and
Abiaail Person
Van Buren (Dear of Vision Award.
Abbvl
receives
the
- ’
An Eye Patch Club calendar and stickers. For every day of wearing the patch as prescribed, the child gets a sticker to put on the calendar. When the calendar is full, send it back to Patch and the pup will send the child a cool, colorable, iron-on Tshirt decal featuring Patch. l A refrigerator magnet. You can keep Patch’s helpful hints where everyone can see them. . A pen pal form. Children in treatment can share their stories with others in the Eye Patch Club. Stones and pictures may be included in future issues of the newsletter or on Patch’s page on l
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1999
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Prevent Blindness America’s Web site (wwwpreventblindness.org/childrenLEyePatchClub. html). We, as eye care professionals, may each receive one Eye Patch Club Kit plus 50 descriptive brochures for our amblyopic patients who will benefit from membership in this club. To obtain this kit, please call Prevent Blindness America at (800) 331-2020 and identify yourself as an ASORN member. If you desire more active involvement in Prevent Blindness America by becoming a certified vision screener or educator, please call me. Volunteer hours are precious, I know, but this is a cause close to all our hearts. Carol Ruehl, RN, CRNO Immediate Past President, ASORN
Professional Choices Career Search Program ASORN and the American Academy of Ophthalmology offer an exceptional opportunity for nurses and ophthalmologists to enhance the “ophthalmic team” and recognize the value of collaborative efforts. The Academy’s Professional Choices career search program assists nurses seeking to become an integral part of many ophthalmic practices. Act now to increase your networking options and opportunities by joining this state-of-the-art recruitment service. Learn more about the Professional Choices career search by visiting the Academy’s Web site www.eyenet.org (career choicesprofessional choices) or e-mail: [email protected]. Any other questions? Call us at (415) 561-8500 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM PST and ask for the Practice Management Department. We look forward to working with you! 106
Volume
XXIV, No. 3 July-September,
ASORN’s Direction for the Millennium: Let’s Start With Mission Statement ASORN’s mission is to foster excellence in ophthalmic patient care and to support the ophthalmic team through individual development, education, and evidencedbased practice. ASORN’s past and current presidents and board members have faced numerous challenges in the 1990s. We all know that critical trends in the external environment affect us in our daily practice. Ophthalmic hospitals are taking in other specialty services, eye hospitals are closing and converting to ambulatory care, and breakthroughs in retina and ocular genetics are occurring, as are dramatic and fast-paced improvements in refractive surgery. Generation X and baby boomers have different philosophies about work and leisure, better-informed patients make increasing demands, and membership in professional organizations is decreasing. These are only some of the critical trends that challenge us. In 1997 ASORN members voted to expand membership to affiliate members in response to continued requests from licensed practical nurses and other non-registered nurse ophthalmic team members who viewed ASORN as a valuable organization, one that could meet their educational and collegial needs. In light of this change, ASORN must fundamentally rethink our society’s mission and reshape itself to remain competitive and relevant to
a New
its members, the ophthalmic community, and our patients. How can we help ASORN thrive through the next millennium? This is the $64,000 question that ASORN’s board must address. At the July board meeting, Pat Lamb, ASORN’s strategic plan director, facilitated a miniretreat to help revise ASORN’s priorities and direction. She and other board members identified 4 main goals: team building, education, resources, and relationships. Several high priorities in accomplishing those goals conformed with ongoing, spontaneous input from the members: annual regional programs in 4 cities throughout the United States, an aggressive membership recruitment program led by a newly formed committee, a facelift for our Journal, Insight, and member focus groups to facilitate strategy development. An organization’s mission statement must reflect its most basic charge, and it must change as the organization changes. Because ASORN’s mission statement has not been reviewed or updated in many years, the board also tackled this task during the strategic planning session-an important first step in embracing the initiatives described above. Our new mission statement simply and effectively reflects ASORN’s commitment to our patients and to our members-our biggest priorities.
Mission Statement: To foster excellence in ophthdmic patient care and to support the ophthalmic team through individual development, education, and evidenced-bused pructice. 1999
lNslGpt
The Journal of the American
Society of Ophthalmic
Registered Nurses, Inc.
Identifying Child Abuse Plenary Session Child abuse is one of the most common causes of trauma among children, yet frequently, child abuse is unrecognized by health care providers. This O’Hara Brandt course will explore the epidemiology of child abuse in the United States, with special emphasis on Shaken Baby Syndrome and the ocular manifestations of child abuse. Case reports of nonaccidental trauma in children also will be presented.
ASdRN and Prevent Blindness Continue It has been 2 years since ASORN and Prevent Blindness America developed our mutually beneficial professional relationship. I want to share with you the interesting activities of this last year. First, ASORN was once again honored by Prevent Blindness at their Annual Meeting Awards Banquet, We received a plaque for our member and corporate support of their “I’m Helping Give Children Their Vision for Life” mobile program. Also at this banquet, Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby) received the Person of Vision Award for highlighting in her advice column the “Light the Night for Sight” walkathon, a national event held annually the weekend before the Fourth of July to call attention to the prevention of eye-related fireworks injuries. Be sure to look for this opportunity to walk and support Prevent Blindness in your area. Lastly, I want to be sure all of you know about the Eye Patch Club, a sup port program for children and families dealing with amblyopia treatment. Membership in the Eye Patch Club includes the following: l The first issue of Eye Patch Club News. This newsletter features tips and techniques for promoting compliance, stories from and about children who are patched, INSIGHT
The Journal of the American
news
ASORN corporate
l
receives support.
a plaque
for
member
and professional advice from optometrists, ophthalmologists, and orthoptists. Each issue also includes a Kid’s Page, with fun games and puzzles for children. Five additional issues are yours when you complete and return the “Let Us Hear from You” sheet in the kit. The Classroom Guide. This guide is for the child’s teacher. Sometimes children who wear patches worry that friends at school will not understand patching. The guide explains everything to the teacher and classmates and gives them ideas for fun activities to help everyone learn more about their eyes.
Society of Ophthalmic
Registered Nurses, Inc.
Valuable Partnership
and
Abiaail Person
Van Buren (Dear of Vision Award.
Abbvl
receives
the
- ’
An Eye Patch Club calendar and stickers. For every day of wearing the patch as prescribed, the child gets a sticker to put on the calendar. When the calendar is full, send it back to Patch and the pup will send the child a cool, colorable, iron-on Tshirt decal featuring Patch. l A refrigerator magnet. You can keep Patch’s helpful hints where everyone can see them. . A pen pal form. Children in treatment can share their stories with others in the Eye Patch Club. Stones and pictures may be included in future issues of the newsletter or on Patch’s page on l
Volume XXIV, No. 3 July-September,
1999
105
ASORN
news
Prevent Blindness America’s Web site (wwwpreventblindness.org/childrenLEyePatchClub. html). We, as eye care professionals, may each receive one Eye Patch Club Kit plus 50 descriptive brochures for our amblyopic patients who will benefit from membership in this club. To obtain this kit, please call Prevent Blindness America at (800) 331-2020 and identify yourself as an ASORN member. If you desire more active involvement in Prevent Blindness America by becoming a certified vision screener or educator, please call me. Volunteer hours are precious, I know, but this is a cause close to all our hearts. Carol Ruehl, RN, CRNO Immediate Past President, ASORN
Professional Choices Career Search Program ASORN and the American Academy of Ophthalmology offer an exceptional opportunity for nurses and ophthalmologists to enhance the “ophthalmic team” and recognize the value of collaborative efforts. The Academy’s Professional Choices career search program assists nurses seeking to become an integral part of many ophthalmic practices. Act now to increase your networking options and opportunities by joining this state-of-the-art recruitment service. Learn more about the Professional Choices career search by visiting the Academy’s Web site www.eyenet.org (career choicesprofessional choices) or e-mail: [email protected]. Any other questions? Call us at (415) 561-8500 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM PST and ask for the Practice Management Department. We look forward to working with you! 106
Volume
XXIV, No. 3 July-September,
ASORN’s Direction for the Millennium: Let’s Start With Mission Statement ASORN’s mission is to foster excellence in ophthalmic patient care and to support the ophthalmic team through individual development, education, and evidencedbased practice. ASORN’s past and current presidents and board members have faced numerous challenges in the 1990s. We all know that critical trends in the external environment affect us in our daily practice. Ophthalmic hospitals are taking in other specialty services, eye hospitals are closing and converting to ambulatory care, and breakthroughs in retina and ocular genetics are occurring, as are dramatic and fast-paced improvements in refractive surgery. Generation X and baby boomers have different philosophies about work and leisure, better-informed patients make increasing demands, and membership in professional organizations is decreasing. These are only some of the critical trends that challenge us. In 1997 ASORN members voted to expand membership to affiliate members in response to continued requests from licensed practical nurses and other non-registered nurse ophthalmic team members who viewed ASORN as a valuable organization, one that could meet their educational and collegial needs. In light of this change, ASORN must fundamentally rethink our society’s mission and reshape itself to remain competitive and relevant to
a New
its members, the ophthalmic community, and our patients. How can we help ASORN thrive through the next millennium? This is the $64,000 question that ASORN’s board must address. At the July board meeting, Pat Lamb, ASORN’s strategic plan director, facilitated a miniretreat to help revise ASORN’s priorities and direction. She and other board members identified 4 main goals: team building, education, resources, and relationships. Several high priorities in accomplishing those goals conformed with ongoing, spontaneous input from the members: annual regional programs in 4 cities throughout the United States, an aggressive membership recruitment program led by a newly formed committee, a facelift for our Journal, Insight, and member focus groups to facilitate strategy development. An organization’s mission statement must reflect its most basic charge, and it must change as the organization changes. Because ASORN’s mission statement has not been reviewed or updated in many years, the board also tackled this task during the strategic planning session-an important first step in embracing the initiatives described above. Our new mission statement simply and effectively reflects ASORN’s commitment to our patients and to our members-our biggest priorities.
Mission Statement: To foster excellence in ophthdmic patient care and to support the ophthalmic team through individual development, education, and evidenced-bused pructice. 1999
lNslGpt
The Journal of the American
Society of Ophthalmic
Registered Nurses, Inc.