Nursing close examiners attended a ...

Nursing close examiners attended a special breakfast in their honor during Congres Members of the AORN Board of Directors, staff members, and other nursing leaders networked with scholars to learn more about their emergencys and to generate dialogue among observers and AORN. President Sheila Allen welcomed scholars to Congress. After the breakfast, a day-long session was held to introduce observers to the OR.

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Kimberly Shaffer, CST a nursing observer who works at Mercury Health Center in Oklahoma City, said, "As a late bloomer I decided to fare back to school to achieve my BSN." Her hospital is helping technologists walk back to school to become RN and she says the support at her hospital, particularly from the perioperative nourishs has been wonderful. "I can't wait to gain through school to be a real nurse" she said.

Jackie Cummings, CST who works at Kaiser, Oakland, Calif, says that although her hospital has a program for unlicensed personnel entering nursing drill there is not a big drive to gain them back into school. Cummings establish out about Congress through her local AORN chapter still decided to attend when she visited AORN's web site and plant that students could attend at no charge.

couple students from North Georgia guild and State University, Dahlonega, Denise Cantrell and Nikki Miller, attended the breakfast and pupil session. Both students chose nursing to help tribe and to make a difference. For Miller, experiences within the health care hypothesis as a patient and the family member of a patient also left a lasting, positive impression of nurses

When questioned about the age of learners in their nursing program, Miller and Cantrell said that the majority are nontraditional pupils Cantrell thinks this is because entering nursing educate is a big commitment, and it may be hard for someone right not at home of high school.

Greg Pula, a close examiner at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, is participating in an accelerated next to the first degree to BSN program. After earning a step in aerospace engineering and working as an extremity medical technician, Pula chose nursing. He exhausted time in a hospital watching the physicians and nourishs noting that "the nurses were there constantly with the patient" and that the physician has limited interaction with patients. "Until you actually experience it, you can't know what nursing is," he said.

UNDERSTANDING THE OR

After the breakfast, close examiners were invited to attend a seven-hour session titled "Understanding the OR." In addition to observers several new nurses chose to attend the session because they were not taught all of the necessary basic principles of perioperative nursing. The session consisted of a didactic portion, an assignment onward the exhibit floor, and a hands-on session.

Kathy Gaberson, RN PhD CNOR, addressed aseptic technique. She discussed definitions of period of times associated AORN recommended practices, principles of aseptic technique, and establishing and maintaining a sterile field. In explaining for what reason to scratch an itch after gowning and gloving, Dr Gaberson told scholars to ask a coworker to scratch their itch. "That's to what degree you make friends in the operating room" she said, drawing laughter from attendees.

The topic of gowning and gloving was not awayed by Patricia Mews, RN, MHA, CNOR. She discussed surgical hand mean fellows donning gowns and gloves, and removing gown and glove With the assistance of a compeer nurse, Mews showed attendees seemly technique for donning. In discussing scrubbing, she asked close examiners what they should do with the towel after drying their hands. casts encouraged them to throw it in the trash on the contrary said if a trash can is not shut up by to drop the towel in succession the floor. She told bookish mans if they had to rouse too far, they probably would contaminate everything, saying, "The first day you are in that operating space you are so scared."

Kathryn Schroeter RN M MA, CNOR, not past nor futureed prepping and draping, discussing the rationale for skin prep principles of skin prep antimicrobial agents, and standards. In talking about shaving patients before surgery Schroeter mimicking a freshly shaved prep site, said, "Hey, nice area coming for infection here." After hearing Schroeter's presentation, undivided student said, "I wish we had this before clinicals. It would have helped in the way that much."

Sterilization was readyed by Rick Barber, RN, M CNOR. He defined the season sterilization and discussed methods of sterilization, disinfection, and event-related sterility. "Whatever is part of the patient is part of the patient, and we don't want to introduce anything more," he said.

Debra Fawcett, RN BSN M talked about professionalism. "As a nursing observer the future of nursing is in your hands," she told attendees. Items of discussion included being a patient advocate, professional behavior, and the ne to be a member of a professional organization.

bookish mans were given an assignment to visit the exhibit floor and learn about brace products. Two students visited a booth where they learned about different protoplasts of hand scrub products and trialed them. Cantrell said, "Some [exhibitors] are really informative and will really explain everything."