Full Schedule

AORN National Election Voting

5:30 AM – 7:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Registration and Badge Pick-Up

Location: Main Lobby

6:30 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

1118 - Chapter Officer Summit - Cut Through Resistance: Secrets to Change without the Drama

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C2

CE: 1 Contact Hour(s)

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time

AORN Periop Community: Districts Open

Location: Main Lobby

7:00 AM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

AORN Expo Store

Location: Main Lobby, near Hall 1

7:00 AM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

AORN Foundation

Location: Main Lobby

7:00 AM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Attendee Services (Expo App & Evaluation Supoort, MCI Housing Assistance & AORN Expo 2024 in Nashville)

Location: Main Lobby, near Hall 3

7:00 AM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

First-time Attendee Lounge

Location: Main Lobby

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time

1032 - Nursing's Time for Truth, Reckoning and Transformation

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C3

– American Nurses Association

Professional Development

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time

1063 - Cultivating The Right Culture You Want At The ASC

Location: 221

– CHKD

– Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Ambulatory

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time

1074 - What Can I Do? Improving Perioperative Care for Transgender and Gender-diverse People

Location: 217

– Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity

Professional Development

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time

1099 - Visions for the future: Growing the Role of the Perioperative LPN

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C1

– Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Executive Level

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time

3027 - Networking Breakfast & Hot Topic Discussion: Grow Your Piece of the PIE: Personal Branding for Professional Success

Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 4

Corporate support provided by

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Exhibitor Registration

Location: Main Lobby

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time

1062 - An Education Evolution - Learning in the Palm of Your Hand.

Location: 217

– Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

– Hospital of University of PA

Educator

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time

1072 - Good to the last drop! An innovative way to combat the blood shortage

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C1

– Thomas jefferson University

– Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Clinical-Innovation

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time

1122 - Medication Safety: Guideline Update 2024

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C3

– AORN

CE: 0.5 Contact Hour(s)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time

1018 - Updated AORN Guideline for Processing Flexible Endoscopes

Location: 221

– AORN

– Mount Sinai Health System

Research, Evidence-based practice, Case Studies

CE: 1 Contact Hour(s)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time

1120 - Providing Care for the Black/Latino Patient

Location: 214AB

– Pfiedler

– Houston Methodist Hospital

– Boston Medical Center

– Parkland Health

CE: 1 Contact Hour(s)

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time

3007 - Courageous Leadership: Nurse Leader Roles that Accelerate Excellence, Foster Change and Inspire High Performance.

Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

– Chip Madera Productions, Inc.

Leadership/Management

CE: 1 Contact Hour(s)

9:35 AM – 10:05 AM East Coast USA Time

1008 - ELPO App: innovation tool to prevent patient positioning injuries

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C1

– Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Clinical-Innovation

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

9:35 AM – 10:05 AM East Coast USA Time

1042 - TRAUMA: How to teach new RNs and Surgical Techs

Location: 217

– WVU Medicine

Clinical-Procedural

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

9:35 AM – 10:05 AM East Coast USA Time

1059 - A Journey to Self Publishing: Impacting Health Literacy

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C3

– Northside Hospital

Professional Development

CE: 0.5 Contact Hour(s)

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Leader Networking Lounge Break

Location: Leadership Summit Networking Lounge

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

1000 - Implicit Bias: A Contributor to Health Disparities

Location: 217

– Memorial Hermann - TMC

Professional Development

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

1003 - Brrr I Said It’s Cold In Here: Maintaining Perioperative Normothermia with Interprofessional Collaboration and Multifactorial Interventions

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C3

– Houston Methodist Hospital

Research, Evidence-based practice, Case Studies

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

1028 - Using Humor to Debunk Sacred Cows and Promote Evidence Based Practices

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C1

– Self employed

Research, Evidence-based practice, Case Studies

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

1105 - Collaboration and Connection across the AORN ASC teams

Location: 221

– University Of Iowa Healthcare

– Idaho Shoulder to Hand Specialist

– Triangle Surgery Center

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time

3017 - Millennial Leadership in the OR: The Collaborative Workstyle

Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 4

– Ogden Regional Medical Center HCA Healthcare

– Whitman Partners

– St. Mark’s Hospital, HCA

– Advocate Health

Leadership/Management

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time

3020 - Beyond Pizza: Strategies to sustain a positive work environment

Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

– PereraHealth Nurse Executive Consulting by The Perera Group, Inc

Executive Level

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

10:50 AM – 11:20 AM East Coast USA Time

1006 - On the “Waze” to Eliminating Specimen Errors

Location: 217

– Hospital of University of PA

– Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

– Penn Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Clinical-Innovation

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

10:50 AM – 11:20 AM East Coast USA Time

1007 - What is being an AORN committee member like? Members of the Clinical Nurse Practice Committee share their experiences

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C1

– Inova Fairfax Hospital

– University of Maryland Capital Region

Professional Development

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

10:50 AM – 11:20 AM East Coast USA Time

1033 - Stop the line: Preventing RSIs

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C3

– Allegheny Health Network

– Alleghany Helth Network Forbes Hospital

Research, Evidence-based practice, Case Studies

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

1031 - Clinical Coordinators -- Increasing Support and Enhancing Engagement

Location: 217

– Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center

Clinical-Procedural

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

1041 - Bleeding Disorders - Perioperative Implications

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C3

– St. Luke's Boise Health System.

Research, Evidence-based practice, Case Studies

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

1049 - From Labor and Delivery to Cesarean Section: The Forgotten Operating Room

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C1

– Novant Health

Clinical-Innovation

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time

AORN Congress: First Forum

Location: Exhibit Hall 1

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time

1060 - Infection Prevention in the ASC Environment of Care

Location: 221

– Henry Schein

Ambulatory

CE: 1 Contact Hour(s)

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time

3001 - 10 Reasons Perioperative Leaders Stay… and Why it Matters!

Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

– Innovative Cultures Consulting LLC

Leadership/Management

CE: 1 Contact Hour(s)

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time

3016 - Detours to the Destination; Creating Centers of Excellence for Diverse Populations

Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 4

– University of Maryland Capital Region

– University of Maryland Capitol Region Medical Center

– University of MD Capital Region Medical Center

Clinical-Innovation

CE: 1 Contact Hour(s)

12:05 PM – 12:35 PM East Coast USA Time

1038 - Overcoming Monotony: How to Take your OR Education From Snooze To Spark and prove it to your C-Suite!

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C3

– Key Surgical

– Cuyuna Regional Medical Center

Educator

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

12:05 PM – 12:35 PM East Coast USA Time

1065 - DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A TECHNOLOGICAL TOOL FOR POST-OPERATIVE SURVEILLANCE

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C1

– UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS

– UNISINOS/SUVIC

Clinical-Innovation

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

12:05 PM – 12:35 PM East Coast USA Time

1097 - Code Blue OR 6: Lessons Learned

Location: 217

– Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Surgery Center

Clinical-Innovation

CE: .5 Contact Hour(s)

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

ASC Networking Meet Up

Location: Ambulatory Hub, Room 221 Foyer

12:35 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time

AORN Periop Community: Districts Open

Location: Main Lobby

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

3028 - Networking Lunch & Hot Topic Discussion: Journey to Zero Retained Sponges

Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 4

Corporate support provided by

1:00 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

ICORN Meeting

Location: 210A

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

1045 - Human Trafficking: A Healthcare Priority

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C1

– Coalition to Combat Human Trafficking (CCHT)

Professional Development

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

1048 - Sustaining Chapter Membership Engagement Through a Pandemic Crisis

Location: Hemisfair Ballroom C3

– Houston Methodist Hospital

Leadership/Management

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

1051 - Building a Collaborative Culture

Location: 217

– Emory Heathcare

– Emory Healthcare

Educator

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

3003 - Ask. Listen. Learn. Lead: Improving Care for Transgender and Gender-diverse People

Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

– Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity

Leadership/Management

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

1037 - Beginning a Cardiovascular Service Line in the ASC/Surgical Hospital (Lessons Learned)

Location: 221

– USPI

Ambulatory

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

AORN Periop Community: Districts Open

Location: Main Lobby

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Opening Ceremony

Location: Exhibit Hall 1

Sponsored By

4:30 PM – 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time

1108 - Drumline Experience - Mentorship vs. Management

Location: Exhibit Hall 1

CE: .75 Contact Hour(s)

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Kick Off Party

Location: Riverwalk Level, Grotto & LDR