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Operating Department Nurses Conference 2012

INMO Operating Department Nurses Section Annual Conference

Date:  SATURDAY, 3RD MARCH 2012

Venue:  The Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise, Co Laois

Fee:  €85.00 INMO Members; Non-Members:  €100.00

Theme:  "Same Shift, Different Day"

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Accommodation:  
The Heritage Hotel Portlaoise 

Early Booking Advisable 
Tel:  057 8678588   057 8678588


OUTLINE OF PROGRAMME
   
8.15am: Registration & Trade Exhibition
   
SESSION 1   Chairperson:  Liz Waters
9.00am: Opening Address – Sandra Morton, National Chairperson ODN Section
9.05am:  INMO Presidential Address – Ms Sheila Dickson, President INMO
9.15am:


 
 Decontamination – What’s Happening Nationally
 Speaker: Joy Markey, BSc Science Sterile Service Management
                  National Decontamination Programme Lead
                  Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE   
9.45am:   Improving Standards of Care - Story of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust     
 Speaker:  Mandie Sunderland, RGN,DPSN, DPSM, BSc (Hons) MSc
                    Chief Nurse, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
10.15am: Opening of Trade Exhibition by Caroline Higgins, President, EORNA
   
Refreshments & Trade Exhibition
 
SESSION 2    Chairperson:  Monica Griffin
 
11.00am:

 
Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Safety with Sharps in the Operating Theatre
Speaker(s):  Dr Blanaid Hayes, Consultant Occupational Physician, Beaumont Hospital
                         Annette Kennedy, Director Professional Development INMO
11.45am:

 
Joan Gallagher Memorial Lecture           
Speaker:  John Lonergan
                   Former Governor Mountjoy Prison 
12.30pm:  Lunch & Trade Exhibition
   
 SESSION 3  Chairperson:  Teresa Herity

2.00pm: 

 

 Surgical Advances in Thoracic and Lung Transplant Surgery
 Speaker:  Ms Karen Redmond MD FRCS (CTh)
                    Thoracic Surgeon, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
2.30pm: 


 
 Multi-Disciplinary Attitudes to Teamwork and Patient Safety in the Operating Theatre                
 Speaker:  Louise Creighan RGN RM BSc Nursing Management MSc Health Services
                    Management Dip in Personnel Management and Employee Relations
                    Cert in OT Technique
                    CNM3, Theatre Manager, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
3.00pm: 
 
 Student Nurse Programme
 Speaker Bernadette Brady, CNM2 Vascular Theatre, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
   
SESSION 4   Chairperson: Audrey Al-Kaisy
3.30pm:


 
End of Life Care: Hospice Friendly Hospitals - Implications for the Perioperative Nurse
Speaker:  Ms Fionuala M O’Gorman MSc Ed BSc HDip Perioperative Nursing 
                   ENB 176 RGN RGM
                   Clinical Facilitator, Perioperative Nursing, Cork University Hospital
4.00pm:

 
  The Productive Operating Theatre (TPOT)
  Speaker:  Grace Reidy RGN RM
                     Assistant Director of Nursing, Cork University Hospital
4.30pm:   Closing Address & Final Draws