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Reducing SSIs: A team approach
Deborah Spratt, RN, Director Perioperative Services, St. James Mercy Hospital
A Window into Washington: Where are we now and where are we going with health policy?
Ken Perez, Vice President of Healthcare Policy, Omnicell
Training and Retaining Staff for Surgical Services: How personality types decrease turnover
Zee Barreras, BSN, RN, CNOR, Surgical Services Clinical Educator, Tucson Medical Center
Preparing Your SPD for a Survey!
Chuck Hughes, Medical Device Reprocessing Consultant, Highpower Validation & Testing Laboratories Inc.
Sterile Processing Best Practices: They begin in the operating room
Kimberly Smith, RN, MS, CNOR, CSPDM
CSI – Smoke: Is the OR the scene of a crime?
Brenda C. Ulmer, RN, MN, CNOR, Perioperative Nurse Educator and Vangie Dennis, MSN(c), RN, CNOR, CMLSO, Executive Director of Surgical Services, WellStar Health System
What Would Florence Do?
Dawn Whiteside, MSN-Ed, RN-BC, CNOR, RFNA, Director of Education, Competency & Credentialing Institute
Nurses Who Changed the World
Brenda C. Ulmer, RN, MN, CNOR, Perioperative Nurse Educator
Orienting a New Generation: Success from the start
Karen Rowan, MSN, RN, CNOR, System Nurse Educator, Northwell Health
Establishing a High School Sterile Processing Clinical Program
Elizabeth “Betsy” Vane, RN, MS, CNOR, CHL, CRCST, Health Science Teacher, Health Careers High School, and Deborah Austin, RN, BSN, MA Health Department, Coordinator, Health Careers High School
Catch Me If You Can
Rodrigo Garcia, RN, CRNA, Chief Nurse Anesthetist, Parkdale Center for Professionals
Best Practice and Quality Improvement Discussion
Elbridge Merritt, MSN, RN, CNOR, CHL, CRCST, CIS, Clinical Nurse, Officer in Charge of the Operating Room, San Antonio Military Medical Center
Crew Resource Management For Your Perioperative Team
Riki Watts, RN, Director of Surgical Services, St. Claire Health Care
Conquering the Culture of Catastrophe: Making changes before it’s too late
Weston “Hank” Balch, CRCST, CIS, CHL, Managing Director, Sterile Processing, Alpha Consulting LLC
Product Evaluations: More than just asking “Do you like it?”
Kimberly Smith, RN, MS, CNOR, CSPDM
Perioperative Assessment: The eyes are the windows to the soul
Sharon McNamara, RN, Perioperative Consultant, OR Dx+Rx Solutions for Surgical Safety
Best Practices for Sterilization & HLD of Reusable Medical Devices
Chuck Hughes, Medical Device Reprocessing Consultant, Highpower Validation & Testing Laboratories Inc.
Putting on the Ritz: Service excellence
Vangie Dennis, MSN(c), RN, CNOR, CMLSO, Executive Director of Surgical Services, WellStar Health System,, and Brenda C. Ulmer, RN, MN, CNOR, Perioperative Nurse Educator
Every Drop Counts: A comprehensive approach to blood management
Constance B. Squibb, BSN, MPA, RN, Strategic Program Manager, Medtronic Transformative Solutions
What a Clinical Nurse Specialist Can Do For You!
Alisa D. Poe, MSN, RN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CNOR, Perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist and Kris Jackson, MSN, RN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, RN-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, The University of Tennessee Medical Center
Is Your Anesthesia Team Delighting Your Surgeons and Patients?
Gregory V. Hickman, MD, FASA, Medical Director/Anesthesia Director, Andrews Institute ASC
A Cavitating Experience! What is Cavitation and Why Do We Need It?
Thomas Overbey, CCSVP, Marketing Director, Ultra Clean Systems
Emotional Intelligence and Its impact upon Team and Leader Effectiveness
Susan P. Andrews, DNP, RN, CPN, Instructor and Pam Jones, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Associate Professor, Senior Associate Dean Clinical and Community Partnerships, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Moving Beyond the Status Quo: An interactive workshop to improve the quality of surgical care
David Taylor, MSN, RN, CNOR, President, Resolute Advisory Group, LLC
A New Triple Aim: Strategies to reduce malpractice risk while improving patient satisfaction and safety
William Duffy, RN, MJ, CNOR, FAAN, Director Health System Management MSN Program, Director for the Health Systems Management, Loyola University
Creating and Nurturing an Adaptable Culture: Collaboration for successful OR operations management
Lee Hedman, Executive Vice President and Dr. Tom Blasco, MD, MS, Medical Director, Surgical Directions
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