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Who Is Eligible to Serve as a National Officer?
JANUARY 1985, VOL 41, NO 1
AORN J O U R N A L
Who Is Eligible to Serve as a National Officer? Nancy T Fennessey, RN T n the past, the Nominating Committee has
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suggested ways to idenbfy potential leaders. Let’s look at this situation of finding national leaders &om a Werent perspective. Are you elqyble to be a national leader? Your answer may depend on your knowledge of the requirements for eligibility. There are some key issues involved in determining whether you are eligible for consideration as a national officer or as a member of the Nominating Committee. The AORN Bylaws state A. To be eligible for elective office as a member of the Board of Directors or as a member of the Nominating Committee, a nominee must have been an active member of the Association for two (2) years preceding
Nancy T Fennessey, RN; is assislant director of nursing, OR/RR at Salem @lku)Hospital and i~ a member oJ rhe Nominating Commiaee.
nomination and may not be a member of AORN Headquarten. B. To be eligible for the office of viepresident, a nominee must have served at least one year on the Board of Directors. Note that I have italicized the words “active” and “two years’’ in paragraph A. I have talked with a number of associate members who have confused being active in the Association, eg,committee work and high attendance, with “active status.” Active status is defined in the Bylaws as a. A registered professional nurse who is currently employed in operating room nursing, either full time or part time, working in a supe-ry, teaching, or general staff capacity in the operating room area. b. A registered professional nurse. who is an active member and wishes to engage in formal nursing education and/or operating room research, either full or part time, may retain active status upon rmmmendation from the local chapter, approved by the National Credentials Committee, and subject to annual review. Problems can also occur when a member who had associate status is now working in the operating room and has neglected to notify the Membership Department. It is important to check your renewal form each year before returning it. Make sure the codes are correct, and mark any changes in your status (active/associate), position, educational level, or age category. If changes OCCUT between renewal periods, write to the Membership Department. Remember, a nominee must be an active member for the two years preceding nomination. 225
JANUARY 1985, VOL 41, NO 1
AORN JOURNAL
The 1982 House of Delegates voted to send out renewal notices once instead of twice a year. Notices are sent at least 30 days before the end of the renewal month. Still, many people miss their deadline and their memberships lapse. A third area of concern is the submission of consent forms. In the past, the Nominating Committee has received signed consent forms submitted by state councils of operating room nurses. These are not acceptable, nor are they reviewed when evaluating
potential candidates.Nominations are only accepted from duly authorkd AORN chapten. Be thmking about how you would respond if asked to sign a consent form for a national office. Be prepared as an elgiile, informed member to be considered a potential candidate. If you have questions about the responsibilities of various offices, please stop by the Nominating Committee’s booth at Congres.
AORN Publications for Sale at Bookstore
Specialty Nursing C o w : OR-$5 Standards of Perioperative Nursing Practice$2 Surgical Experience A Model for Professional Nursing Practice in the O R 4 6 ModulaIIndependentLeamingSy-(M7Lr’”) Nursing Audit: Challenge to the OR Nurse$7 The Nursing Proms Series-$35 The Certilication Series-$28 Reporting and Documenting Patient Care: OR-$7 S M Development Series I and It OR-$7 each The Bookstore will accept payment in the form of cash, traveler‘s checks, or personal checks for the amount of purchase. AORN jewelry will also be sold.
While AORN publications can be purchased any time of the year from the AORN Amunting De partment, the advantage of buying them at Congress is that you can look at them first. They will be sold at the Bookstore in Room E404 in the Dallas Convention Center. The Bookstore will be open Saturday-10 AM to 5 PM S~nday-9AMto5PM Monday-9 AM to 4 PM Tuesday-llAMto3PM Wednesday-11 AM to 3 PM T h d y - 1 1 AM to 3 PM In addition to the following items, a limited number of delegate packets will be available at a cost of $5. Manualj.
A Commitment to caring-$l2 AORN Standards and R~COIIIIXII~K~ Practices for Perioperative Nursing-$10 Bibliography AORN Journal Q and A and &.I Colrn-$3 caringandsharing:spectnunsofPractice$12 Design for Continuing Education Activities$4
Developing Basic Competencies for Perioperative Nursing-$2 Guidelines for AORN Chapter-Sponsored CE Adivities-$8 Introduction to Recovery Room Nursing-$3 Peer Review for Nursing Practice OR-$3
NonUS Registrants’ Hospitality Room Congress registrantsfrom outside the United States are invited to come to Rooms N235 and N236 of the Dallas Convention Center. Members of the Golden Gavel Club-AORN past officers and Board members-will be available in these special hospitality rooms to provide help and information during the following hours: Sunday, Feb 24, noon-l:30 PM and 4-5 PM Monday, Feb 25,lO AM-noon Tuesday, Feb 26, 1-3 PM Wednesday, Feb 27, 1-3 PM
JANUARY 1985, VOL 41, NO 1
AORN JOURNAL
D a b Millionaire On the Move INOCAIKYCI: SURGICEL W r b a h e Hemostat IS used aot.nctIveiy ns u g c d pnxeaures to assist in the cmrdol cap tlary. w s . and 1menal lYmOTmaQevnenIga. lmof other convenfonaim l D d s d con110 are tnpraclcal a nellect ve coMUI*wcITyw18: SURGICEL IS cmtrandcaled lo( pacrvrg a waddng. a la s e a m n d the spnal cma
mlam~t~sor~theoplrnerveanac~nasm. mess II1s 10 be iemovBdalter hwosm.s IS a c h u m 101implantat on n Mn Mecls.sucn as lracldres 0 lorcmlio 01nemOnhagBIran argeaiteres 0 lor .se on non-nemonhagr serms r mng ~ r l a c e s WARNINQS SURGICEL Absaoa~sHemsmi s wpolled ster.e an0 s b Q not be auocevaa m a u s e a.loc4avmg causes pnys#calbieaYOOund me prwrc1 SIRGtCEas m intended as a sJoJlitute lor camid SJIg e r y and Ine proper use 01 suuies a M ,gal-res CIOS.ngSrRGtCELmaCMtamnalea ~ n d w l l n O v t a m n . age may ead to ccinpl~elonsand shouo oe avoided l n e nemOslat c ellect 01 SURGICEL s geaier when .IK applsa or) merelore .Ishouldml be mmstenedw In wale+ or same SLRGiCE- s n w a m be mweqatea atin an! .mlect.ve agents 01 with Olher malerials such as 0,llerng or nstatic iuostances Anrmgn SLRGICEL may w d l VI silu when messan, tt d aduisao e 10 remove11m e hBmOslass 0s acmeved It must a~waysoeremovedlranthevleolapplcationatler usen am neclmy proceduresand limloram na n wne rmen hBmOslasls s aotarea Aitnovgn S-RGICE- 1s DacterocnYam agansl a wtae rangeof palnogenic mlcrmrganisms n IS ra n t e n m as a sdbslolute la system ca ty admnmterea meiapeuttcor Prwhylaclr M1~mIcloo~a agents lo c m d a prevent PoStowal~vB
rntectons PRECAUTI(M18: USeon.yasm&h SbRGICE- ADYlfDabe Hemostat as 1s necessary fa hemxias s noaang 11n place n l i b eeang stops Remove any excess befores s g r a l Cos.ie m oroer 10 lac iilatate aoso~pto~’ an0 m.n m,re the possoo !ly of toreon booy reactom SURG CE. s m l d M) awlled msely agansl the oreding Srilace VIaOang or w k n g sMUl0 08 avaoea especialhl witnm I g a cavtes In “ r a o g ca8 procedd~es m m i m a m ~ v n t s01 SURGCEshod 0 oe m e 0 an0 care must be exeic sea 10 orwent plugg ng 01 the urethra. urele,. o( a catneter b y d.sWge(l p0rt.onsollhe product u s e d S-RGiCEL srcd mbe p f e c w oy applcationol f N e r notrate or any olhef eSCharoliCcnmlcass It S-RGICEL IS .sea temporarily lo line the c a v q 01 arge open w m o s 11shm d be placed so as no110 ownap me s m edges .I m i d a so be r m d from open w*mds oy lorcepsor by 111 g a m w m slerir water or sa me soIutm aller oleeamg nas s-t Precaulims should be taken in otorlnmlaryngologlc surgery 10 assure that rnd the material IS aspirated bvlhs ballen1 Careshould betakenrottoapplySURGlCELtml~ghlhl when It IS used as a wrap dun- vascular surgery Sefiletechnqueskdd becbwwd in removingSURGICEL Iran 11senvelope Opened unused SURGICEL SW be discarded becausen canm be festerillzed h D V E R S E R E ~ ‘ E r c a ~ a l ofnuid m andla mgn body reactions s l m l ~ eflect c when used as a vascu lar wrap Prohgalim of dranage m cholecysleclanes dlfftcultypassungurine per uremraafter prostatectomy blockedUreter alter krdneyreseclion headache burnng stinging or sneezing in m ~ M l q l r a procedures I burnng or stinging when applied 10 suflxe wwnds or alter hemOrrhoidectomy
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H. ROSSPerot’s admirers descrii him as a man of action who finds ways to achieve his goals. His critics, however, say that if you do not agree with his ideas or approach, you are likely to be bullIn the best-selling novel On Wmgs of Eugh, author Ken Follett introduces Perot as a rich, happy, driven man. He wrote, “ROSS Perot was rich. He had started EDS [Electronic Data Systems, Gorp] with a thousand doUars, and now the shares in the company-more than half of which he still owned personally-were worth several hundred million dollars.. . He also had an awful lot of Dallas real estate. It was difficult to tigure out exactly how much money he had-a lot depended on just how you counted it-but it was certainly more than five million dollars and probably less than a billion. He did not think it was the money that made him happy. He had dreamed of buildmg a suxmful business that would employ thousands of people; but his greatest dreamametrue was right here in front of his eyes. Running around in thermal underwear, getting ready to go skbg with his family. Perot had sometimes told interviewers that he would measure his success in life by how his children turned out. If they grew into good citizens with a deep concern for other people, he would consider his life worthwhile.” Perot is known for his concern for others. He has been involved in the Dallas and the international scenes. Education, drug legislation, prisoners of war in Vietnam, and hostages in Iran are areas in which Perot has been a force. In 1978, two employees of Perot’s company were jailed without cause while workmg in Iran.When the men were not freed after negotiations with the US Embassy and government officials, Perot assembled a group of men to break the two men out of the jail. If this had not been suamful, which it was, Perot would have paid the $13 million bail.He valued the people who worked for him. More recently, Perot made newspaper headlines for purchasing a copy of the Magna Carta The copy, which he bought for $1.5 million h m relatives of the Earl of Cardgan, is one of 17 and is said to be the most complete. 229
AORN J O U R N A L
Who Is Eligible to Serve as a National Officer? Nancy T Fennessey, RN T n the past, the Nominating Committee has
1
suggested ways to idenbfy potential leaders. Let’s look at this situation of finding national leaders &om a Werent perspective. Are you elqyble to be a national leader? Your answer may depend on your knowledge of the requirements for eligibility. There are some key issues involved in determining whether you are eligible for consideration as a national officer or as a member of the Nominating Committee. The AORN Bylaws state A. To be eligible for elective office as a member of the Board of Directors or as a member of the Nominating Committee, a nominee must have been an active member of the Association for two (2) years preceding
Nancy T Fennessey, RN; is assislant director of nursing, OR/RR at Salem @lku)Hospital and i~ a member oJ rhe Nominating Commiaee.
nomination and may not be a member of AORN Headquarten. B. To be eligible for the office of viepresident, a nominee must have served at least one year on the Board of Directors. Note that I have italicized the words “active” and “two years’’ in paragraph A. I have talked with a number of associate members who have confused being active in the Association, eg,committee work and high attendance, with “active status.” Active status is defined in the Bylaws as a. A registered professional nurse who is currently employed in operating room nursing, either full time or part time, working in a supe-ry, teaching, or general staff capacity in the operating room area. b. A registered professional nurse. who is an active member and wishes to engage in formal nursing education and/or operating room research, either full or part time, may retain active status upon rmmmendation from the local chapter, approved by the National Credentials Committee, and subject to annual review. Problems can also occur when a member who had associate status is now working in the operating room and has neglected to notify the Membership Department. It is important to check your renewal form each year before returning it. Make sure the codes are correct, and mark any changes in your status (active/associate), position, educational level, or age category. If changes OCCUT between renewal periods, write to the Membership Department. Remember, a nominee must be an active member for the two years preceding nomination. 225
JANUARY 1985, VOL 41, NO 1
AORN JOURNAL
The 1982 House of Delegates voted to send out renewal notices once instead of twice a year. Notices are sent at least 30 days before the end of the renewal month. Still, many people miss their deadline and their memberships lapse. A third area of concern is the submission of consent forms. In the past, the Nominating Committee has received signed consent forms submitted by state councils of operating room nurses. These are not acceptable, nor are they reviewed when evaluating
potential candidates.Nominations are only accepted from duly authorkd AORN chapten. Be thmking about how you would respond if asked to sign a consent form for a national office. Be prepared as an elgiile, informed member to be considered a potential candidate. If you have questions about the responsibilities of various offices, please stop by the Nominating Committee’s booth at Congres.
AORN Publications for Sale at Bookstore
Specialty Nursing C o w : OR-$5 Standards of Perioperative Nursing Practice$2 Surgical Experience A Model for Professional Nursing Practice in the O R 4 6 ModulaIIndependentLeamingSy-(M7Lr’”) Nursing Audit: Challenge to the OR Nurse$7 The Nursing Proms Series-$35 The Certilication Series-$28 Reporting and Documenting Patient Care: OR-$7 S M Development Series I and It OR-$7 each The Bookstore will accept payment in the form of cash, traveler‘s checks, or personal checks for the amount of purchase. AORN jewelry will also be sold.
While AORN publications can be purchased any time of the year from the AORN Amunting De partment, the advantage of buying them at Congress is that you can look at them first. They will be sold at the Bookstore in Room E404 in the Dallas Convention Center. The Bookstore will be open Saturday-10 AM to 5 PM S~nday-9AMto5PM Monday-9 AM to 4 PM Tuesday-llAMto3PM Wednesday-11 AM to 3 PM T h d y - 1 1 AM to 3 PM In addition to the following items, a limited number of delegate packets will be available at a cost of $5. Manualj.
A Commitment to caring-$l2 AORN Standards and R~COIIIIXII~K~ Practices for Perioperative Nursing-$10 Bibliography AORN Journal Q and A and &.I Colrn-$3 caringandsharing:spectnunsofPractice$12 Design for Continuing Education Activities$4
Developing Basic Competencies for Perioperative Nursing-$2 Guidelines for AORN Chapter-Sponsored CE Adivities-$8 Introduction to Recovery Room Nursing-$3 Peer Review for Nursing Practice OR-$3
NonUS Registrants’ Hospitality Room Congress registrantsfrom outside the United States are invited to come to Rooms N235 and N236 of the Dallas Convention Center. Members of the Golden Gavel Club-AORN past officers and Board members-will be available in these special hospitality rooms to provide help and information during the following hours: Sunday, Feb 24, noon-l:30 PM and 4-5 PM Monday, Feb 25,lO AM-noon Tuesday, Feb 26, 1-3 PM Wednesday, Feb 27, 1-3 PM
JANUARY 1985, VOL 41, NO 1
AORN JOURNAL
D a b Millionaire On the Move INOCAIKYCI: SURGICEL W r b a h e Hemostat IS used aot.nctIveiy ns u g c d pnxeaures to assist in the cmrdol cap tlary. w s . and 1menal lYmOTmaQevnenIga. lmof other convenfonaim l D d s d con110 are tnpraclcal a nellect ve coMUI*wcITyw18: SURGICEL IS cmtrandcaled lo( pacrvrg a waddng. a la s e a m n d the spnal cma
mlam~t~sor~theoplrnerveanac~nasm. mess II1s 10 be iemovBdalter hwosm.s IS a c h u m 101implantat on n Mn Mecls.sucn as lracldres 0 lorcmlio 01nemOnhagBIran argeaiteres 0 lor .se on non-nemonhagr serms r mng ~ r l a c e s WARNINQS SURGICEL Absaoa~sHemsmi s wpolled ster.e an0 s b Q not be auocevaa m a u s e a.loc4avmg causes pnys#calbieaYOOund me prwrc1 SIRGtCEas m intended as a sJoJlitute lor camid SJIg e r y and Ine proper use 01 suuies a M ,gal-res CIOS.ngSrRGtCELmaCMtamnalea ~ n d w l l n O v t a m n . age may ead to ccinpl~elonsand shouo oe avoided l n e nemOslat c ellect 01 SURGICEL s geaier when .IK applsa or) merelore .Ishouldml be mmstenedw In wale+ or same SLRGiCE- s n w a m be mweqatea atin an! .mlect.ve agents 01 with Olher malerials such as 0,llerng or nstatic iuostances Anrmgn SLRGICEL may w d l VI silu when messan, tt d aduisao e 10 remove11m e hBmOslass 0s acmeved It must a~waysoeremovedlranthevleolapplcationatler usen am neclmy proceduresand limloram na n wne rmen hBmOslasls s aotarea Aitnovgn S-RGICE- 1s DacterocnYam agansl a wtae rangeof palnogenic mlcrmrganisms n IS ra n t e n m as a sdbslolute la system ca ty admnmterea meiapeuttcor Prwhylaclr M1~mIcloo~a agents lo c m d a prevent PoStowal~vB
rntectons PRECAUTI(M18: USeon.yasm&h SbRGICE- ADYlfDabe Hemostat as 1s necessary fa hemxias s noaang 11n place n l i b eeang stops Remove any excess befores s g r a l Cos.ie m oroer 10 lac iilatate aoso~pto~’ an0 m.n m,re the possoo !ly of toreon booy reactom SURG CE. s m l d M) awlled msely agansl the oreding Srilace VIaOang or w k n g sMUl0 08 avaoea especialhl witnm I g a cavtes In “ r a o g ca8 procedd~es m m i m a m ~ v n t s01 SURGCEshod 0 oe m e 0 an0 care must be exeic sea 10 orwent plugg ng 01 the urethra. urele,. o( a catneter b y d.sWge(l p0rt.onsollhe product u s e d S-RGiCEL srcd mbe p f e c w oy applcationol f N e r notrate or any olhef eSCharoliCcnmlcass It S-RGICEL IS .sea temporarily lo line the c a v q 01 arge open w m o s 11shm d be placed so as no110 ownap me s m edges .I m i d a so be r m d from open w*mds oy lorcepsor by 111 g a m w m slerir water or sa me soIutm aller oleeamg nas s-t Precaulims should be taken in otorlnmlaryngologlc surgery 10 assure that rnd the material IS aspirated bvlhs ballen1 Careshould betakenrottoapplySURGlCELtml~ghlhl when It IS used as a wrap dun- vascular surgery Sefiletechnqueskdd becbwwd in removingSURGICEL Iran 11senvelope Opened unused SURGICEL SW be discarded becausen canm be festerillzed h D V E R S E R E ~ ‘ E r c a ~ a l ofnuid m andla mgn body reactions s l m l ~ eflect c when used as a vascu lar wrap Prohgalim of dranage m cholecysleclanes dlfftcultypassungurine per uremraafter prostatectomy blockedUreter alter krdneyreseclion headache burnng stinging or sneezing in m ~ M l q l r a procedures I burnng or stinging when applied 10 suflxe wwnds or alter hemOrrhoidectomy
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H. ROSSPerot’s admirers descrii him as a man of action who finds ways to achieve his goals. His critics, however, say that if you do not agree with his ideas or approach, you are likely to be bullIn the best-selling novel On Wmgs of Eugh, author Ken Follett introduces Perot as a rich, happy, driven man. He wrote, “ROSS Perot was rich. He had started EDS [Electronic Data Systems, Gorp] with a thousand doUars, and now the shares in the company-more than half of which he still owned personally-were worth several hundred million dollars.. . He also had an awful lot of Dallas real estate. It was difficult to tigure out exactly how much money he had-a lot depended on just how you counted it-but it was certainly more than five million dollars and probably less than a billion. He did not think it was the money that made him happy. He had dreamed of buildmg a suxmful business that would employ thousands of people; but his greatest dreamametrue was right here in front of his eyes. Running around in thermal underwear, getting ready to go skbg with his family. Perot had sometimes told interviewers that he would measure his success in life by how his children turned out. If they grew into good citizens with a deep concern for other people, he would consider his life worthwhile.” Perot is known for his concern for others. He has been involved in the Dallas and the international scenes. Education, drug legislation, prisoners of war in Vietnam, and hostages in Iran are areas in which Perot has been a force. In 1978, two employees of Perot’s company were jailed without cause while workmg in Iran.When the men were not freed after negotiations with the US Embassy and government officials, Perot assembled a group of men to break the two men out of the jail. If this had not been suamful, which it was, Perot would have paid the $13 million bail.He valued the people who worked for him. More recently, Perot made newspaper headlines for purchasing a copy of the Magna Carta The copy, which he bought for $1.5 million h m relatives of the Earl of Cardgan, is one of 17 and is said to be the most complete. 229