AORN chapter proceedings

Sun Jose (Calif)

Judi Froess, chapter president, de- signed the workshop brochure which she is holding. Examining the bro- chure are workshop leaders (seated) Ethel West and Lorraine Mula, gen- eral co-chairmen, and (standing left to right) committee chairmen Inez Tenzer, Toodie Noxon and Dorothy Kane.

"Totals" i s the title of this chapter's one-day workshop, Saturday, Oct 6 at Rickey's Hyatt House, Palo Alto, Calif.

Speakers will discuss total hip, knee, finger joint, and elbow and shoulder joint research. Nurses, surgeons, therapists and patients are scheduled to address the group.

Registration fee i s $15. Lunch will be served. For further information or brochures, write Judi Froess, RN, 20225 Ljepava Dr, Saratoga, Calif 95070.

Me m b e r-at -1arg e

Arilda A Leonards, 39, died May 8. She was a former operating room supervisor at Bi loxi (Miss) Veterans Administration Center . She was a secretary of AORN of South Mississippi when it was active, and was registered in Louisiana and Mississippi. She is survived by her husband, Benno, and children Paul, 8, and Ann, 6.

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West ern Massachusef f s , Chapter /I/ An all day workshop, "Spotlight on the total patient" sponsored by AORN of Western Massachusetts, Chapter 3, will be held Saturday, Oct 27.

The $10 registration fee covers the work- shop, coffee break and dinner. The event i s open to all registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and operating room tech- nicians.

Scheduled topics include "The patient is the most important person in the operating room," by Lucy Jo Atkinson, Ethicon, Inc; "inherent personal legal rights underlying surgical care" by Mary O'Leary, director of nurses, Springfield Technical Community College; and "Psychological trauma of the surgical patient" by Maurice Boivin, MD, anesthesiologist at Providence Hospital, Holyoke, Mass.

Suffolk County ( N Y ) The nurse practitioner and her role in the frontier of nursing was discussed by Dr Ellen Fahey, dean, School of Nursing, State University of New York (SUNY), at a con- ference day held in June. Some 113 people registered for the program sponsored by AORN of Suffolk County.

Dr Allen, who is involved in the phy-

Western Massachusetts work- shop planners are (back, left to right) Rita Mahoney, reg- istration; Constance Fdey, hospitality; Florence Keating, door prizes and publicity; and (front, left to right) Joan Hosta, door prizes and pub- licity; and Kathleen Loomis, reg isfration.

sician associate program at SUNY, dis- cussed the physician associate and his role in the medical world. He covered programs now operating, how licensure will be planned, and where and in what capacity the associates will practice.

Mrs Ruth Harper, executive director, district 14, New York State Nurses' Associ- ation, described controversial trends in nursing.

Arnold Rosenblum, assistant administrator of Long island Jewish Hospital, discussed the nurse's liability in her practice. He brought out many points for which the nurse is held legally responsible in her job.

Chattanooga Area (Tenn) Film clips from local television newscasts depicting "On the scene care," were shown by C R Clark, MD, at a one-day workshop on trauma sponsored by AORN of the Chattanooga Area.

C W Hayes, MD, showed pre, intra and postoperative slides during his discussion of hand trauma. Massive chest injuries were discussed by Jim Hwdrick, MD. Salter Boehm, MD, talked about head injuries and m oto rc yc I es.

Each speaker answered questions at the conclusion of his talk.

More than 200 registrants came to the workshop from three states.

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Mary Lou Reitz, left, listens as Eloise lewis, speaker af the annual dinner of AORN of Central North Carolina, talks about con- tinuing education for nurses.

Reid Holmes, president of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, installed new officers: (left to right) Katie W Ccickenham, treasurer; Marion Walker, secretary; Carolyn Boger, president; Mary Alice Boles, president-elect; and Blanche Wrenn, vice-president.

Central NC Eloise Lewis, dean of the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, spoke on "Continuing educa- tion for the nurse" at the annual dinner meeting of the Central NC chapter.

Rebecca Tisdale, chapter membership and publicity chairwoman, said the dinner "is a time for fun, good food and getting to know one another better. Most of all, however, it is a chance to let our husbands, surg,eons and administrators learn what AORN i s all about.'' There were about 100 members and guests.

Big Sky (Mont) "The Drama of Trauma'' drew 80 registrants to Great Falls, Mont, in May. The workshop started with a dinner party at which Dr and Mrs R T Casey discussed their tour of duty as volunteers for Care-Medico in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Walter Vashaw, MD, spoke on assessment and management of abdominal trauma, resuscitative therapy, type of trauma, diagnostic measures and surgical pro- cedures for trauma.

John H Stone, MD, discussed the physi- ology of shock and combative measures, fluid loss and replacement. d+

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Chicago (Ill) Newly elected leaders of AORN of Chicago are (front, left to right) Virginia Damos, president; Marilyn Schneider, president-elect; Carole Timmerman, vice-president; lavere Hagedorn, secretary; Hilda Kitners, treasurer; (back, left to right) Barbara Ponticell, board of directors; Fern Yates, board of directors; Magda Hepokoski, board of directors; Joanne Sauter, chairman, nominating committee; Norma Chase, nominating; Rita Jorf, nominating; Jean Sabas, nominating; and Marian Petrusek, board of directors.

A panel considered types of chest in- juries, assessment and surgical management, management of respiratory distress, and postoperative management in the intensive care unit. Panel members were Harry W Power, MD; J K Boyce, MD; and Billea Wetzel, RN.

A C Johnson, MD, talked about head injuries, and correctional procedures per- formed in the operating room.

Paul Melvin, MD, described complications of traumatic bone injury and presented a comprehensive report on fatty embolism.

“What we expect of the operating room team” was a panel discussion by Wyman Roberts, MD, Richard Lauritzen, MD, and

Drs Melvin, Power and Johnson. A panel of nurses was chosen at random from the audience. The discussion covered sponge counts and their flaws, assigning operating room teams, personnel training, rotation through operating room services, and train- ing student nurses in the operating room.

Dr Stone gave an impromptu presentation of kidney retrieval and transplant. He urged anyone who i s a qualified donor to sign and carry a donor permit.

Workshop leaders were Judi Mclntosh, chairman; Wanda Griffin, monitorial; Eleanor Keck, publicity; Mary Siebert, registration; Alice Simon, hospitality; and Gloria Holyoke, program.

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Upstate New York Participants were hypnotized, stimulated and fascinated as they were taken into the realm of pain and methods used to control it during a teaching day sponsored by AORN of Upstate New York in May.

Thomas W Morgan, MD, attending anesthesiologist, St Mary's Hospital, Roches- ter, NY, spoke on "Hypnosis in anesthesia." Dr Morgan cited the first practice of hypnosis and said it has been practiced by soothsayers, healers, and sorcerers for thousands of years. Now it is approved for medical use by the American Medical As- sociation.

Dr Morgan said he used hypnosis effec- tively with children preoperatively. He reports that hypnosis allows a smooth induc- tio n, decreased anesthetic concentration, and a good postoperative course. He uses it to overcome fears, although several sessions may be necessary. Hypnosis has been used successfully in pain clinics for patients with terminal illness and with burn patients, he reported.

Richard J Brzustowicz, MD, chairman, division of neurological surgery, St Mary's Hospital, discussed dorsal column stimu- lation, This entailed the application of elec- trodes to the dorsal column of the spinal cord to treat intractable pain. This tech- nique should be used in selected patients who have undergone psychiatric evaluation and MMPl testing. Candidates should be suffering intractable pain due to malignan- cy, multiple disc surgery, or traumatic pain in the extremities. The procedure is not

recommended for pain due to headaches, psychoneurosis or infection. Complications include leakage of cerebrospinal fluid, epidural hematoma and transient paresis of the legs. Rehabilitation takes three to six months after surgery, especially if the patient had been receiving concentrated doses of narcotics prior to the procedure. The technique relieves certain kinds of pain, but more studies are needed to com- pletely evaluate its effectiveness.

Samuel Rosen, MD, emeritus clinical pro- fessor of otology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and his wife showed slides from two recent trips to China to ob- serve advances in medicine. The Chinese have emphasized preventing disease and bringing bendits of modern medicine to peasants in the communes, they reported. Dr Rosen briefly discussed acupuncture and its uses, particularly in anesthesia, and showed a film on the subject.

Dr Rosen told the group about a study he is conducting with deaf children and acupuncture. He warned that we do not yet understand how acupuncture works, and it should be used only by those who are knowledgeable and have been instructed in its use.

South Illinois At a joint meeting, AORN of South Illinois and the local technicians' chapter observed the 50th year of nursing for chapter mem- ber Susannah Poole. She has been a teacher, nurse, administrator, operating room supervisor and nurse anesthetist in her

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Gei help i o paiienis The American Foundation for the Blind has established a sensory aids analysis and development program to get many newly developed sophisticated sensory devices for the blind to blind patients.

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