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

AORN Journal,  Feb, 2008  

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9 TO 10 AM

2259 P + 1.0 (e)

[check] General Session: Lessons Learned From u Team Training Program Using Human Factors to Enhance Patient Safety--speakers to be determined

10:30 AM TO NOON

2279 C + 1.5 (e)

Creating on Intraoperotive Multidisciplinary Pathway for DIEP Raps--Charlotte Guglielmi, RN, BSN, CNOR; Donald Moorman, MD, FACS; Kathleen O'Toole, RN, BSN, MSMOB, CNOR

TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008

8 TO 9:30 AM

2314 C 1.5 (e)

[check] Hot Topic: What to Expect When OSNA Comes to Visit Your Operating Room--speaker to be determined.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008

FACULTY PROGRAM

10:15 TO 11:45 AM

2335 P 1.5 (e)

Port 1--Using Perioperative Practice Settings as Clinical Sites for Nursing Students--Joy Don Baker, PhD, RN, CNE, CNOR, CNAA; Nancy Langston, RN, PhD, FAAN; Jane C. Rothrock, DNSc, RN, CNOR, FAAN; Patricia C. Seifert, RN, MSN, CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN

1:30 TO 3 PM

2336 P 1.5 (e)

Part 2--Using Perioperative Practice Settings as Clinical Sites for Nursing Students--Debro L. Fawcett, PhD, RN; Lindo M. Sigsby, RN, MSN, CNOR; Kathleen B Goberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE

SESSION NAME AND OVERVIEW CHANGES

The names and overviews of the following education sessions have changed.

SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008

NOON TO 1:30 PM

2256 P 1.5 (e)

[check] Hot Topic: Think Again--Are You Sure That Your Patient is Safe?--Anthony Dawson, RN, MSN

In this session, the speaker will discuss various aspects of patient safety as they relate to perioperative services. In addition, he will discuss the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals and their impact on surgical services. He will describe how frontline staff members need to create an environment of safety and will provide practical resources to help health care leaders improve patient safety in their organizations.

2 TO 3:30 PM

2257 (R) P 1.5 (e)

[check] Hot Topic: Think Again--Are You Sure That Your Patient is Safe?--Anthony Dawson, RN, MSN

TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008

8 TO 9:30 AM

2316 C 1.5 (e)

The Chiari I Malformation & Syringomyelia: Case Studies--John J. Oro, MD

The Chiari Type I malformation is an uncommon, congenital, neuroskeletal deformity of the posterior compartment (fossa) of the cranial cavity and the associated neurological tissues. In the Chiari I malformation (CM-I), the cerebellar tonsils herniate into the upper spinal canal and crowd the outlet of the posterior fossa (foramen magnum) causing obstruction of spinal fluid flow. Though the cause is unknown, CM-I is thought to occur during early embryonic development and is more frequent in women than men. While CM-I has been noted from the first year of life to the eighth decade, it most commonly presents in adults during the third decade of life. Dysfunction of the brainstem, cranial nerves and cerebellum occurs, and abnormal spinal fluid flow can cause a cavity to form in the spinal cord (ie, syringomyelia). In view of the multiple neurological tissues involved, patients often present with a variety of neurological symptoms. We will review a number of cases to illustrate the complexities of these disorders.