AORN's 49th annual Congres is a am...

AORN's 49th annual Congres is a amazing opportunity for professional growth and progressive growth Attendees can earn contact hours through attending education sessions, viewing research and clinical improvement/innovation placards and participating in education put forwarded on the exhibit floor. Following is important information and updates about the many education opportunities available at Congress

CONTACT HOURS FOR the couple FORUMS AND FOR DELEGATES

All attendees will earn 09 contact hours for attending the two Forums. Delegates will receive independent studies equaling the number of contact hours they are unable to earn while attending business meetings of the Association. Each delegate will receive an independent reflection packet free of charge when exiting the voting area. Alternate delegates may pick up their packet at the Member Resources in opposition to near the registration area upon Thursday, April 25, from 7 AM to 4 PM Take the packet to one's home complete it within eight weeks of the conclude of Congress, and return the answer sheet and evaluation to Headquarters. concerning successful completion of the touchstone delegates and alternate delegates will be awarded 99 contact hours--the number of contact hours they cannot earn while participating in Association business. These independent studies are valid for delegates and alternate delegates only

CHANGES/UPDATES TO EDUCATION SESSIONS

Please check the Congres web site at http:// www.aorn.org/Congress for updated information forward the education sessions, including touchy Topics. Following are a hardly any changes and/or updates since the January issue of the Journal.

Monday, April 22 8 to 9:30 AM

* C 6643 The Totally Implantable Heart: From Research to Reality--Karen Armstrong, RN; implore Hawkins, RN; Sharon Lauer, RN CNOR; Lisa Mitchell, RN

This presentation will discuss the AbioCor Replacement heart, from the research phase to human implantation of the device. A summary of the protocols implemented in animal laboratory trials, to include supplies and equipment, personnel selection, useful laboratory practices, and US nutriment and Drug Administration requirements, will be secreteed Cadaver laboratory practices and animal laboratory operations also will be discussed. The cleanse person and circulating nurse parts and responsibilities during both animal and human implantations will be outlined. A "day of surgery" overview for the first and inferior mechanical heart procedures will be presented

Monday, April 22 10 to 11:30 AM

* C 6655 violent Topic--CJD: Dispelling the Myth, Minimizing the Risk--Kathy Devlin, RN BSN; Marcy Huss, RN BSN CNOR

Monday, April 22 3 to 4:30 PM

* C 6671 Perioperative Patient Education: Beyond the Doors of the OR--Jane C Rothrock RN DNSc CNOR, FAAN; Patricia C Seifert, RN MSN CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN

The speakers will discuss the importance of perioperative foments sharing their knowledge and experience with patients and providers in ambulatory, office-based, and other nontraditional OR settings.

* C 6666R The Totally Implantable Heart: From Research to Reality--Karen Armstrong, RN; demand Hawkins, RN; Sharon Lauer, RN CNOR; Lisa Mitchell, RN

Monday, April 22 5 to 6:30 PM

* P 6675 The PND in Action: Documentation--Nathalie Walker, RN B CNOR; Pauline Robitaille, RN MSN CNOR

* R 6679 Growing Perioperative festers of the Future--Lori L. Ingram, RN BSN CNOR; additional speaker to be announced.

Tuesday, April 23 8 to 9:30 AM

* G 6686 Surgical Smoke: Is it Hazardous to Your Health?--Suzanne C Beyea, RN PhD; Michelle M Byrne RN M PhD CNOR; Paula R Graling, RN MSN CNOR

* L/M 6693 JCAHO Ambulatory Accreditation--Patricia L Miller, RN MSN CNAA

Wednesday, April 24 8 to 9:30 AM

* G 6720 Understanding the Public Policy Maze--Theresa Aldama, RN CNOR, CRNFA; Angela Barnard, RN CNOR, CRNFA; Diana K Sullivan, RN MSN CNOR

* L/M 6705 Managing accommodate with Costs: A View from Central Service--Carol Applegeet, RN MSN CNOR, CNAA, FAAN; seek by request S. McManus, RN, CEH, CSPDM

* L/M 6702 Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers--Not Just Another require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergone Center--Jane A. Kusler-Jensen, RN, MBA, CNOR

Thursday, April 25 8 to 9:30 AM

* G 6701 Circling the Wagons: Staffing the Perioperative Setting--dill C Anderson, RN CNOR; Nancy Ellen Paul, RN CNOR

Thursday, April 25 1:30 to 3 PM

* C 6748 Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery and the part of the RN First Assistant--W. Peter Geis, MD; Beverly Johnson RN BSN CNOR; Vishal Mehta, MD; Corazon Ramos, RN BSN CNOR

choice SCAN SHEET

Please be certain to complete the session choice scan sheet in the Congres registration pamphlet or complete the session choice form available online at http://www.aorn.org/congress/sess prefl.asp. The terminates of the preference scan sheet are used to make appropriate field assignments. The preference education session scan sheet submission does not guarantee seating.

RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE POSTERS

The director of research and AORN's Research Committee members are pleased to announce ongoing efforts to expand the research and evidence-based practice placards at Congress 2002. The [i]affiche[/i] display area for individual and chapter research and evidence-based practice placards provides attendees an opportunity to network with others interested in research projects