LEADERSHIPDEVELOPMENTSUMMIT™

April 3–6, 2016Anaheim, CA

BECOME THE LEADER YOU WERE MEANT TO BEwww.aorn.org/leadershipsummit

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Don’t miss this exclusive program created specifically for new and aspiring perioperative leaders to discuss: • Effecting Change Through Leadership• The “Moneyball” Effect: Perioperative Services Connection• Leadership Success using a 16th Century Samurai Code• SPD: Instrument Quality in Action• Development Teams: Partnerships Between Surgical Services and Physicians• Financial Traps in OR Staffing• Reducing the Vendor Sales Rep Role in the OR

Beyond the Summit, your registration grants you access to:• AORN’s Surgical Conference & Expo Exhibit Hall• All educational sessions within the Leadership Development Summit• Any of the Surgical Conference & Expo 2016 education sessions• Exclusive VIP networking lounge for Summit attendees only• Comprehensive poster displays• Breakfast and lunch each day and networking opportunities

Seating is limited at this exclusive event. Get more information and register at: aorn.org/leadershipsummit

WHAT KIND OF LEADER DO YOU ASPIRE TO BE?

Engage with speakers, learn from industry

experts, come away with solutions to your most

pressing issues.

Surf the Hall Experience an Exhibit Hall Like No OtherRide the party wave through the exhibit hall to discover new products for your OR, hot jobs, and CE credits to make yourself a perioperative maven. Collect points from exhibitors with your conference mobile app to win hourly giveaways. After all that surfing, chill out at “The Shore” for a rad time.

Simulation ExperiencesExplore dynamic learning experiences at several AORN-sponsored simulation activities in the exhibit hall.

• Positioning Considerations

• Hi-Fidelity Using Crisis Checklists

• Disaster Management in the OR

Exhibit Hall Opening ReceptionSunday, April 3 | 4:30 - 7pmDon’t miss this high-energy event filled with food, prizes, and fun.

EXHIBIT HALL HIGHLIGHTS

Leadership Development Summit attendees will

have access to the exhibit hall during private

hours. This means the floor will only be

occupied by managers and above--allowing you

unhindered access to exhibitors, products, and

demonstrations.

SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND

1:30-3:30pm AORN Congress: Candidates Forum

4-5pm AORN Congress: First Forum

SUNDAY, APRIL 3RD

6:30am-4pm Ethicon Summit Networking Lounge (for Summit attendees only)

6:30-7:30am Conference Attendee Orientation

7-8am Breakfast Symposium

presented by Megadyne

7am-5pm AORN Congress: Voting for Candidates

7:30am-4pm AORN Foundation: Silent Auction

8:15-9:30am Opening Session: Effecting Change Through Leadership

9:45-11am The "Moneyball" Effect: Perioperative Services Connection

11:15am-12:15pm Leadership Success Using a 16th Century Samurai Code

12:30-1:30pm Lunch Symposium

presented by Mölnlycke Health Care

2-3pm AORN Opening Ceremony & Chapter of the Year award

3:30-4:15pm Opening General Education Session: On My Own Two Feet presented by Amy Purdy

4:30-7pm Exhibit Hall: Grand Opening Reception. Food, Prizes, Fun.

MONDAY, APRIL 4TH

6:30am-4pm Ethicon Summit Networking Lounge (for Summit attendees only)

7-8am Breakfast Symposium

presented by CareFusion, a BD Company

7am-5pm AORN Congress: Voting for Candidates

8-9am AORN Congress: First House of Delegates

8-9am Exclusive Exhibit Hall hour. Managers plus guest.

9am-4pm Exhibit Hall open

4:15-5:30pm Jerry G. Peers Lectureship: Mark Thompson and Individual & Writer's Awards

8-11:30pm AORN Foundation Silver Soiree (tickets sold separately)

My biggest takeaway would be about how to treat staff and empower them to be their best.

–2015 Attendee

TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH

6:30am-4pm Ethicon Summit Networking Lounge (for Summit attendees only)

7-8am Breakfast Symposium

presented by Davol Inc. A Bard Company

7am-5pm AORN Congress: Voting for Candidates

9am-2pm Exhibit Hall open

8:15-9:15am SPD: Instrument Quality in Action

11am-12pm Development Teams: A Partnership Between Surgical Services and Physicians

12:15-1:15pm Lunch Symposium

presented by 3M Health Care

2:30-3:30pm AORN Congress: Second Forum

4:15-5:15pm AORN Foundation General Session: Countdown To Safety presented by Mike Mullane

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6TH

6:30am-12pm Ethicon Summit Networking Lounge (for Summit attendees only)

7-8am Breakfast Symposium

presented by Sage Products

8-9:15am Roles of Reps in the OR

9:30-10:30am Hot Topic!

11am-12pm General Session: Periop Challenge

12:15-1:15pm Closing Luncheon Symposium

1:30-2:30pm AORN Congress: Second House of Delegates

2:30pm AORN Closing CeremonyI took away several good examples of how to get my staff to work as a team and how to keep them informed.

–2015 Attendee

I loved hearing from other leaders how they are handling issues that arise in their facilities.The satisfaction of knowing you are not alone is comforting and refreshing.

–2015 Attendee

SPEAKER LINEUPLearn from those that set the industry standard for their profession – delivering innovative ideas, vital resources, creative thought leadership, and networking to ensure long-running success in your OR.

Brian S. Dawson, MSN, RN-BC, CNOR

Beginning his career in 1983 as a commissioned Ensign in the US Navy Nurse Corps, Brian has served in numerous leadership roles including Chief of Staff for the Navy Surgeon General. After retiring from the Navy, Brian stayed in the healthcare industry and now owns BD Perioperative & Healthcare Consulting, LLC.

Karen L. DeKay, RN, CNOR, CIC

Bringing over 30 years of nursing experience in a variety of roles with the majority in OR and education, Karen now leads a system-wide Robust Process Improvement project concentrating on the care of surgical instruments including cleaning, decontamination, and sterilization with the goal of providing every surgeon and patient with optimal instrumentation for surgery.

Stacy Ann Kelley, RN

Beginning her career in the OR, she quickly rose from staff nurse to manager for several large surgical service lines at the Texas Medical Center campus. Stacy spent four years streamlining OR processes and worked on several initiatives to drive high quality, cost-effective patient care. She created a platform that brought together key stakeholders in both patient care and the value analysis team to ensure that cost saving measures were based in clinical evidence and end-user efficacy.

Richard Miller

As the Founder and CEO of OpenTempo, he presents on topics of health care scheduling and ways to reduce operating costs and is especially well-versed in concerns relating to the perioperative space and the OR.

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Miki Patterson, PhD, RN, ONP

Currently the Senior Director of Clinical Design at Intralign Health and a Certified Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner and RNFA who brings over 25 years of clinical experience in health care, consulting, direct advanced orthopedic patient care, teaching, NIH-level qualitative and quantitative research, and publishing.

Jeannette L. Prochazka, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC

Operations Director for the Surgical Services Clinical Program at Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah. She joined Intermountain Healthcare in 2010 as the Surgical Services Director for the Central Region.

Ann Z. Putnam, MSN, RN, CNOR

ProComp Nurse Project Manager at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has more than 15 years of experience in the OR and due to her military background has had the opportunity to work in ORs across the country.

Stephanie A. Randa, HMBA, RN, CNOR

The director for consulting services YourCareSuccess of MEDHOST, Inc., a health IT enterprise solutions company headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. She leads consulting services in the area of perioperative operational efficiencies and improvements.

Cynthia Spry, MSN, MA, RN, CNOR(E), CRCST, CSIT

An independent consultant with over 30 years of perioperative experience specializing in education regarding sterilization, disinfection, and infection control. Currently the co-chair of the AAMI committee responsible for ST79 Guideline to Steam Sterilization and Sterility Assurance in Health Care Facilities.

Brooke Stahle, RN

Director of Perioperative Services at the University of Vermont Medical Center, she has experience with staffing and scheduling changes (related to use of OpenTempo) and has experience implementing methods that can be used to save costs via improved scheduling.

Great for today’s perioperative leaders and those new to the leadership role, the

Leadership Development SummitTM will teach you the necessary skills and provide

you with the resources required to be a successful

and efficient leader.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

PRE-CONFERENCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMSIn addition to the Leadership Development Summit™, more education is being offered prior to the conference. Immerse yourself in this concentrated educational event. You will come away more prepared, confident, and armed with important information you can immediately apply to your practice.

CCI’s Fundamentals of OR Management31.0 CHs | April 1–2

Deadline to register: March 21, 2016. Please note onsite registrations are not available. Led by industry experts, this “mini-MBA” course provides current and aspiring perioperative leaders the tools to effectively and profitably lead a surgical services department. This interactive workshop is designed to cultivate specific knowledge and skills, encompassing the most relevant issues facing OR managers.Continuing Education Credit This activity is pending approval for 31 contact hours by the Competency and Credentialing Institute, an approved provider of continuing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number 15613. To receive contact hours and a certificate of mastery for the program, all activities must be completed by December 31, 2016. Activities approved by CCI are recognized as continuing education for registered nurses.

CCI’s Interactive Workshop for Surgical Services Educators20.1 CHs | April 1–2

Deadline to register: March 21, 2016. Please note onsite registrations are not available.This professional development course provides the most current information and tools for developing, teaching, and supporting best practices in the perioperative educator role. The workshop will include both didactic classes and smaller, focused break-out sessions, allowing immediate application of material and valuable feedback from experienced educators.Continuing Education Credit This activity is pending approval for 20.1 contact hours by the Competency and Credentialing Institute, an approved provider of continuing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number 15613. To receive contact hours and a certificate of mastery for the program, all activities must be completed by December 31, 2016. Activities approved by CCI are recognized as continuing education for registered nurses.

Pre-Conference programs are not included in conference fees. Visit aorn.org/preconference for more details, to see the speakers for each program, and to register.

–Mariam Wright Edelman

CCI’s Infection Prevention Essentials for the Perioperative Nursing Professional7.0 CHs | April 2

Deadline to register: March 21, 2016. Please note onsite registrations are not available.During this interactive session, the perioperative nurse will be exposed to the core concepts of infection prevention and control related to the perioperative setting. Three common sources of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) will be addressed: contaminated hands of the health care provider and patient, the contaminated environment, and the contaminated skin of the patient. Each of these factors can lead to the development of both Surgical Site Infections and also additional Healthcare Associated Infections. Additionally, the most critical evidence-based practice information for HAI prevention will be reviewed related to the surgical environment. Continuing Education Credit This activity is pending approval for 7 contact hours by the Competency and Credentialing Institute, an approved provider of continuing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number 15613. To receive contact hours and a certificate of mastery for the program, all activities must be completed by December 31, 2016. Activities approved by CCI are recognized as continuing education for registered nurses.

TeamSTEPPS® Master Training Course13.0 CHs | April 1-2

In order to work as a highly effective perioperative team, you have to put many different pieces into place. The TeamSTEPPS® system has been utilized in health care for over 20 years. This evidence-based program will teach you the strategies, techniques, and tools to share with your team in order to improve patient safety and communication throughout your entire facilty.

Upon completing this two-day course, you will receive a set of ready-to-use materials and training curriculum designed for you to successfully teach and integrate teamwork principles into practice.

You will use these tools to teach the rest of your team how to use these tools every day to benefit teamwork and break down barriers.

Make the most of your time at the conference– register

for a pre-conference certificate program, take a

stroll on the beach, or explore the surrounding area.

What will you discover while

you’re in Anaheim?

Registration deadline for CCI pre-conference programs:

March 21, 2016

No walk-ins will be accepted.

Perioperative Medical Malpractice Mock Trial7.0 CHs | April 2

This interactive, all-day workshop encourages audience participation in a mock medical malpractice trial involving a hospital/ASC and a perioperative registered nurse. The morning session will consist of an overview of the medical/legal processes with an interactive discussion on documentation and apology and disclosure programs designed to reduce the frequency and severity of malpractice claims. The remainder of the session will be devoted to a presentation of a mock trial with a plaintiff suing a nurse and the facility in which she works.

The mock trial will capture the themes discussed in the morning session. The audience will be asked to participate as jurors, including deliberation of a verdict, to have a better understanding and personal sense of malpractice risks in the perioperative setting. There will be role-playing with individuals playing the part of the plaintiff and defendant, a judge, the plaintiff attorney, the defense attorney, and expert witnesses.

Team-Based Literature Appraisal Using the AORN Evidence Appraisal Tools7.0 CHs | April 2

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is now recognized for its important contribution to patient care. Appraising literature is a fundamental step in the EBP process and serves to incorporate the research findings into clinical decisions. This hands-on workshop will teach participants to utilize the AORN Evidence Appraisal Tools to view clinical issues from the perspective of “What does the evidence support” and “What decision should follow.”

Bringing Shadow Behavior into the Light of Day: Understanding and Addressing Bullying BehaviorSponsored by AORN Career Center

7.0 CHs | April 2

Bullying remains a leading contributing factor in such issues as increased signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue among nurses, poor staff morale/engagement, workplace related illness, injury and staff retention.

Leadership Development SummitTM attendees have full access to an exclusive

networking lounge throughout the summit.

PRE-CONFERENCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Perioperative Management of Trauma Patients7.0 CHs | April 2

The individual who experiences multiple traumatic injuries presents challenges for perioperative teams. This all day session is to assist perioperative nurses in increasing knowledge in management of the multitraumatized patients. Topics to be covered are treatment of traumatic shock to include the prevention or interruption of the vicious cycle of hypothermia, coagulopathy and metabolic acidosis. Specific traumatic injuries will be described along with the appropriate care for each injury. Lessons learned from the military experience will be explored. A method to decrease operating time for trauma patient will be addressed. Because of the increasing number of older adults, information will be provided on the special considerations for the older adult who has experienced trauma.

7th Annual AORN International Summit: Transforming Global Perioperative Practice6.0 CHs | April 2

The provision of safe surgical care to achieve optimal outcomes for all patients is driven by perioperative practice, perioperative standards of care, site specific policy and procedure and governmental legislation. With ever changing technology and patient acuity, it is up to perioperative personnel and health care facilities to navigate the forever transforming policy and procedures that impact decision making, changes in practice, and ultimately patient care.

The 7th Annual International Summit brings together international experts from Belgium, China, Colombia, England, Ireland, and The Netherlands within the perioperative field to discuss these mechanisms and the challenges faced with their implementation. Education, nursing ratios, and patient safety are the main topics for discussion and the inclusion of an open forum will assist in gaining a full picture of the challenges faced by us all.

Come early or stay late to enjoy some of the many

attractions the area has to offer. Enjoy the temperate

climate, take a relaxing walk along the beach, and soak in the beauty. Come for the

conference. Stay for vacation.

So much inspiration and education! I came away with a renewed sense of motivation to improve as a manager.

–2015 Attendee

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

Leadership Success Using a 16th Century Samurai Code*

Using a 16th Century Samurai “Bushido” code, learn Samurai leadership principles and application techniques that will provide today’s perioperative leaders with the foundation and tools to engage their staff for success.

Development of Teams: A Partnership Between Surgical Services and Physicians*

Developing an efficient and successful partnership between surgical services and physicians has helped one 22-facility system reduce costs by over $50M in three years. Attend this session to learn techniques and methods to create successful partnerships at your facilities.

Opening Session: Effecting Change Through Leadership*

A successful change agent understands the reasons for resistance to change, can put themselves in the position of the person resisting change, and with this knowledge can plan strategies to successfully create change—an example of leadership at its best.

The “Moneyball” Effect: Perioperative Services Connection*

The term refers to a practice adopted by the Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane in 2002 — Beane disregarded data points other managers focused on but had little proven effect on the contribution to the team. By looking at data differently, and different data, your hospital can transform the way business is performed.

For more information about the CSSM exam please visit www.cc-institute.org/cssm/about-the-cssm-exam

Financial Traps in OR Staffing*

The economic landscape of healthcare is currently undergoing a seismic change with rising costs and decreasing reimbursements. Learn to recognize the hidden costs of the most common approaches to OR staff scheduling.

Role of Reps in the OR*

Orthopedic sales representatives are under scrutiny as their presence has been linked to higher implant costs, reduced operational efficiency, and increased risk to the hospital. This session will review the device rep intersections at a sample hospital, assessing where the rep does and does not add value.

SPD: Instrument Quality in Action*

Learn about the successful implementation of a surgical instrumentation quality management initiative.

Hot Topics

Hot topics are sessions that have been identified as containing critical information that perioperative nurses need to know.

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There will be over 500 exhibitors at the 2016

Surgical Conference and Expo. Attendees of the

Leadership Development SummitTM have the

opportunity to stroll through the exhibit floor

during private hours—this means more one-on-one

time with vendors and unimpeded hands-on

product demonstrations.

Make plans to attend this exclusive event to hone and gain practical leadership skills you can use immediately in your workplace.

Who should attend?• Aspiring Leaders

• New Perioperative Leaders

• New Leadership Teams

• Anyone wanting to grow and develop leadership skills

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT™

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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”

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