MASS CHAPTER I NEWS AORN Massachusetts Chapter I Newsletter January 2012 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Holiday Wishes for You as We Reflect on Successful Year Dear Colleagues, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season! We have had a very successful year and have many things to be thankful for this past year. We have had the opportunity to come together at two very interesting chapter meetings as well as at a successful combined meeting with Mass State Assembly of Surgical Technologists and Mass Chapter of Central Service Professionals. We received an honor from Gov. Patrick s office with our Proclamation for Perioperative Nurses Week. We gave back to our community with a donation to the Salvation Army Christmas fund as well as The Breast Cancer Walk earlier this season. I believe with your help and support we can continue to keep providing quality educational programs and to give back to our community. Please come join us at our next meeting in January. Our very own Beth Norton will be sharing her experiences of patient care issues from Africa and China. On behalf of AORN Board of Directors and our Committee Members, I would like to extend to you all a Safe and Happy Holiday Greeting to you and your families, and especially to all of our patients. Sincerely, Debra Savage, RN, MSN, CNOR; President, AORN Mass Chapter 1 CHAPTER MEETING AND CEC PROGRAM JANUARY 10, 2012 January 10 2012, Tuesday Time: 6:00 PM Chapter Meeting 6:30 PM Educational Program Place: New England Baptist Hospital Potter Conference Room Parking will be validated Title: An International Perioperative Experience with a Focus on Patient Safety Speaker: Elizabeth Norton, BSN, RN, CNOR Contact Hour 1.0 (pending approval) Next Newsletter to be Published in February; Submit Copy by Jan. 25 The next issue of the Mass Chapter I News will be published in February 2012. Please submit all copy and photographs to newsletter editor Debby Tassone by January 25, 2012 via her email address, dtassone@bidmc.harvard. edu.
SECRETARY S REPORT AORN Massachusetts Chapter 1 Chapter Business Meeting November 8, 2011 at New England Baptist Hospital, Boston The November 8, 2011 meeting was called to order by Debra Savage, AORN Mass Chapter 1 President at 6:10 p.m. The meeting location was New England Baptist Hospital, Potter Conference Room, Boston MA. President Debra Savage wished all in attendance a happy Perioperative Nurse Week. She reviewed the business agenda for the evening. Officers and Board of Directors were introduced. David Wyatt from AORN National was introduced as the educational presentation speaker for the evening. A special thanks was given to New England Baptist Hospital for hosting the Perioperative Nurse Week Celebration. President Savage acknowledged the Proclamation signed by Governor Deval Patrick which was on display for all members see on the way into the conference room. Unfortunately no one from the Governor s office was able to be in attendance at the meeting. Awards and Scholarship Committee Local applications for awards and scholarships were available at the meeting and may be accessed on the website. The Board of Directors submitted a National Chapter award and presentation on October 25, 2011. Confirmation of delivery was received by Maria Burrell at AORN National. Congress Kelly Kollar AORN Mass Chapter 1 will seat 20 delegates at Congress this year. Congress Willingness-to- Serve forms will be available on the website. Also anyone can be a self-appointed delegate at large. This is done at the time of Congress registration. Each of the Massachusetts Chapters and the State Council donated a $100 towards a Coach Sophia bag with matching wallet to the AORN Foundation Silent Auction. A $100 off coupon was used towards the expenses. The fall workshop was a great success. Jayne McPherson, PhD was thanked for her role in making the workshop a combined successful endeavor at Bunker Hill Community College. There were 34 vendor companies and 60 vendors who joined us for the day. There were 355 attendees (60 vendors, 14 students, 90 nurses, 34 CST, 153 SPD & 4 presenters). The net profit for AORN Mass Chapter 1 was approximately $3,600 after dividing all funds based on attendance with Mass Assembly of Surgical Technologists and Mass Chapter of Central Service Professionals. A donation will be made to Bunker Hill Community College for the use of their space. Editorial Committee Deborah Heck Tassone The next text deadline for the newsletter is December 7, 2011. Debby is looking for photos of Perioperative Nurse Week activities for the newsletter. 2 Secretary s Report Jane Murphy Chapter minutes from the September 13, 2011 minutes were reviewed as printed in the newsletter November 2011. Treasurer s Report Pauline Robitaille Balance as of August 2011 = $12,811.34. Balance as of September 2011 = $12,713.21. The 2012 budget was approved by the Mass Chapter 1 Board at the September 27, 2011 Board meeting. Continuing Education Committee Donna Amado The CEC is actively working on the Spring workshop. The location has been finalized and will be the Potter conference room at the New England Baptist Hospital. The workshop is scheduled for March 3, 2011 and the snow date is March 10, 2011. A shorter break time is being considered due to feedback from members. Continuing education credit has been approved for all other programs. Exhibitors Committee The committee is working on the Spring workshop. Legislative Committee Jayne McPherson Jayne McPherson thanked all the members present for support of AST HB9 (4809) 1069 (Senate Bill) pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Ms. McPherson will check the Senate calendar for when she will need additional support from AORN members. Ms. McPherson also Continued on Next Page
TREASURER S REPORT OCTOBER 2011 Beginning Balance $12,613.21 Deposits: Membership $ 773.35 CEC 617.00 Total Deposits $ 1,390.35 Expenses: CEC $ 374.00 Printing 37.19 Total Expenses $ 411.19 Ending Balance $13,592.37 NOVEMBER 2011 Beginning Balance $13,592.37 Deposits: Membership $ 766.68 Total Deposits $ 766.68 Expenses: Board $ 526.70 CEC 325.00 Printing 37.19 Total Expenses $ 888.89 Ending Balance $13,470.16 Respectfully Submitted, Pauline Robitaille, RN, MSN, CNOR Happy Holidays from Your AORN Mass Chapter 1 Board of Directors! SECRETARY S REPORT conveyed a Happy Perioperative Nurse Week to AORN Mass Chapter 1 members from AST. Mass State Council Marsha Hopkins There will be a meeting of the Mass State Council on December 3, 2011 in Worcester, MA. There will also be a Mass State Council meeting during Congress. All members are invited to attend these meetings. Please contact Ms. Hopkins for more information. Membership AORN Mass Chapter 1 current membership = 654 (increase) Nominating Committee Willingness-to-Serve forms are available on the website. Open positions include: 1 candidate each for President, Vice President, Corresponding Secretary, and Nominating Committee and two for Board of Directors. Outreach Cathy O Malley visits Madison Park High School in Roxbury during November 2011. Ms. O Malley will reach out to a school in Salem NH for a career day held during January 2012. These visits promote perioperative nursing as a career. Services President Savage thanked Jen Rizzitano for coordinating the Fight Against Breast Cancer Walk. Approximately $500 was raised for the Breast Walk. AORN Mass Chapter 1 had 5 walkers participate. President Savage thanked Carole Kubiak, Deb Carlson, and Margie Cibotti for donating baskets used for raffles at the Fall workshop. Ms. Savage also thanked Janet Power for Continued from Page 3 donating and making the breast cancer bear. Rockette tickets were raffled and Margaret Keene won the tickets. A donation will be made to the Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Fund from the chapter in December as has been done in the past. Mass chapter 1 will be participating in the WGBH Telethon again this year. This will occur in March or April 2012. Website Theresa Jasset The website can be accessed at http://aornmachapter1. wordpress.com. Please check out the website and give and feedback to Ms. Jasset. Four RNs who are in a Perioperative 101 program at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital were welcomed to the meeting. Catherine Barbieri, a doctoral candidate (May 2012) at Regis College, received a $5,000 scholarship through AORN spoke about her research. Her survey has been IRB approved and focuses on hiring issues and staff transition. Members who participate via email are eligible to enter a raffle to win a gift certificate to Target. Ms. Barbieri will report her findings at a future AORN Mass Chapter 1 meeting. Charlotte Guglielmi, RN, BSN, MA, CNOR, Immediate Past President of AORN introduced David Wyatt, MPH, MA, RN, CNOR, AORN Board of Directors as the speaker for the Perioperative Nurse Week Celebration. Mr. Wyatt Continued on Page 5 3
CHAPTER LEADERSHIP Last Chance to Serve on 2012 Board Don t miss the opportunity to become an officer or member of the board of directors for AORN Massachusetts Chapter 1. Open positions for the 2012 AORN Massachusetts Chapter 1 ballot include: President Board Member (2) Vice President Nominating Committee (2) Corresponding Secretary Service is for two years, and officers are expected to attend monthly Board and Chapter meetings. Volunteers for office must be AORN members in good standing (dues paid) for at least two years. Please fill out AORN Massachusetts Chapter 1 Willingness to Serve Application by December 31. It can be found on the Mass Chapter 1 website, aornmachapter1.wordpress.com. Mail the completed form to: Lori Arsenault, 1144 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021, or e-mail to arsenault@childrens.harvard.edu. In honor of Perioperative Nurse Week, attendee LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Proposed Senate Bill Would Impact Surgical Technology Massachusetts Senate Bill 1069, an act relative to surgical technology, was referred from the Senate Ways and Means Committee on November 15 to the House Ways and Means Committee. The bill was amended by the Senate Ways and Means committee and given a new bill number, S.2058. Massachusetts State Council s grassroots legislative leaders have worked the AORN Government Affairs office at headquarters to review the current bill. Many of the amendments were editorial and not substantive. There is, however, one area that is of major concern for us. Section 3.d, which contained language confirming congruence with CMS conditions of participation, has been deleted and replaced with language that requires the Department of Health to consult with the Boards of Medicine and Podiatry when creating the regulations that will result from the passage of this bill. After consultation with the AORN Government Affairs staff, the grassroots legislative team officially requested support from AORN National. AORN, on our behalf, has engaged a lobbying firm, Craven & Ober, to establish a presence for us on The Hill and to lobby for our interests related to this bill. They were registered at the State House the week of December 5 and have begun their work. Our first strategy call was held on December 9. On the same day, our concerns were voiced with AST s lobbyist as well as with the AST Massachusetts Council Chair, Jayne MacPherson. The Council s goal is to support a bill that contains the consensus language that all of the stakeholders agreed upon and was included in S.1069. This is the same goal MacPherson reiterated in conversations last week. The work has begun to make this happen. 4 You may wonder what you can do to help with this important work. Stay tuned for more information and guidance on action related to this bill. We will use our email list to get updates to you between newsletters, as needed. If requested to act, please respond as quickly as possible.
s of the November AORN Mass Chapter 1 meeting pose for a group picture at New England Baptist Hospital. SECRETARY S REPORT Continued from Page 3 conveyed greetings from Anne Marie Herlehy, DNP, RN, CNOR, AORN President, who was unable to be present at the meeting due to last-minute work issues. Mr. Wyatt s presentation was entitled Influencing Safe Perioperative Practice, which was developed by Dr. Herlehy. The educational objectives were threefold: (1) Define safety events and a culture of safety, (2) Identify key focus areas for a culture of patient safety, and (3) Discuss challenges and barriers to perioperative safety. Mr. Wyatt discussed principles of patient and employee safety, errors, common causes, and barriers to effective communication. He also reviewed the perspectives of the IOM, CSMS, the Joint Commission, AHRQ, WHO and AORN. Mr. Wyatt left participants with the personal question about what each AORN Past President Charlotte Guglielmi introduces David Wyatt, AORN Board member and president-elect candidate, prior to his presentation on Influencing Safe Perioperative Practice during the November 8 Chapter meeting. one of us can do to improve patient safety. The educational session was attended by 30 participants. The November Chapter meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jane M. Murphy, MS, RN, PNP-BC -- Recording Secretary 5
6 2012 CE CALENDAR Save the Dates of 2012 Continuing Ed Offerings February 14, 2012, Tuesday 6:00 PM Chapter Meeting 6:30 PM Educational Program Civility in the Perioperative Environment Charlotte Guglielmi, BSN, MA, RN, CNOR Place: New England Baptist Hospital Potter Conference Room Contact Hour 1.0 (pending approval) March 3, 2012, Saturday Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration 7:30 AM Place: TBD Snow Date: March 10, 2012 Spring Workshop: Total Spectrum of Total Joint Replacement Surgery Dr. Joseph DeAngelis, MD; Dr. Leonid Dabuzhsky, MD; Dottie Megnia, BSN, RN, CNOR, ONC Contact Hour 6.0 (pending approval) March 24 March 29, 2012 AORN Congress New Orleans, LA April 17, 2011 5:45 PM Educational Program 6:45 PM Cootie Game Place: New England Baptist Hospital Potter Conference Room Cootie Party No fee but registration is required May 15, 2012 Awards and Recognition Banquet Location to be determined MASS CHAPTER I NEWS Published By AORN Massachusetts Chapter I P.O. Box 1667 Brookline, MA 02446-0013 Email Address: aornma1@gmail.com Deborah Heck Tassone, RN, MS, Editor dtassone@bidmc.harvard.edu Mass Chapter I News Web Site http://aornmachapter1.wordpress.com Theresa Jasset, Web Master Participants Sought for OR Nurses Research Survey Attention Members of AORN Mass Chapter 1: My name is Catherine Barbieri and I am a doctoral student in the nursing program at Regis College. As part of the requirements for my degree, I am conducting a research study on Operating Room nurses who have experienced a job change to a new facility that required an orientation period. In early January 2012, you will receive an email* from me (ctwob@msn.com) that will contain a link to the survey. Privacy and confidentiality will be maintained throughout the study. By completing this online survey, you will be helping to expand the knowledge about this important issue. I will present my findings at a future Chapter meeting. The names of all participants who complete the survey will be placed in a raffle to win a gift certificate to Target stores. I appreciate your efforts to improve nursing research within our AORN chapter. Respectfully submitted, Catherine Barbieri Editor s Note: To promote evidence-based perioperative practice, Mass Chapter 1 has agreed to supply the above researcher with the Mass Chapter 1 email list. This researcher is an active AORN member who presented her project at a recent Chapter meeting. If you would like to remove your email address from the list that will be given to the researcher, email your request to: debbiesavage@comcast.net.
2012 CONGRESS AORN 59th Congress is March 24-29 in New Orleans Did You Know WE CARE - Influence Safe Perioperative Practice is the theme for this year s Congress At AORN Congress you will find 5,000 of your perioperative peers, more than 100 education sessions and 5,000 exhibitors representing 500 of the newest surgical products Congress housing must be booked by February 27, 2012 Mass Chapter 1 can seat 20 delegates. If you would like to serve as a delegate, you will find the Delegate Willingness-to-Serve form on the Mass Chapter 1 website. Forms are also available at Chapter meetings. Questions? Mass Chapter 1 Vice President Kelly Kollar is serving as the Delegate Chair. Contact Kelly at k.m.kollar@gmail.com. Your Opinion Counts! AORN Massachusetts Chapter 1 is committed to providing quality educational programming at times and locations accessible to our members. We have found that working with our colleagues from the Massachusetts Assembly of Surgical Technologists and the Massachusetts Chapter of Central Service Professionals has enabled us to offer quality, costeffective workshops the past two years. The AORN Massachusetts Chapter 1 Board is in the process of planning a 2012 workshop. There was positive feedback about the meeting space for the Fall 2011 workshop held at Bunker Hill Community College, and the college has graciously offered to donate meeting space for our next workshop if held while the school is not in session. The most probable meeting date for a 2012 workshop is Sat., June 16. What Do You Think? Would you attend a Combined all-day workshop on Saturday, June 16, 2012? Yes, I will likely attend I might attend It is unlikely that I will attend No, I definitely will not attend Please email your name and response to: debbiesavage@comcast.net AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS You May Be Eligible... If enrolled in an academic program, please consider applying for an AORN Mass Chapter I scholarship. The deadline for submitting the application is April 15, 2012. Deserving colleagues can be nominated for the Chapter s Awards for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing and Precepting. Deadline for submitting the nomination is April 15, 2012. The Mass Chapter I Board of Directors has approved a $500 Grant for one non-delegate member to attend Congress. Deadline for application is February 24, 2012. Applications are for all awards and scholarships are available at the monthly Chapter Meetings and on the Mass Chapter I web site. All awards and scholarships will be presented at the Spring Banquet in May 2012. Respectfully submitted by your 2011 2012 Mass Chapter I Awards and Scholarship Committee: Judith Pert, RN, BSN, CNOR, Chair, Heidee Albano, RN and Jaye Sellica, RN, BSN, CNOR 7