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2008 Congress education sessions: Saturday, March 29, to Thursday, April 3, 2008

AORN Congress education sessions provide perioperative nurses with current, essential information about practice and patient care. This is the preliminary schedule of education sessions for the 2008 Congress. Sessions may be added as new developments and critical issues are identified. Hot Topic sessions will be listed on AORN's web site in February and included in the February Chapter Presidents' mailing. For the most up-to-date schedule with detailed session overviews, visit http://www.aorn.org/Congress then select "Daily Schedule" on the left side of the page to review sessions by the day and time. AORN reserves the right to substitute equally qualified presenters in cases of emergency and to cancel or substitute sessions as necessary.

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EDUCATION TRACKS

One or more tracks are identified for each education session. The tracks identify the broad content area for each session. Most sessions have threads of several content areas. The following definitions are used to identify broad content areas:

A Ambulatory--Issues specific to ambulatory surgery, hospital-based, free-standing, and/or office-based practice.

C Clinical--Relates to the care of the patient, including surgical procedures, direct patient care, evidenced-based practice, and/or ethical issues.

I Informatics--Sessions that cover computer applications in perioperative nursing.

L/M Leadership/Management--Empowering, motivating, and organizing people to achieve a common goal; gaining additional information as to how things work or how to make things work better.

L/MO Management education sessions with a focus on operations.

L/MWF Management education sessions with a focus on the workforce.

Professional development/issues--Sessions for acquiring and updating professional knowledge and skills.

[check] Sessions with information and insight into perioperative safety trends.

An (R) after a session number denotes a repeat session. Sessions that qualify for AORN risk management credit are denoted by a +. (e) indicates the number of continuing education contact hours awarded for a session. You must attend 90% of an education session to earn the contact hours. Nondelegate participants who attend a session in each of the concurrent session time periods and attend all General Sessions can earn 28.2 contact hours, and delegates who attend a session during nonbusiness concurrent session time periods and attend all General Sessions can earn 22.2 contact hours.

Contact hours may be awarded for continuing education content presented in the Forums and House of Delegates sessions. The agenda will determine whether and what number of contact hours will be awarded. The number of contact hours awarded for posters will be determined when the number of poster sessions is identified. Total contact hours will be included in the final attendee letter.

PRE-CONGRESS SESSIONS

Pre-Congress will be held Saturday, March 29. Pre-Congress includes intensive sessions that provide in-depth information critical to your career development. Participants can earn from 3.0 to 7.0 contact hours by attending Pre-Congress sessions (ie, 60 minutes = 1 contact hour). Registration for Pre-Congress will not be processed unless session selection has been completed. Please check the AORN web site for session updates.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29 8 AM TO 4:30 PM

1905 C 7.0 (e)

[check] Laser Safety: Beyond Signs and Goggles--Penny Smalley, RN

This seminar is designed to introduce fundamental concepts of laser science as applied to the technology and safety activities required of perioperative professionals working with and responsible for Class 3b and Class 4 medical lasers. The American National Standard ANSI Z136, AORN recommended practices, international (IEC) standards, and other appropriate regulations will be used as the basis for both risk assessment and the development of relevant control measures. Through lectures and discussions, participants will obtain clinical, technical, and administrative information essential to the development of a comprehensive, compliant, and effective laser service.

1906 L/M 7.0 (e) Leadership for the Staff Nurse--Judith Pins, RN, BSN, MBA

All perioperative nurses need leadership skills to effectively collaborate with the perioperative team. This all-day seminar is specifically designed to introduce key leadership topics related to team building, collaboration, and communication. This seminar is a must-attend for staff nurses interested in furthering their personal leadership skills and those aspiring to or preparing for a team leader position.

8 AM TO NOON 1907 L/M 3.5 (e)

[check] Sterilization Workshop: Did You Know? Update on AAMI and AORN Standards for Sterilization--Stephen M. Kovach, BS; Rose E. Seavey, RN, MBA, CNOR, ACSP; Martho L. Young, BS, MS

This workshop will cover three topics specific to sterilization standards:

1. instrument cleaning verification;

2. sterilization monitoring: routine efficacy, sterilizer qualification testing, periodic product QA, routine and implants load release; and

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2008 Congress education sessions: Saturday, March 29, to Thursday, April 3, 2008

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