Plan of the Day

 7:15 am -  8:00 am -  Registration, Continental Breakfast, Visit Exhibits

 8:00 am -  8:15 am  - Welcome and Introduction

 8:15 am -  9:30 am -  KEYNOTE SESSION: 
                              Working Toward a Zero Infection Rate
                                 Maureen Spencer, RN, MEd, CIC 

 9:30 am -  9:45 am -  Break, Visit Exhibits

 9:45 am - 11:00 am - Terror in the night...General Surgery Operating
                                   Room Emergencies
                                John Sutton MD, FACS 

11:00 am - 11:10 am -  Room Change

11:10 am - 12:10 pm -   CONCURRENT SESSION A:

     1.  Fluorescence-guided Intracranial Tumor Resection
       David Roberts, MD 

     2.  Greening in the OR: Waste Reduction Interventions
        John Leigh 
           Laura Brannen 

  3.  Lateral Violence Amongst Nurses
          Maria Ryan, PhD, APRN

       4.  Dartmouth's Response to the Haiti Crisis
           Kurt Rhynhart, MD

12:10 pm -  1:10 pm - Lunch (Included), Visit Exhibits

  1:10 pm -  2:10 pm - CONCURRENT SESSION B:

      5.  Inspiring OR Staff to Promote Positive Workplaces:
        Benefits, Challenges & Your Powerful Stories
           Beth Boynton, RN, MS

       6.  Eradication of MRSA, Staph aureus and  Clostridium difficile
           Maureen Spencer, RN, MEd, CIC 

       7.  DCD: Organ Donation after Cardiac Death
           David Axelrod, MD, MBA
              Karen Lord, MS, FNP, CCRN                                                    

        8.  Safety: What Does a Safety Program Look Like in a Surgery
           Center?
            Beverly Kirchner, RN, BSN, CNOR                                            

       9.  Sleepless in the OR: What Perioperative Nurses Worry about
             Patient Safety
             Aileen Killen, RN, PhD                                     

 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm -  Break (Snacks), Visit Exhibits

 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm - CONCURRENT SESSION C:

     10.  QAPI: The Future of Reporting Quality Care to the Different
           Agencies that Govern our Practice.
             Beverly Kirchner, RN, BSN, CNOR 

       11.  Inspiring OR Staff to Promote Positive Workplaces:
         Benefits, Challenges & Your Powerful Stories (Repeat Session)
           Beth Boynton, RN, MS

       12.  Project Orbis: Ophthalmic Adventure Tales
           Rosalind Stevens, MD

      13.  Sleepless in the OR: What Perioperative Nurses Worry about
             Patient Safety (Repeat Session)
             Aileen Killen, RN, PhD    

3:30 pm - 3:40 pm - Room Change

3:40 pm - 4:40 pm - ENDNOTE SESSION: 
          The Art of Influence: Making a Positive Impact With or 
              Without a Fancy Title 
                 Del Gilbert, MBA

4:45pm - 5:15 pm - Optional Tour of Outpatient Surgery Center

 There are no Special Events planned by Chapter 3001
for the summer months. Please check back in late August for the Chapter schedule. 

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