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Events to attend
Events to attend
The following offerings specified as AORN approved have been reviewed under the AORN approval system. AORN has been accredited by the Mountain Regional Accrediting Committee of the American Nurses’ Association as a provider and approval body for continuing education in nursing. Under this accreditation, AORN’s educational offerings, which include Congress, national seminars, and international symposiums, are approved. Aug 29 Workshop on assertiveness training, conducted by Carol and Clark Alexander, Sheraton Inn and Conference Center, Boxborough, Mass 01719. Write: Bernice McPhee, Emerson Hospital, Concord, Mass 01742.
Sept 6-7 AORN national seminar, “Once upon a Germ: OR Asepsis,” Cambridge, Mass. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Sept 8 AORN of Galveston (Tex) workshop, “Life Threatening Surgical Emergencies.” Write: Robert Reed, 2306 30th Ave N, Texas City, Tex 77590. Sept 14-15 AORN national seminar, “Writing for Publication,’’ Jacksonville, Fla. Write: Mary Mendenhall, AORN Journal, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Sept 14-16 AORN chapter seminar, Omaha Hilton, Omaha. Write: Caroline Rogers, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231, Sept 15 AORN of Northern Utah workshop, “Power of
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Depression,” Hotel Utah, Main Street at S Temple, Salt Lake City. Write: Corbie Peterson, 1591 Calvo Dr, Granger, Utah 84119. Sept 15 AORN of Greater Cincinnati 8, Hamilton (Ohio) workshop, “All in Favor, Say Eye,” Carrousel Inn Cincinnati, 8001 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237. Write: Claire Ballaban, 1103 Archland Dr, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224. Sept 20-21 AORN national seminar, “Implementation of Standards of Nursing Practice: OR,” Houston. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Sept 22 AORN of Maine workshop, perioperative role of the nurse, Dean Medical Education Center, Mid-Maine Medical Center, Thayer Unit, North St, Waterville, Me 04901. Write: Mary Ellen LaBarge, 7 Roland St, Waterville, Me 04901. Sept 22 AORN of Superior (Calif) workshop, “Assertiveness for Nurses-A New Beginning,” Mather Air Force Base, Officer’s Club Ballroom, Mather AFB, Fair Oaks, Calif. Write: Ann Cunningham, 5200 Bootjack Dr, Sacramento, Calif 95842. (AORN approved) Sept 22 AORN of Columbia River Region (Ore) workshop, “Values and Ethics,” Sheraton Inn-Portland Airport, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland. Write: Annette Mann, 1850 SW Ek Rd, West Linn, Ore 97068. Sept 28 Postgraduate course on “Advances in Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology,” Beth Israel Medical
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Center, New York City. Write: Beth Israel Medical Center, Ten Nathan Perlman PI, New York, NY 10003.
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Sept 29 AORN of Central Coast Counties (Calif) workshop. Write: Joanne Schmidt, 856 River Rd, Salinas, Calif 93908. Sept 29 AORN of Greater Kansas City (Mo) workshop. Write: Barbara Van Brunt, 1102 Skyline Dr, Grandview, Mo 64030. Sept 29 AORN of Chicago (111) workshop, “AssuranceInsurance through the OR Nursing Process,” Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 N Orleans St, Chicago, 111 60654. Write: Virginia Damos, 1103 Washington St, Waukegan, 111 60085. (AORN approved) Sept 29 AORN of Massachusetts Iworkshop, “lnterviewing: Component Part of the Perioperative Role,” Copley Plaza, Copley Square, Boston. Write: Nancy Fennessey, Five Apple Rd, Beverly, Mass 01915. Oct 1-2 Symposium on “Tradition, Theories and Realities: Bridging the Gap on the Eve of the ~ O S , ”sponsored by the US Navy Nurse Corps, Health Sciences Education and Training Command, Town and Country Convention Center, San Diego, Calif. Write: LCDR Patricia Riordan, Registration Committee, CO Mailroom, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, Calif 92134. Oct 6 AORN of Dayton (Ohio) workshop, “Management of Morbid Obesity,” Holiday Inn Dayton South, 2455 Springboro Rd, Dayton, Ohio 45439. Write: Mary Hastings, 1429 Beavercreek Lane, Kettering, Ohio 45427. Oct 6 AORN of Tar Heels (NC) workshop, “Power of Depression,” Jane S McKimmon Center for Extension and Continuing Education, North Carolina State University, Corner of Gorman and Western Boulevard, Raleigh, NC 27607. Write: Hattie Amigo, 2704 Heatherglen Rd, Durham, NC 27712. Oct 6 AORN of Montgomery (Ala) workshop. Write: Sheila Gaillard, 2743 S Wallace Dr, Montgomery, Ala 36116.
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Oct 6 AORN of Fort Worth (Tex) workshop, “GI Blues,” Fort Worth Hilton Inn, Commerce Street at 1-20, Fort Worth, Tex. Write: Hazel Donnelly, 6500 Locke Ave, Fort Worth, Tex 76116. Oct 6 AORN of Twin Cities (Minn) workshop, “Development of a Product: The OR Nurse,” Sheraton Inn NW, 1-94 & US 52, Brooklyn Park, Minn 55428. Write: Margaret Foley, 4101 Parklawn Ave #237, Minneapolis, Minn 55435. Oct 6 AORN of Northwestern (Ind)/lndiana State Nurses’ Association cosponsored workshop, “Infection Control in the OR: A Process or a Procedure?” Holiday Inn, 444 Pine Lake Ave, LaPorte, Ind 46350. Write: Sandy Kermin, 315% E St, LaPorte, Ind 46350. Oct 6-7 AORN of Action Center Chapter of Florida regional institute, “Putting it All Together” (perioperative role), Orlando Marriott Inn, 6700 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, Fla 32806. Write: Candace Moore, 1100 S Delaney Ave #F205, Orlando, Fla 32806. Oct 11 Conference for OR nurses, “Every Year is the Year of the Child,” sponsored by Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit. Write: Continuing Education Dept, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien, Detroit, Mich 48201. Oct 11-12 AORN national seminar “Creative Leadership,” Philadelphia. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Oct 13 AORN of Southern New Hampshire workshop, “Invitation to Dialogue: But Words Can Never Hurt Me.” Write: Marilyn Morse, PO Box 77, Georges Mills, NH 03751. Oct 15-16 AORN national seminar, “Implementation of Standards of Nursing Practice: OR,” Portland, Me. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231.
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Oct 19-20 AORN national seminar, “The BIP 4 Pulse 4 : The Patient Adapts to Surgical Stress,” Tucson, Ariz. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Oct 20 AORN of Topeka (Kan) workshop (maxillofacial trauma and reconstructive surgery). Write: Karolyn Scheneman, St Francis Hospital, 1700 W 7th St, Topeka, Kan 66606. Oct 20 AORN of Omaha (Neb) workshop. Write: Linda Dinsmore, 13579 Gold, Omaha, Neb 68144. Oct 26-28 AORN chapter seminar, Sheraton Boston, Boston, Mass. Write: Caroline Rogers, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Oct 27 AORN of South Bay (Calif) workshop. Write: Darlie Ainsworth, 20428 Osage Ave, Torrance, Calif 90503. Oct 27 AORN of Shell Coast (Fla) workshop, “They Light Up Your Life,” Cape Coral Country Club Inn, 4003 Palm Tree Blvd, Cape Coral, Fla 33904. Write: Pauline Kish, 6300 S Pointe Blvd #140, Fort Myers, Fla 33907. Oct 27 AORN of Pittsburgh (Pa) workshop. Write: Evangeline Tesla, 173 Everglade Dr, Pittsburgh, Pa 15235. Oct 30-Nov 1 18th annual conference of the Operating Room Nurses’ Group of Quebec, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal. Write: J Verronneau, operating room, The Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4.
NOV1-2 AORN national seminar, “Once upon a Germ: OR Asepsis,” Denver. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. NOV2-3 AORN of Alameda (Calif) chapter sponsored seminar, “Nursing Audit and Quality Assurance,” Oakland, Calif 94607.
Write: Jane W Vosloh, 117 Anthony Ct, Danville, Calif 94526. Nov 3 AORN of New Mexico workshop, “The Kidney in New Mexico: Gift of Life,” Airport Marina Hotel, 2910 Yale Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87119. Write: Theresa Bonilla, 1316 F Nakomis Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112. NOV8-9 Symposium on The Biology and Management of Surgical Wounds,’ The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY sponsored by the New York-Brooklyn Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons and The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Write. Peter Dineen, Department of Surgery, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021
Nov 9-10 AORN national seminar, “The B/P 4 Pulse 4 : The Patient Adapts to Surgical Stress,” Cleveland. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. NoV 12-13 AORN national seminar, “Parliamentary Procedure-Meeting Magic,” Birmingham, Ala. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Nov 17 AORN of Rockford (111) workshop on assertiveness. Write: Susan Story, 3430 New England Dr, Rockford, 111 61109. Nov 17 AORN of Eastern New York workshop. Write: Mary Jane Marra, 14 Chester St, Schenectady, NY 12304. NOV19-20 AORN national seminar, “Be a Pacesetter: Become Certified,” San Diego, Calif. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. NOV19-20 AORN national seminar, “Creative Leadership,” Indianapolis. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231.
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The following offerings specified as AORN approved have been reviewed under the AORN approval system. AORN has been accredited by the Mountain Regional Accrediting Committee of the American Nurses’ Association as a provider and approval body for continuing education in nursing. Under this accreditation, AORN’s educational offerings, which include Congress, national seminars, and international symposiums, are approved. Aug 29 Workshop on assertiveness training, conducted by Carol and Clark Alexander, Sheraton Inn and Conference Center, Boxborough, Mass 01719. Write: Bernice McPhee, Emerson Hospital, Concord, Mass 01742.
Sept 6-7 AORN national seminar, “Once upon a Germ: OR Asepsis,” Cambridge, Mass. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Sept 8 AORN of Galveston (Tex) workshop, “Life Threatening Surgical Emergencies.” Write: Robert Reed, 2306 30th Ave N, Texas City, Tex 77590. Sept 14-15 AORN national seminar, “Writing for Publication,’’ Jacksonville, Fla. Write: Mary Mendenhall, AORN Journal, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Sept 14-16 AORN chapter seminar, Omaha Hilton, Omaha. Write: Caroline Rogers, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231, Sept 15 AORN of Northern Utah workshop, “Power of
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Depression,” Hotel Utah, Main Street at S Temple, Salt Lake City. Write: Corbie Peterson, 1591 Calvo Dr, Granger, Utah 84119. Sept 15 AORN of Greater Cincinnati 8, Hamilton (Ohio) workshop, “All in Favor, Say Eye,” Carrousel Inn Cincinnati, 8001 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237. Write: Claire Ballaban, 1103 Archland Dr, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224. Sept 20-21 AORN national seminar, “Implementation of Standards of Nursing Practice: OR,” Houston. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Sept 22 AORN of Maine workshop, perioperative role of the nurse, Dean Medical Education Center, Mid-Maine Medical Center, Thayer Unit, North St, Waterville, Me 04901. Write: Mary Ellen LaBarge, 7 Roland St, Waterville, Me 04901. Sept 22 AORN of Superior (Calif) workshop, “Assertiveness for Nurses-A New Beginning,” Mather Air Force Base, Officer’s Club Ballroom, Mather AFB, Fair Oaks, Calif. Write: Ann Cunningham, 5200 Bootjack Dr, Sacramento, Calif 95842. (AORN approved) Sept 22 AORN of Columbia River Region (Ore) workshop, “Values and Ethics,” Sheraton Inn-Portland Airport, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland. Write: Annette Mann, 1850 SW Ek Rd, West Linn, Ore 97068. Sept 28 Postgraduate course on “Advances in Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology,” Beth Israel Medical
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Center, New York City. Write: Beth Israel Medical Center, Ten Nathan Perlman PI, New York, NY 10003.
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Sept 29 AORN of Central Coast Counties (Calif) workshop. Write: Joanne Schmidt, 856 River Rd, Salinas, Calif 93908. Sept 29 AORN of Greater Kansas City (Mo) workshop. Write: Barbara Van Brunt, 1102 Skyline Dr, Grandview, Mo 64030. Sept 29 AORN of Chicago (111) workshop, “AssuranceInsurance through the OR Nursing Process,” Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 N Orleans St, Chicago, 111 60654. Write: Virginia Damos, 1103 Washington St, Waukegan, 111 60085. (AORN approved) Sept 29 AORN of Massachusetts Iworkshop, “lnterviewing: Component Part of the Perioperative Role,” Copley Plaza, Copley Square, Boston. Write: Nancy Fennessey, Five Apple Rd, Beverly, Mass 01915. Oct 1-2 Symposium on “Tradition, Theories and Realities: Bridging the Gap on the Eve of the ~ O S , ”sponsored by the US Navy Nurse Corps, Health Sciences Education and Training Command, Town and Country Convention Center, San Diego, Calif. Write: LCDR Patricia Riordan, Registration Committee, CO Mailroom, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, Calif 92134. Oct 6 AORN of Dayton (Ohio) workshop, “Management of Morbid Obesity,” Holiday Inn Dayton South, 2455 Springboro Rd, Dayton, Ohio 45439. Write: Mary Hastings, 1429 Beavercreek Lane, Kettering, Ohio 45427. Oct 6 AORN of Tar Heels (NC) workshop, “Power of Depression,” Jane S McKimmon Center for Extension and Continuing Education, North Carolina State University, Corner of Gorman and Western Boulevard, Raleigh, NC 27607. Write: Hattie Amigo, 2704 Heatherglen Rd, Durham, NC 27712. Oct 6 AORN of Montgomery (Ala) workshop. Write: Sheila Gaillard, 2743 S Wallace Dr, Montgomery, Ala 36116.
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Oct 6 AORN of Fort Worth (Tex) workshop, “GI Blues,” Fort Worth Hilton Inn, Commerce Street at 1-20, Fort Worth, Tex. Write: Hazel Donnelly, 6500 Locke Ave, Fort Worth, Tex 76116. Oct 6 AORN of Twin Cities (Minn) workshop, “Development of a Product: The OR Nurse,” Sheraton Inn NW, 1-94 & US 52, Brooklyn Park, Minn 55428. Write: Margaret Foley, 4101 Parklawn Ave #237, Minneapolis, Minn 55435. Oct 6 AORN of Northwestern (Ind)/lndiana State Nurses’ Association cosponsored workshop, “Infection Control in the OR: A Process or a Procedure?” Holiday Inn, 444 Pine Lake Ave, LaPorte, Ind 46350. Write: Sandy Kermin, 315% E St, LaPorte, Ind 46350. Oct 6-7 AORN of Action Center Chapter of Florida regional institute, “Putting it All Together” (perioperative role), Orlando Marriott Inn, 6700 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, Fla 32806. Write: Candace Moore, 1100 S Delaney Ave #F205, Orlando, Fla 32806. Oct 11 Conference for OR nurses, “Every Year is the Year of the Child,” sponsored by Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit. Write: Continuing Education Dept, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien, Detroit, Mich 48201. Oct 11-12 AORN national seminar “Creative Leadership,” Philadelphia. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Oct 13 AORN of Southern New Hampshire workshop, “Invitation to Dialogue: But Words Can Never Hurt Me.” Write: Marilyn Morse, PO Box 77, Georges Mills, NH 03751. Oct 15-16 AORN national seminar, “Implementation of Standards of Nursing Practice: OR,” Portland, Me. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231.
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Oct 19-20 AORN national seminar, “The BIP 4 Pulse 4 : The Patient Adapts to Surgical Stress,” Tucson, Ariz. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Oct 20 AORN of Topeka (Kan) workshop (maxillofacial trauma and reconstructive surgery). Write: Karolyn Scheneman, St Francis Hospital, 1700 W 7th St, Topeka, Kan 66606. Oct 20 AORN of Omaha (Neb) workshop. Write: Linda Dinsmore, 13579 Gold, Omaha, Neb 68144. Oct 26-28 AORN chapter seminar, Sheraton Boston, Boston, Mass. Write: Caroline Rogers, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Oct 27 AORN of South Bay (Calif) workshop. Write: Darlie Ainsworth, 20428 Osage Ave, Torrance, Calif 90503. Oct 27 AORN of Shell Coast (Fla) workshop, “They Light Up Your Life,” Cape Coral Country Club Inn, 4003 Palm Tree Blvd, Cape Coral, Fla 33904. Write: Pauline Kish, 6300 S Pointe Blvd #140, Fort Myers, Fla 33907. Oct 27 AORN of Pittsburgh (Pa) workshop. Write: Evangeline Tesla, 173 Everglade Dr, Pittsburgh, Pa 15235. Oct 30-Nov 1 18th annual conference of the Operating Room Nurses’ Group of Quebec, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal. Write: J Verronneau, operating room, The Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4.
NOV1-2 AORN national seminar, “Once upon a Germ: OR Asepsis,” Denver. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. NOV2-3 AORN of Alameda (Calif) chapter sponsored seminar, “Nursing Audit and Quality Assurance,” Oakland, Calif 94607.
Write: Jane W Vosloh, 117 Anthony Ct, Danville, Calif 94526. Nov 3 AORN of New Mexico workshop, “The Kidney in New Mexico: Gift of Life,” Airport Marina Hotel, 2910 Yale Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87119. Write: Theresa Bonilla, 1316 F Nakomis Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112. NOV8-9 Symposium on The Biology and Management of Surgical Wounds,’ The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY sponsored by the New York-Brooklyn Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons and The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Write. Peter Dineen, Department of Surgery, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021
Nov 9-10 AORN national seminar, “The B/P 4 Pulse 4 : The Patient Adapts to Surgical Stress,” Cleveland. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. NoV 12-13 AORN national seminar, “Parliamentary Procedure-Meeting Magic,” Birmingham, Ala. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. Nov 17 AORN of Rockford (111) workshop on assertiveness. Write: Susan Story, 3430 New England Dr, Rockford, 111 61109. Nov 17 AORN of Eastern New York workshop. Write: Mary Jane Marra, 14 Chester St, Schenectady, NY 12304. NOV19-20 AORN national seminar, “Be a Pacesetter: Become Certified,” San Diego, Calif. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231. NOV19-20 AORN national seminar, “Creative Leadership,” Indianapolis. Write: Education Department, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231.
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