CNOR CERTIFICATION PREPARATION COURSE:
A Process for Perioperative Nursing Achievement

Renée Khalar, RN, BSN, MBA, CNOR

September 18/19, 2010
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
(7:00am Registration, Continental Breakfast)

Medical City Hospital Dallas
Town Hall Auditorium
Building E
7777 Forest Lane Dallas, TX 75230

13.1 Contact Hours
YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH DAYS TO RECEIVE CONTACT HOURS

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TARGET AUDIENCE
  • Perioperative Nurses looking to validate your professional achievements by becoming a CNOR.
  • Certification candidates wanting assistance with exam contents and development of a study plan.
  • Beneficial for new perioperative nurses in the study of perioperative clinical theory.
  • Facilities seeking Magnet or Nurse Friendly status.
PURPOSE/GOAL

The purpose of the educational offering is to provide, through planned learning situations, knowledge of identified standards of practice for perioperative registered nurses who are preparing for the perioperative nursing certification examination. The goal of this course is to reduce the stress of the exam and develop a study plan to increase the probability of achieving the title CNOR.

OBJECTIVES
  1. Identify the construct of the Certified Nurse of the Operating Room exam.
  2. Describe perioperative nursing interventions to achieve the patient outcome criteria of freedom from injury in the perioperative environment.
  3. Describe perioperative nursing interventions to achieve the patient outcome criteria of freedom from infection in the perioperative environment.
  4. Discuss perioperative patient outcomes related to changes in the physiological and psychological response to surgical intervention.
  5. Apply critical thinking skills in caring for patients with perioperative complications.
  6. Review the Nursing Process in Perioperative Nursing.
  7. List perioperative nursing activities that provide competent, ethical, and legal care of the patient.
  8. Discuss unique nursing test taking strategies.
PROGRAM
Saturday 9/18/2010

8:00 The TEST and what to expect!

Patient Outcome – Freedom from Infection
9:00 Implants
Sterilization Procedures
Control of the Perioperative Environment

10:00 Break

10:15 Maintaining a Sterile Field
Surgical Skin Preparation
Surgical Wound Management

11:45 Lunch

Patient Outcome – Freedom from Injury
12:45 Counts
Electrical & Electrosurgical Safety
Laser & Radiation Safety
Specimen
Positioning

2:15 Break

2:30 Patient, Allergy, & Site Identification
Use of Pneumatic Tourniquet
Chemical Safety Measures
Medication Administration

Contact hours for this continuing nursing education activity have been approved by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

AORN recognized this activity as continuing education for registered nurses. This recognition did not imply that AORN or the ANCC Commission on Accreditation approved or endorsed any product included in the presentation.

Sunday 9/19/2010

Patients’ Physiological & Psychological Response to Surgical Intervention
8:00 Transportation/Transfer Safety
Preoperative Assessment
Intra-operative Assessment

8:30 Anesthesia Choices and Implications
Post Anesthesia Assessment & Pain Management

10:00 Break

Patient Outcome – Competent, Ethical, and Legal Care of the Patient
10:15 Dignity, Privacy, Confidentiality
Right to Self Determination
Accountability & Responsibility
Documentation
Personal & Professional Responsibility
Community & Healthcare Environment

11:15 Lunch

Patient Outcome – Freedom from Injury
12:15 Code in the OR
Malignant Hyperthermia
Airway Management
Hypothermia

1:30 Break

1:45 Fluid & Electrolyte Management
Age Specific Care
DVT Prevention PNDS Style

3:00 Test Taking Strategies

3:45 Questions, Answers & Evaluation

13.1 Contact Hours
You must attend BOTH DAYS

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GENERAL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION FEES
  • BEFORE 9/1/2010: AORN Members $200 – Non-members $225
  • AFTER 9/1/2010: AORN Members $225 – Non-members $275
  • OnLine registration and payment - www.dallasaorn.org
  • OnSite registration: $300 cash or money order (no checks)
  • Registration fee includes continental breakfast, box lunch, course notebook
CANCELLATION POLICY
  • Refund less $25 for cancellations prior to September 1, 2010
  • NO REFUNDS after September 1, 2010
HANDOUTS
  • Handouts provided. Bring pen, paper and highlighter for note taking.
TRANSPORTATION / PARKING
  • Parking is complimentary.
  • For complete driving/parking directions, Click here
CONFERENCE HOTELS
  • Complete list of local hotels with reduced rates available -- click here
  • Some hotels have complimentary shuttle service to and from Medical City Dallas
  • All hotels convenient to the Galleria and to NorthPark Mall
TEMPERATURE: Bring a wrap; the auditorium may be chilly.

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