2008 OR Nurses Seminar
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7.3 CEUs (Additional CEUs will be available from the vendors)


Location - BATTLE HOUSE, A RENAISSANCE HOTEL
26 North Royal Street
Mobile, Alabama 36602
(251) 438-4000
Toll free - 1-866-316-5957

RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY AUGUST 9, 2008!!!
SEE BELOW FOR PURPOSE STATEMENT, OBJECTIVES, AND AGENDA.

PURPOSE: This program is designed to provide the participant with knowledge, skill and current updated technological trends necessary in providing safe quality care for the patient undergoing surgical intervention today and in the future.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
1. Discussion of principles of cautery safety in the Operating Room.
2. Understand the importance of smoke evacuation in the Operatin Room.
3. Discuss current legal issues facing the O.R. nurse.
4. Understand the role of Infection Control in the O.R.
5. Discuss ways to use humor and the psychological and physical benefits gained by
using humor.

August 22, 2008
6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Pre-registration and Beer and Wine reception.

August 23, 2008

7:00 - 7:30 Morning Registration

7:30 - 7:45 Welcome and Invocation Nancy Helton R.N., MSN, CNOR CRNFA
President, AORN of South Alabama

7:45 - 8:30 Ernest G. DeBakey Charitable Foundation Marsha L. DeBakey
President

8:30 - 10:00 Cautery Safety Judith Eagan R.N., BSN, CNOR
Senior Clinical Educator
Covidian Energy Based Devices

10:00 - 10:45 Break with the Vendors

10:45 - 11:45 Legal Issues Richard Franklin, Attorney at Law
Armbrecht & Franklin, L.L.C

11:45 - 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 1:30 Infection Control Joyce Roberson, R.N., MSN, CICP
Infection Control Director
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center

1:30 - 2:30 The Effect of Human Factors on Mary Geary M.N., R.N., CPHQ
Patient Safety in the O.R. Vice President Quality & Patient Safety
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center

2:30 - 2:40 Break

2:40 - 4:10 How to Not Choke the Daylights Out of Paula J. Watkins
Someone Who Deserves It Presenter and Speaker for
Stress Management
Little Rock, Arkansas


4:10 - 4:20 Evaluation and Certificates