Approximately 400 feed at the brea...

Approximately 400 feed at the breasts representing six specialty assemblies attended the 2001 AORN multispecialty colloquy in St Louis, Oct 19 to 20 2001 The discourse offered networking and education sessions for specialty assembly members and other attendees.

SPECIALTY ASSEMBLY MEETINGS PROVIDE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

Specialty assemblies gather for business meetings at least twice by means of year to discuss hot topics and issues relevant to their specialty. This conversation included the following six specialty assemblies:

* Advanced Technology: Lasers & Minimally Invasive Surgery

* Cardiothoracic,

* Neurosurgery

* Orthopedic,

* Pediatric, and

* RN First Assistant.

This year, brace networking breakfasts were held forward Friday and Saturday. Saturday afternoon, each specialty assembly conven individually in the same manner members could meet their governing council and share troubles and ideas. Holding several meetings allowed attendees to participate in more than the same specialty discussion and learn about practice issues of the various assemblies.

A collaborative specialty assembly meeting was held to share information from Headquarters and the AORN Board of Directors with attendees and to create synergy for generating recently made known ideas and common goals among specialties. Candace Romig, director of AORN's Department of regulation Affairs, presented a videotape of the 2001 Lobby Day. Copies of this videotape will be available to chapters and members on the subject of request for a nominal unconditional tenure Bonnie Denholm, RN, MS, CNOR, specialty assembly coordinator, at handed information to help members navigate the AORN web site, and she discussed the of recent origin features of the restricted areas that were created in 2001 for each specialty assembly.

Advanced Technology: Lasers & Minimally Invasive Surgery Governing council members were same energetic and met between networking sessions to bring out strategies to meet member povertys and recruit new members. This assembly will focus forward research studies regarding pain management, safety issues and for what reason they are affected by the nursing shortage and creative ways to identify potential members in laser and minimally invasive practice areas.

Cardiothoracic. Whether it is an informal networking discussion or a business meeting, this specialty assembly always generates a healthy discussion of practice issues. This year, several folks volunteered to participate on the governing council or committees, having witnessed the activity that results from coming together to compare practices. brace new governing council members will be taking upon roles as newsletter editor and chair-elect, and they will be mentored according to other experienced council members. A drawing took place at the business meeting to recognize members for attending, and six complimentary Cardiothoracic Specialty Assembly memberships were awarded. Discussion included the transition from adult expand heart perioperative nurse to pediatric render free of access heart perioperative nurse. This discussion will lead to collaboration with the Pediatric Specialty Assembly.

Neurosurgery This is undivided of the newer assemblies, and governing council members are exploring incentives to encourage nation to participate. During this conversation they announced that they would award a Neurosurgery Specialty Assembly membership to clan who submit newsletter articles that inference in publication and to those who submit willingness-to-serve forms for inclusion forward the governing council. Governing council members worked hard last year to help plan the hands-on sessions and speakers for this year's parley and attendees witnessed the difference they made based forward feedback from the business meeting.

Orthopedic. Governing council members were pleased with the positive answer to the sessions planned this year. Like other clusters they also worked hard last year to shape this interview with hands-on sessions and dynamic speakers. They are planning a sponsored luncheon at Congres 2002 for members who attend their meeting onward Thursday, April 25, from 11:30 AM to 1 PM

Pediatric. This year, governing council members decided to focus onward providing information to nurses in traditional settings who deal with pediatrics onward a limited basis only. They exhausted time planning sessions that would be of interest for the nearest conference and identifying ways to collaborate with the other assemblies to provide information about pediatric issues and considerations.

RN First Assistant. This is always an interesting cluster with a variety of topics for discussion, including RN first assistant (RNFA) validation, updates to current publications, reimbursement, consumer awareness, and public policy. They are planning their 10-year anniversary celebration that will take place at the RNFA Forum, June 8 2002 in Washington, DC More information will be included in upcoming newsletter and the RNFA Forum brochure

EDUCATION SESSIONS

easy in mind specific to specialty areas, as well as perioperative nursing in general, was not awayed during the numerous general and associated education sessions. Topics included legislative and regulatory action, physical assessment, and clinical techniques.