SPRING 2004 NEWSLETTER

 AORN CHAPTER 3001

Upcoming meeting: June 5^th will be a combined educational                  offering sponsored by all three NH AORN chapters.                             Registration begins at 8:30 am and formal presentations                         begin at 9:00 am.  3.6 Contact Hours will be provided                         through AORN.

Our guests include:
Bill Duffy, Current AORN President (2004-2005)
Charlotte Guglielmi, Newly elected AORN Secretary
Concord Hospital,  Conference Room A,  Concord, NH

Managers....  Join Bill and Charlotte at 8:00 am for a discussion of current management issues.
Clinicians.... Join Bill and Charlotte at 8:30 am for informal discussion of current hot topics in AORN.  
Topics include:

·         Lessons in Leadership from the Stars

·         "Out of the Autoclave and into the Fire" Legal Issues for Perioperative Nurses

·         Motivation across Generations

Continental breakfast will be provided as well as a light lunch. Registration is $15 at the door.

A brief  business meeting will conclude the day with the counting of ballots for next years officers. 

POT LUCK JUNE 1

Due to the wonderful opportunity to meet the current president and Secretary of AORN, we will not be holding the June 1^st                                      pot luck at Linda Thompson’s house.

FALL FUN CAR RALLY OCT 2, 2004

For the fall, we will be holding a fun car rally. Ruth Sedgwick                    is organizing this event. We will wander through the beautiful           countryside of NH and VT during what we hope will be peak           foliage. We will meander over covered bridges, have treasure               hunts along the way, conclude with a barbeque lunch and                          a secret spot and just have wonderful fellowship time with our    colleagues.  Mark your calendars now and we will get more              specific information out to you as the date draws near. 

AORN CONGRESS 2005: 

The 52^nd Congress will be in New Orleans. We encourage all who have                          never attended to consider this awesome opportunity.

All that attended the 51^st Congress in San Diego had a wonderful time. The               speakers were motivational and inspiring. “ It was an awesome experience to                      be there” Beth Jones from DHMC said. The educational sessions were                   informative and often emotional. Michele Hassall  from DHMC attended the                           Duke University’s “sentinel event that received national-wide if not world-                       wide publicity…… involving incorrect organs being transplanted into a young                   girl”. 
Patrick Sullivan of DHMC was impressed with a program on minimally                         invasive hip surgery which he said “actually offered a window into a future                  common approach to total hips”.
Many of the programs focused on Patient Safety. Linda Thompson noted                           that Bill Duffy, our current president is interested in workplace safety as well                        as patient safety. We work in a difficult environment which is fraught with                      dangers and ergonomic issues. Linda writes “I am thrilled that this will be a                      focus during the coming year and that considerable attention will be given to                        this critical issue.”
Deb Hastings, Clinical Specialist for Perioperative Services at DHMC will                   now be one their PNDS experts having attended most of the sessions offered.                         Deb writes “ The PNDS was developed by the membership of AORN in an                   effort to describe, define, and establish a data set that represents the specifics                        of perioperative nursing practice.”

Hope to see you all in Concord June 5^th.

 Linda D. Thompson RN BSN CNOR