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1991 Congres Attendees Address the events to come of Perioperative Nursing

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World greetings from Houston--your 47th AORN Congres city!! The theme for this year's Congres is "Stepping Into Your Future" Where are you going as a person? A student? A perioperative nurse? As we incite into the twenty-first century, we will remember the past, if it be not that we must grab the time to come with both hands and anticipate the changes it haves for each one of us.

an of the highlights of the 2000 Congres include a keynote address from a US Department of Health and Human Services representative, interactive videotapes for perioperative foments and education sessions for administrators (eg "Marketing Your Perioperative Nursing Team," "Surgery in Space," "Students--Our Perioperative Partners," "The Grassroots go on to Washington," "OR Management--Getting the principally From Your Product Lines").

You also can participate in various research studies as we strive to address many paradigms related to perioperative nursing. Please visit the technical exhibits, as your companions along with sales representatives will demonstrate and troubleshoot yields Marketing firms appreciate your input as you actively participate in their endeavors to improve the quality and service of surgical products

We chance of the desired end you will take advantage of our "Start a Student" chapter program from sponsoring a student to attend Congres with you.

Although a certain number of of your national and international colleagues are unable to attend Congres they will be able to participate in general sessions as well as education sessions via telecommunications and written programs.

Have a safe trip, take pleasure in the opportunities to participate in your organization, and "step into your future" with the one and the other feet!

We anticipate forward to meeting you in 2000 Have an exciting Congress!

AORN OF ALAMEDA COUNTY

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Whew! What a journey it has been to reach here. The year 2000 has brought many awes AIDS was such a dilemma in 1991 and now it is a curable disease. undivided just needed to discover that gamma radiation to the RNA within the affected lymphocyte was the answer. Now that greatest in number types of cancer have a help the perioperative nurse's role has really changed. No more breast biopsies, bowel resections, hysterectomies, or radical retropubic prostatectomies becoming to cancer. As the r kindred counts carry an antigen for those cancers that still exist, all that is necessary is a laboratory example to detect the remaining cancers. Transluminal laser has totally revamped the crani for aneurysm steps as well as coronary artery bypasses. barely the older surgeons do these transactions anymore. The younger physicians don't understand all the fuss involved with the archaic way of opening the brain or chest just to approach an artery because all it takes is the 005 mm laserscope to be inserted by the and of the carotid of choice and--zap!--it's clipped and/or repaired.

The RN first assistant program passed legislation in 1994 Many nourishs have started their own businesses supplying first assistance onward a case-by-case basis to the hospitals or providing surgeon of all specialty marks with a private scrub individual who can fully assist.

With the American encourages Association/AORN national health care plan as a medical design the National Health Bill passed in 1997 With fosters directly billing third-party payers, many more abiding-place health care providers have uncloseed up shop and provide care at a lower outlay At-home care for the chronically ill is now a reality. The prevention aspect of health is a believable issue since many perioperative foments returned from the 1991 AORN Congres in Atlanta to begin implementing prevention seminars within their hometown institute systems.

Also, proper to the National Health Bill, succors have helped to solve the infant mortality moot point With nurses being able to directly bill Medicaid/ Medicare, many more clinics have been make opened by nurses in regions and areas of cities where perinatal care is needed

form into groups homes have opened, so there is a direct support clump for those mothers who are addicted to cocaine. The question in the past was that pregnant, addicted women had no place for their children to stay during the six weeks of in-house rehabilitation. The family now can stay together. Several nourishs saw this need and began assemblage homes in the Watts section of sees Angeles and in Harlem in modern York City. They were like a success that many cluster homes followed. Self-esteem and self-worth have been emphasized and empowerment has been encouraged. When the women recur to the workplace, job placement is as high as 92% Many of the form into groups homes hire their graduates as colors gardeners, counselors, and ancillary staff. Many graduates want to become RN because they can view that the expanded role of the encourage is a very gratifying profession.

We now have 23 senators and 113 representatives who are women forward Capitol Hill. Last summer the time was ripe to preferable the first female as a candidate for the year 2000 presidential campaign. What: a way to go! The nourishs were on the front line with this campaign on manning the phone banks. The presidential campaign manager generally is an RN.