ursing leader, researcher and educator Carol A Lindeman, RN, N FAAN, will deliver the keynote ad-

dress at the opening session of AORN’s 30th Congress. “Pacesetters in Professional Prac- tice” will be the theme for the meeting, April 10 to 15 in Houston. The opening session will be from 2 to 4 pm, Sunday, April 10.

Lindeman is dean of the school of nursing and associate director of nursing service at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland. She has been active in nursing for 25 years.

A graduate of Evangelical Deaconess HOS- pita1 School of Nursing, Milwaukee, she re-

30th AORN congress ceived a bachelor of science and a master’s of education degree in nursing education and psychiatric nursing from the University of Min- nesota, Minneapolis, and a doctorate in educa-

consin, Madison.

been responsible for several studies related to operating room nursing. One of her most re- cent studies deals with “Measuring Quality of Nursing Care in the Operating Room.” A three-part research project by Lindeman in the early 1970s investigated “Nursing Intervention with the Presurgical Patient,” including the ef- fects of structured and unstructured preopera- tive teaching; group and individual preopera- tive teaching; and preoperative visits by operating room nurses.

Lindeman has taken part in AORN’s first two invitational conferences for nurse educators. The conferences have been planned to ern- phasize the importance of nursing schools in- cluding perioperative nursing in their curricula.

As an author, Lindeman has been widely published in the nursing literature, including the AORN Journal. She was one of the par- ticipating authors in the AORN-WICHE (West- ern Interstate Commission for Higher Educa- tion) report on the “Relationship between OR nursing activities and patient outcomes.”

Lindernan is president of Sigma Theta Tau, the national honor society of nursing. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and has served on the board of trustees of the American Nurses’ Foundation and the board of directors of the American Nurses’ Association.

In addition to Lindeman, speakers at the opening session will include AORN president

Carol Lindeman to give Congress keynote address

tional psychology from the University of Wis-

A noted nurse researcher, Lindeman has

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Pre- Congress seminars Three seminars will be conducted in Houston April 7 and 8, before Congress, at the Hyatt Regency Houston Hotel. Attendance at each two-day session is limited, and registration will close when a seminar isfilled. Shuttle bus service will not be available for the seminars.

0 “Nuts and Bolts of Legislation” is designed for operating room nurses who want to learn about the practical aspects of influencing legislation. Nurses need not have been active in politics before to attend.

Items that will be covered include the basic steps a bill goes through to become law. Speakers will provide information on ways nurses can influence legislation at local and state levels, how to join a political action committee, and the most effective ways of communicating with legislators.

Virginia Haggerty, RN, JD; and Julie Sochalski, RN, MS. Hickie is an attorney and a member of the University of Texas School of Nursing Advisory Council. Haggerty is executive director of the Florida Nurses Association. Sochalski has coauthored an article on nursing influence on health policy with Carolyne K Davis, RN, administrator of the US Health Care Financing Administration, and has organized a political organization for nurses in her congressional district.

“Parliamentary Procedure-Meeting

Seminar leaders will be Jane Hickie, JD,

Magic” repeats a popular AORN seminar that is also offered in many cities nationally. The seminar is planned to help Association members become better acquainted with parliamentary law so they can function more productively in local chapter activities. The information may also be applied when taking part in hospital and civic meetings. Among the subjects to be covered are the appropriate uses of parliamentary motions, writing agendas, constructing bylaws, and enforcing organizational policies.

Seminar leaders are AORN membership director Caroline Rogers, RN, and registered professional parliamentarian Jan Pfretzschner.

0 “Developing and Managing an Ambulatory Surgery Service” will cover the role of the OR nurse manager in the development and management of an ambulatory surgery program. Among the topics dealing with planning such a program will be studies of patient population and architectural designs to meet the needs of patients, nurses, and physicians. Other subjects will include construction and operating costs, fee reimbursement, record keeping systems, management skills, and the perioperative role in ambulatory surgery.

Seminar speakers will be Anne Dean, RN, BSN, and Frances Judd, RN, CNOR. Dean is director and Judd is a perioperative staff nurse at the Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital Outpatient Surgery Center.

Margaret Huth Meeker, RN, CNOR, and lead- ers of national nursing and medical associ- ations.

Opening session will be in the Astroarena, adjacent to the Astrohall, which will be the site of all Congress activities. The only exception will be the “meet the candidates” session, from 10 am to 12:30 pm Sunday at the nearby As- trovillage Hotel ballroom.

The Congress education sessions will begin Monday, April 11, and will be offered morning and afternoon each day of Congress through Friday morning. More than 50 sessions are

planned from basic through advanced levels of practice. Self-paced learning programs will also be offered. Among highlights of the pro- gram topics are:

-bone marrow transplantation -infection control during OR reconstruction -powered instruments -the image of nursing -retention and recruitment of OR nurses -quality circles -accountability in OR nursing practice -preceptors -clinical ladders.

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Special Congress airline fares The AORN Meeting Services Department has made arrangements for those attending Congress to reserve their plane tickets through the firm of GTU Domestic. Special fares are available from all cities served by Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.

According to GTU, these special fares are not available from any other source. If Delta or United do not serve your home city, GTU will be able to provide you with lowest available fares on other airlines. First class and coach seats are also available.

On Delta Air Lines, GTU special Congress fares are 25% less than the regular coach class airfare. Stopovers in other cities are not permitted for this fare, and the travel must be within April 5 to 17, 1983 (Congress will be April 10 to 15, with pre-Congress seminars on April 7 and 8). Reservations must be made and tickets issued at least 14 days before departure.

$20 savings over regular “super saver” fares for those who are eligible for super

The United Airlines special fare offers a

saver. To qualify for this fare, you must stay over one Saturday night. If your schedule does not permit you to stay over on a Saturday night, United Airlines offers a special fare of $40 more than the super saver fare.

fare is less than the GTU fare on Delta. The United fare, however, requires a Saturday night stay and seats are limited. The Delta fare does not have such limitations.

GTU states that should a special promotional airfare be offered that would apply to an individual’s itinerary, the agency will use this fare when they issue the ticket. To make reservations, call (800) 424-5468 between 8:30 am and 530 pm eastern standard time. In the Washington, DC, area, the number is (703) 836-8280. You will be sent a confirmation and an invoice payable by check or credit card. Once the payment has been processed, your airline tickets will be issued and mailed to you.

In some cases, the United super saver

In addition, there will be the premiere show- sented in theJournal and in a brochure mailed ing of four new Audiovisual Committee pro- to all members. The brochure also contains ductions. There will be two films, Traffic Con- registration forms for Congress and the pre- trolin the OR and Perioperative Nursing Care Congress seminars. The special pre- of the Ophthalmic Patient, and two slidehape Congress issue of the Journal will be sent to programs, Care and Use of the Operating Mi- members after the February 1983 issue. croscope and Perioperative Care of the Burned Patient.

Technical and scientific exhibits at Con- gress will be open from 11 am to 3 pm from Tuesday through Thursday. The annual exhibitors party will be at the Astrohall Tues- day evening and will feature a country and western theme.

AORN business and issues will be dis- cussed at two forums and two sessions of the House of Delegates. The forums will be from 7 to 8:30 am Monday and from 7 to 8 am Tues- day. The House of Delegates will be from 3:15 to 5:45 pm Monday and 3:15 to 515 pm Thursday.

Additional Congress information will be pre-

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