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AORN Journal,  Jan, 2005  

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P 8429

The Expert Generalist: Strategies for Living and Working in a Rural Perioperative Setting

Is your neck sore from the weight of the many hats you wear? As rural perioperative nurses, we are versatile in the areas in which we work. Our needs and challenges within our professional setting are unique. Maintaining the standard of care with limited resources is a continual challenge within our practice settings. Just as our counterparts in larger facilities do, however, we strive for the safest possible patient care. In this session, we will discuss current challenges in the rural perioperative arena and identify strategies to optimize resources and deliver safe, competent perioperative patient care.

C 8430+

Changing Trends in Moderate Sedation

This session is designed to give an overview of the role and responsibilities of RNs in the management of patients receiving moderate sedation based on national standards and guidelines. This session will focus on credentialing standards from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and how to implement those standards in the perioperative setting. Clinical practice issues will be discussed, including the controversy surrounding administration of propofol by RNs. This session also will address required competencies and quality improvement and legal issues. A discussion period will focus on program planning, including policy and guideline development. This session will provide information for nurses who administer sedation and/or monitor these patients. This session will include the RN's preoperative, intraoperative, and post-operative roles; pharmacology, including acceptable dosages and potential side effects; and appropriate nursing interventions for common complications and emergencies.

1 to 4 PM (3.4 CH)

P 8433

Powerful Presentation Skills

The ability to make interesting and compelling presentations is arguably one of the most important skills a manager or aspiring manager can possess. Whether speaking to a small department group, the hospital administrative team, or a gathering of your peers, a powerful presentation will sell your ideas and create action. This session will review tips for creating a session speaker proposal, steps to developing a presentation and the skills needed for giving it, and techniques to overcome presentation anxiety. Participants will leave with new, practical skills ready to be put into practice and pointers for developing standout session proposals for future speaking opportunities.

L/M 8434

Perioperative Strategies for Effective Resource Management

To survive and thrive in today's changing health care environment, OR managers and nurses must have business and financial management skills as well as clinical expertise. This session will present an overview of topics affecting health care today and tomorrow, identifying critical success factors, developing short- and long-term goals, and balancing fiscal responsibility with clinical care.