ORMC Brochure May 2022 - 16

TUESDAY | OCTOBER 18
CONCURRENT BREAKFAST PRESENTATIONS
6:30 - 8:00 am
Unlocking the Mystery of Sterile Processing
Sponsored by:
Unlocking the mystery of SPD and forming team relationships within
the OR and SPD areas is vital in ensuring quality, safety, outcomes,
cost, and efficiencies. Perioperative services have become a complexed
department where clinical areas must coordinate technical task to
ensure the surgical and procedural patients receive safe competent care.
SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth J. Casey, MCN, RN, CNOR
Senior Vice President of Operations
Surgical Solutions
Enrique Gallegos
CEO
Surgical Solutions
Streamlining the Delivered Order Process in the
Operation Room
Sponsored by:
Session information coming soon. Visit website for more info.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
8:15 - 9:15 am
Everything Works Better
with a Buddy
With the significant turnover in nursing leadership today, mentors and
role models may be scarce in the workplace. Education and training may
be aimed at front-line caregivers or even be medical surgical leaderfocused.
Education and management development programs may have
been put on hold or canceled as pandemic priorities caused resources to
be reassigned. Even experienced managers in a new environment need
orientation to the processes and culture of the new organization.
Implementing a formalized buddy program provides new nurse managers
a vital peer support person to navigate the world of management.
Developing a core set of competencies and modules provides the structure
for the mentor and mentee. Components of the buddy program can
include: Transitioning from peer to leader; time management; coaching/
discipline; financial/budgeting and more.
Perioperative services do so many things differently from other care
settings. It is vital to have a trusted peer and a supportive leader to
ensure success, satisfaction and decreased turnover. This can roll up to a
larger manager mentor program across a hospital, healthcare system or
in the ambulatory setting as well.
Learning Objectives:
» Describe how to implement a formalized buddy program.
» Describe the key components to developing a buddy system.
» Describe examples leaders can implement to mentor new managers.
SPEAKER:
Jennifer Misajet, MHA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
System Chief Nursing Officer/VP of Operations
Saint Alphonsus Health System
A Sticky Situation: Optimizing Collaboration to
Eradicate Deep Tissue Pressure Injuries
Perioperative and cardiothoracic (CT) ICU RNs from a hospital with 1,600
CT and 140 heart/lung transplants per year identified the need to reduce
deep tissue pressure injuries (DTPI) by developing a collaborative outof-the
box protocol to prophylactically protect patients' sacrum prior to
surgery.
DTPIs result in longer length of stay, increased patient discomfort
leading to decreased mobility, decreased patient satisfaction, and
higher costs (up to $43,000 per DTPI), RNs recognized an opportunity to
develop workflows to improve RN practice and patient care.
The protocol was used for all patients meeting the agreed-upon criteria.
There was a significant decrease in the incidence of postoperative
sacral DPTIs, from 2.3% to 0%; an estimated 1,510 bed days saved; and
estimated $1.4 million dollars saved annually. There have been zero
DTPIs within the first five days of surgery, and these results have been
sustained since 2016. CT patient satisfaction for RN communication
remains at 91.4%. Due to the sustained success in the CT population,
this protocol is being implemented for high-risk patients. The innovative
strategy to prophylactically reduce DTPI is cost effective and replicable.
Keys to success were teamwork, creative thinking, and prioritizing highquality
care.
Learning Objectives:
» Identify vulnerable patient populations that could benefit from pressure
reducing therapies.
» Identify workflows that will improve deep tissue pressure injury
prevalence within the OR.
» Gain an advanced knowledge and understanding of tools that can
be implemented for the standardization of care regarding skin
assessments.
SPEAKERS:
Nicole Hoke, MSN, RN, CCRN, CCNS
Associate Clinical Director, Perioperative Nursing
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Robyn Strauss, ACNS-BC, RN, MSN, WCC
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Infection Prevention Surveillance and Data
Collection in the ASC, Part I
The ambulatory surgery infection preventionist (IP) performs vital
surveillance and data collection. It is important for the IP to conduct
regular audits of infection prevention area such as hand hygiene, safe
injection practices, and cleaning and disinfection. If a post-operative
surgical site infection is identified, the IP must develop a plan to
complete a thorough investigation and use data to identify trends. This
presentation will describe how to prioritize the infection prevention
surveillance focus areas in the ambulatory
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