ORNAC
National
conference

La journée de chirurgie est une journée critique pour le patient, mais aussi pour les proches et la famille. La quête d’information sur le déroulement de la chirurgie devient donc un élément central pour réduire la charge émotionnelle vécue. Cette charge émotionnelle se manifeste généralement par du stress ou de l’anxiété. Les familles et les proches se présentent normalement aux membres du personnel, à l’unité de soins ou consulte le moniteur famille disponible dans la salle d’attente pour prendre des nouvelles. L’arrivée du COVID-19 en 2020 a rendu ces différents endroits inaccessibles aux proches.Cet enjeu nous a poussés à développer et à implanter une solution technologique alternative et innovante afin d’atténuer les effets de l’anxiété tout en améliorant la communication aux proches durant cette journée critique. Le 11 janvier 2021, nous avons implanté un système standardisé de messages SMS pour les proches.

At the post-secondary level, various academic accommodations and supports are available for students with learning disabilities to ensure their success. Entering the workforce, however, can look very different regarding what supports exist. How can we bridge this gap between education and the workplace? How can we create an inclusive perioperative learning environment as educators, mentors, and preceptors?

ORNAC standards are the foundation for clinical practice, and are closely aligned with the national standards published by the Canadian Standards Association. Standards contain guidance for safety across clinical, technical, environmental, and administrative aspects of surgical care. CSA is making a bold move that will change three areas of safe perioperative practice, by combining the standards for electrosurgery, laser surgery, and management of surgical plume, into one comprehensive and updated standard. This will eliminate overlap and highlight the common hazards and risks associated with all three, and specify control measures needed for each. It will address documentation, risk assessment, procedures for managing equipment, audit, educational criteria, and much more. This presentation will describe the scope and content of the new standard and point the way towards the future of safe management of energy based devices as they become more and more prevalent in our healthcare facilities.

Get to know ORNAC, the national voice for perioperative registered nurses! This presentation will explore the current structure (which has been in place since its incorporation 2008). Highlights will include:

• an overview of responsibilities and legal requirements of a not-for-profit corporation under the Canada Corporations Act;
• affiliation agreements (old to new structure)
• the recruitment and nomination of board directors;
• an overview of ORNAC’s strategic plan;
• the multiple performance teams that work to keep key initiatives at the forefront; and
• members roles and opportunities to contribute to ORNAC’s growth through work with the performance teams.

Our strategic direction is reviewed biannually to identify priorities and keep the corporation moving forward. The work identified by the board and members is imperative to ORNAC’s success. The executive will give a short presentation on the responsibilities of the performance teams and outline the importance of structure to the success of the corporation over time.

ASCs have been facing nursing shortages that put a strain on staffing needs. They have faced recruitment and retention challenges leading to added use of contract labor. This negatively impacts nursing skill and competence. Our ASC leaders engaged an interdisciplinary team to design a perioperative nursing program. AORN Periop 101 is a blended program, comprised of online modules, weekly class discussions and skills development with preceptors. Organizational specific education was added to the program. With COVID, ASCs were challenged to restructure staffing strategies. SCA took this opportunity to create a virtual program. The program was offered to all SCA nurses. We shifted from in-person learning to a VIRTUAL plan. Quality of the program remained, and education continued. 130 nurses have graduated to date. These nurses can work competently in the OR. Developing SCA nurses has reduced contract labor use. The program has prepared nurses to provide outstanding, safe patient care.

Sujets présentés :

Comment deux infirmières peuvent faire la différence dans leur milieu de travail (histoire vécue et analyse d’une situation particulière).

Quand une demande en apparence anodine peut amener à un projet d’envergure inattendu (revivez avec nous cette aventure hautement stimulante).

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The role of the OR Manager may be seen as overwhelming, impossible and unattractive, What is actually required? What are the basics? This session will explore three key factors of leadership: Competency, Character and Culture. Development of these three factors will provide a foundation – the basics, of becoming an effective OR leader. Who will lead the way? Leaders who have a passion to support, mentor and develop new leaders. Within the perioperative settings, leadership will require courage, resilience, and grit. You just may have what is needed to step up and lead!

Le rôle des IPAC, les statistiques des cas assistés dans différentes spécialités a travers le Québec .Nombre d’IPAC a travers la province. Implication du Ministère de l’Éducation pour augmenter le nombre IPAC : La formation de 18 mois en accéléré (avec bourse) et formation sur 3 ans. Le point de vue d’une jeune qui a terminée sa formation en mai 2022 et qui pratique depuis.

The topic of our presentation is the development and implementation of a day surgery hysteroscopy program at our site. The program was developed to reduce surgical wait times and improve patient access to minor gynecological procedures that can be done under sedation. Procedural sedation is provided by a Registered Nurse in consultation with the Surgeon and without Anesthesia support. A multidisciplinary team consisting of the Surgeon, Operating Room Nurses, Recovery Room Nurses, Day Ward Nurses and Service Attendants work together to provide patient care.