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Join your colleagues from around the abiding habitation to network, learn, and have pleasantry at the 50th annual AORN Congres in Chicago, March 23 to March 27 2003 a certain reasons to attend this circumstance include

* a strange lifestyles pavilion showcasing innovative proceedss for work and home;

* at liberty registration for nursing students;

* a clear one-day program for full-time nursing academy faculty members on Wednesday, March 26;

* an additional morning of exclusive exhibit hours for management of the same height attendees; and

* a 50th anniversary celebration dance party at Navy Pier Tuesday evening, March 25 featuring your favorite melodys from decades past and present

CHICAGO

Whether you are looking for civilization or serious fun, Chicago is your kind of town. If shopping is your passion, Chicago's options are endles The Magnificent Mile, otherwise known as Michigan Avenue, moves everything from Chanel to Tiffany's. If that is not your phraseology try State Street; Oak Street's designer boutiques, galleries, and antique stores in River North; and vintage stores onward Belmont and Lincoln. Visit Navy Pier for shopping, dining, theater, gardens, a carousel, and Ferris wheel.

When you are tired of shopping, you can relax while watching top-notch musicians in the same of Chicago's hundreds of cudgels Listen to some of the best jazz around, or visit the other City improvisational club where comedy greats like John Belushi and Bill Murray got their start.

For a slower pace, take in the view from the Sears Tower or the John Hancock Center couple of the world's tallest buildings. straggle through Grant Park, and stop at Buckingham Fountain to watch the spectacular musical water and light exhibit to featured nightly. Everyone will find something marvellous to fill his or her independent time in Chicago.

modern THIS YEAR--LIFESTYLES EXHIBITS PAVILION

Visit exhibitors featuring fruits to enhance your life at to one's home and work. For years, companies with performances that do not pertain to surgery have asked for the opportunity to squander time with AORN members and talk attendees. Shop at your leisure. The pavilion will be make open to attendees and their visitants Saturday, March 22, through Monday, March 24

GENERAL SESSIONS

AORN has assembled an innovative, motivational assemblage of keynote and general session speakers to hurl you home with new information, unwilted ideas, and a can-do attitude. Each day will cessation with a general session, giving everyone the opportunity to arrive together, network, and hear exceptional speakers. Speakers may be humorous or thought-provoking, if it be not that all will challenge you to expand your thinking. General sessions will close no later than 6:15 PM providing more time for attendees to rebuild old friendships and develop recently made known bonds.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23 3:30 TO 4:45 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS 15 CH

Enhancing Patient Safety by the agency of Teamwork Solutions--John Nance

Being a professional in a perioperative setting means working at "the sharp end" of a mixed human system in which penalty for failure is surpassingly great in both human and monetary expressions The health care professions do not have an exclusive franchise in succession life at the sharp period Other businesses and professions also face human and monetary penalties for significant failure or incapacity; among them is the aviation industry.

The public accords aviation practitioners (eg pilots, flight attendants, airline managers) the same horizontal of blind trust most patients give health care providers, and like health care, aviation as a scheme is extremely vulnerable to human mistakes. In fact, more than 90% of all aviation accidents end not from mechanical failures further from human failures, which usually are nurtur created, or caused by dint of the workplace system. This realization has created a crisis and revolution in aviation safety during the past 15 years and l to fathomless changes.

The health care industry is beginning the safety revolution that aviation already has experienced. Aviator and author John Nance will discuss principles the aviation industry has implemented to improve safety that can be applied to health care, specifically the perioperative arena. The implementation of these principles in health care can improve perioperative patient safety, hospital and clinical performance, and your have job satisfaction.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23 5 TO 6 PM GENERAL SESSION 12 CH

Succes is a Journey, Not a Destination--Donna Cardillo, RN BS

This powerful program will start you onward a journey to discover your passion, in nursing and in life. It is easy to master stuck in a rut and fail to prompt forward because of self-doubt, imagined obstacles, or fear of change. This program will help you unbolt hidden potential, pursue your dreams, and realize your career on track for the events to come Uncover the secrets to finding your life's work. The answers may surprise you and be closer than you think.

MONDAY, MARCH 24 3 TO 4 PM GENERAL SESSION 12 CH

Nursing Leadership: The Crucial Ingredient for Health Care--H. Ros Perot

AORN and the AORN Foundation are pleased to welcome H Ros Perot American business executive, philanthropist, and dynamic leader, to the 50th annual Congres Perot will discuss his perspective forward the significance of nursing leadership in health care.