Fall Chapter Meeting 2010
- Tuesday, September 21, 6:00 PM, 2010
- Edward Hospital Education Center, Room E200
May Chapter Meeting
Topic: “State of Union” of AORN Fox Valley
Bylaws and fundraising
- Speaker: Jeff Khatri, BSN, RN, CNOR
- Tuesday, May 18, 6:00 PM, 2010
- Edward Hospital Education Center, Room E200
Chapter Meeting
Topic: Tissue Banking: Diversity, Differentiation, Standardization. An industry overview.
- Speaker: Cynthia Becker, BSN, RN
- Tuesday, March 9, 6:00 PM, 2010
- Education Center, Edward Hospital-E200
Chapter meeting
Topic: Chapter Business
Heather Jenson will be presenting a CEU presentation about Latex Allergy and Glove Powder. Dinner provided.
- Speaker: Mary Khatri, President
- Tuesday, January 19, 6:00 PM, 2010
- Education Center (in E200), Edward Hospital
Fall ICORN Meeting
Saturday October 24, 2009 at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, IL. Please see information file for more information.
- Saturday, October 24, 8:00 AM, 2009
Installation Dinner
Annual Installation DInner will be held at VIncitori’s in Westmont on June 9, 2009. This will be an RSVP only dinner this year.
- Tuesday, June 9, 5:30 PM, 2009
- Vincitori’s
AORN Congress
We have the proud honor of being the host city for the AORN 56th Annual Congress from March 15th thru March 19th in 2009. Please check the national website listed for further information.
- Sunday, March 15, 8:00 AM, 2009
- Chicago
Fall ICORN Meeting
Carle Foundation Hospital
611 W. Park
Urbana
Place: The Forum, Room to be determined
Date, Sat: October 25, 2008
11 a.m. meeting with luncheon
Must RSVP by October 1
Reply to : 217-383-3412
Fundraising Board Meeting
Topic: Fundraising
Special board meeting requested by President-elect M. Khatri in order to plan fundrasing activities. Members welcome to attend.
- Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 PM, 2008
- E201
Installation dinner
Annual dinner will be held on June 10, 2008 at 1800.
- Tuesday, June 10, 6:00 PM, 2008
- Clara’s
Chapter meeting
Topic: Corrective eye surgery
- Speaker: Dr. Ahmad
- Tuesday, September 11, 6:00 PM, 2007
- Education Center (in the boardroom E200), Edward Hospital
You be the Judge
William Duffy, RN, MJ, CNOR will present the program “You be the Judge” on June 30, 2007, at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois.
“You be the Judge” is an interactive presentation in which the audience participates as the jury. The “jury” will ask questions about the facts of the case and vote whether the perioperative nurses involved met the standard of care. Discussion of the actual jury’s verdict will follow and the audience will explore the impact of the nurses’ actions.
Mr. Duffy is the Vice President for Nursing and Perioperative Services at Evanston Hospital. He has recently completed his term as the national president of the Association of Perioperative Nurses where he led the association’s initiative for National Time Out Day to eliminate wrong site surgery.
2.0 nursing continuing education contact hours have been applied for, and will be awarded for attending this event in its entirety.
The event is between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The event fee is $15. Please make checks payable to Edward Hospital. Contact Peg Cross in Nursing Administration at (630) 527-3934 for more information.
- Speaker: William Duffy
- Saturday, June 30, 8:30 AM, 2007
- Education Center (Rooms 301-303), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Orthopaedic Management of Shoulder Pathology
Dr. Breslow will provide a review of the anatomy of the shoulder, patient assessment and differential diagnosis, with a discussion about pathology and treatment options.
Contact hours have been applied for. In order to receive contact hours a participant must attend the entire program and provide an evaluation following the program.
- Speaker: Dr. Marc Breslow
- Tuesday, April 17, 6:00 PM, 2007
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Review of Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
Dr. Hennessey was born in Detroit, MI and grew up in the Detroit area. He attended University of Michigan for undergraduate where he obtained his B.S. in Biology with Honors. Dr. Hennessey also studied medicine at the prestigious University of Michigan and then came to Chicago to train in Ophthalmology at Rush Medical Center. A fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases of the eye at UIC Eye Center completed Dr. Hennessey’s formal training.
- Speaker: Dr. Michael Hennessey
- Tuesday, February 20, 6:00 PM, 2007
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter Meeting
Topic: LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
- Speaker: Dr. Dodson, Rush University
- Tuesday, January 16, 6:00 PM, 2007
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Holistic Health — Embracing a Holistic Nursing Approach
Anita is a Clinical Educator for the Mother / Baby unit at Edward Hospital. She has recently completed a certificate program in Holistic Health.
- Speaker: Anita Krajecki RNC, BSN, IBCLC, RLC, HHP
- Tuesday, November 14, 6:00 PM, 2006
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Esophageal atresia
- Speaker: Dr. Preston Black
- Tuesday, September 19, 6:00 PM, 2006
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Installation dinner
Dinner is $35, includes soup and salad, double-baked potato and chicken breast/petite filet
- Tuesday, June 13, 6:00 PM, 2006
- Sweetwater Restaurant, 817 E. Ogden Ave., Naperville, IL 60653
Chapter meeting
Topic: Endovascular Stent Grafts for Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Speaker: Dr. Juan Bonilla, MD
- Tuesday, January 17, 6:00 PM, 2006
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: To be announced
- Speaker: To be announced
- Tuesday, November 15, 6:00 PM, 2005
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Installation dinner
Please RSVP with Dawn Kladis at (773)-257-6015. Dinner is $25 payable that night.
- Tuesday, June 21, 6:00 PM, 2005
- Sweetwater Restaurant, 817 E. Ogden Ave., Naperville, IL
Chapter meeting
Topic: Pain management
- Speaker: Kathy Moreno
- Tuesday, May 17, 6:00 PM, 2005
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Treatment of Breast Cancer
- Speaker: Dr. Maganini
- Tuesday, February 15, 6:00 PM, 2005
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Medical Device Reprocessing: Focus on Regulatory Compliance, Infection Control and Quality Assurance
- Speaker: Cynthia Becker, RN
- Tuesday, January 18, 6:00 PM, 2005
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: To be announced
- Speaker: To be announced
- Tuesday, November 16, 6:00 PM, 2004
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Nurses Leading Healthcare
- Speaker: Linda Deering, RN Chief Nurse Officer
- Tuesday, September 21, 6:00 PM, 2004
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Installation dinner
- Tuesday, June 15, 6:00 PM, 2004
- Villa Olivia Country Club, 1401 W. Lake St., Bartlett, IL
Chapter meeting
Topic: Pediatric Speciality
- Speaker: Dr. L.M. Lemke
- Tuesday, May 18, 6:00 PM, 2004
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: The National AORN Organization
- Speaker: William J. Duffy, RN, MJ, CNOR
- Tuesday, April 20, 6:00 PM, 2004
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Hand Asepsis
- Speaker: John Batchler of the 3-M Corporation
- Tuesday, March 16, 6:00 PM, 2004
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Harmonic Scalpel and Endomechanical Staple Lines
- Speaker: Dario Jaramillo
- Tuesday, February 17, 6:00 PM, 2004
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Documentation and Legal Issues in OR Nursing
- Speaker: Tamara Ellinghausen, RN
- Tuesday, January 20, 6:00 PM, 2004
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Intuitive Surgical representative
- Speaker: DaVinci Surgical System
- Tuesday, November 18, 6:00 PM, 2003
- Education Center (in the boardroom), Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: New Concepts and Therapies for Urinary Incontinence
- Speaker: Dr. Craig Smith, urologist
- Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 PM, 2003
- Edward Hospital, Room 305
Chapter meeting
Topic: Bariatric Surgery
- Speaker: Dr. R. Payton
- Tuesday, September 16, 6:00 PM, 2003
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Installation banquet
- Tuesday, June 17, 6:00 PM, 2003
- Villa Olivia Country Club, 1401 W. Lake St., Bartlett, IL
Chapter meeting
Topic: To be announced
- Speaker: To be announced
- Tuesday, May 20, 6:00 PM, 2003
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Women & Heart Disease
- Speaker: Dr. Juan Bonilla, Cardiac Surgeon from Cardiac Surgery Associates, S.C.
- Tuesday, April 15, 6:00 PM, 2003
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Nursing Perspectives in the Use of Fibrin Sealants
- Speaker: Sue Himpelmann RN, MSN, Director, OR Education of Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan, Ill.
- Tuesday, March 18, 6:00 PM, 2003
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: CEU presentation, “Electrosurgery for Perioperative Nurses”
Snacks at 6:00 p.m. and program at 7:00 p.m.
Gyrus has the Bipolar for TURPs; information will be available at the meeting. Paula has an article in the March AORN Journal on the Gyrus Bipolar
- Speaker: Paula Bishop, RN, MSN, CNOR from Gyrus Coporation
- Tuesday, February 18, 6:00 PM, 2003
Chapter meeting
Topic: To be announced
Dinner at 6:00 p.m., and program at 7:00 p.m.
- Speaker: To be announced
- Monday, January 20, 6:00 PM, 2003
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: To be announced
Dinner at 6:00 p.m., and program at 7:00 p.m.
- Speaker: To be announced
- Tuesday, December 17, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Surgical Instrument Repair
5:30 p.m.: Meet at Ki’s parking lot to assemble tour
6:00 p.m.: Factory tour
7:30 p.m.: Dinner & Meeting (ask John questions, network, etc.)
Ki’s
- 705 North Avenue, Glendale Heights, IL 60139-3519
- (630) 469-4757
U.S. Arrow
- 826 Eagle Dr., Bensenville, IL, 60106-1947
- (630) 616-9780
This month’s AORN Fox Valley Chapter meeting is an opportunity to see how surgical instruments are repaired and sharpened, how scopes are fixed, and how gold plating/colors are coated on the instruments — along with other great learning experiences! The folks at Arrow Instrument Repair factory are staying late especially for our group! Although there are no contact hours, there is a free dinner, courtesy of John Fugate from Arrow.
If you’d like to brush up on your Arrow Medical Supply history to ask some good questions at the meeting, you can visit their website here: www.arrowmedical.com. Heck, if you want to brush up on your Ki’s restaurant history, here is a website with a little bit of information (not a lot) about the restaurant we’ll be visiting.
Note: If you would like to carpool, you must RSVP the webmaster at webmaster@aornfoxvalley.org by November 11 with a brief message saying you will be attending the November 19 meeting and typing your name at the bottom. We need to know the approximate amount of people carpooling since Ki’s seating is limited to 25-30 people. If, however, you decide to drive yourself instead of carpooling, you’ll have to show up at the dinner and meeting at 7:30 at Ki’s restaurant, and forgo the factory tour (something you probably don’t want to do). Directions and phone numbers are available for all locations.
If you have any questions, please call our President-Elect, Kelly Hofmann at (630) 933-5482 or John Fugate’s cellular phone at (708) 308-2341.
Here are some quick directions to the factory:
- North Ave. (east) to Rt. 83
- Rt. 83 (north) to Foster Ave.
- Foster Ave. (right) to Country Club Dr.
- Country Club Dr. (right)
- Road curves left and becomes Eagle Dr.
- Eagle Dr. to U S Arrow factory
- Speaker: John Fugate
- Tuesday, November 19, 5:30 PM, 2002
- Ki’s, 705 North Ave., Glendale Heights, IL; 1 mile west of I-355
AORN Seminar
Topic: The Cutting Edge
Cost: $45 for AORN members; $55 for non-AORN members. Cost includes lunch; make checks payable to AORN Fox Valley Chapter. Worth six CEUs (Continuing Education Unit).
- Speaker: Multiple speakers
- Saturday, November 2, 7:30 AM, 2002
- Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Conference Center
Chapter meeting
Topic: Perioperative Hypothermia
Dinner at 6:00 p.m., and program at 7:00 p.m.
1 CEU (Continuing Education Unit)
- Speaker: None (video)
- Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Nuturing
Dinner at 6:00 p.m., and program at 7:00 p.m.
- Speaker: Dawn Kladis
- Tuesday, September 17, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Installation Banquet
You must R.S.V.P. with Dorothy at (630) 773-1086 by June 11, 2002. Call after 5:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 18, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Villa Olivia Country Club, 1401 W. Lake St., Bartlett, IL 60103
Chapter meeting
Topic: Trouble-Free Taping Workshop
6:00 p.m. Dinner, 6:30 p.m. Program
- Speaker: Marsh Kline, RN. BSN. Nurse Educator/3M Corp.
- Tuesday, May 21, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Advances in Aesthetic Surgery
6:00 p.m.: Dinner, 7:00 p.m.: Lecture
- Speaker: Dr. Iliana Sweis
- Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Parathyroid
6:00 p.m.: Dinner, 7:00 p.m.: Lecture
- Speaker: Thomas Kron, M.D.
- Tuesday, March 19, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Vericose Vein Disease
6:00 p.m.: Dinner, 7:00 p.m.: Meeting, 7:30 p.m.: Program
- Speaker: Gregory Spitz, M.D. FACS
- Tuesday, February 19, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: The Making of & Presentation of the AORN Fox Valley Chapter Website
- Tuesday, January 15, 6:00 PM, 2002
- Education Center, Edward Hospital
Chapter meeting
Topic: Networking
- Tuesday, December 18, 6:00 PM, 2001
- Education Center, Edward Hospital