Schedule by Day

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

2:00pm - 5:00pm

First-time Attendee Lounge and Meet Up

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Chapter Officer Networking Breakfast

6:45 AM - 7:45 AM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

6:00 AM - 8:00 PM

First Time Attendee Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:45 PM

International Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Session - Role of Emotional Intelligence: Management of Bullying in the Perioperative Context (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Joana Afonso

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Specimen Success: A Network Quality Improvement Project

Speaker - Sara Angelilli

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Session - Growing Our OR Workforce

Speaker - Rebecca Amato

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Session - Traumatic Stress in the Perioperative Nurse: Is Your Body Keeping Score?

Speaker - Marie Nutter

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Session - Card Tricks: Mastering Preference Cards to Ace Every Surgery (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Kaitlyn Kozlowski

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Session - Bundle Up: Implementing an Evidence-Based Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle in the OR

Speaker - Ray-An Talatala

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - A Phased Program for Teaching Registered Nurses Scrubbing Skills in the Operating Room

Speaker - Allison Mayfield

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - From Chaos to Control: The Power of a Code Team Response to Intraoperative Emergencies

Speaker - Marissa Tierney

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - We Are Not the Same: Beyond Culturally Competent Care of the Asian Patient

Speaker - Hung-Fu Lin

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - Navigating the Human Connection: Mastering Surgical Patient Communication (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Kaycee Spendley

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - Empowering New Leaders: A Relational Leadership Approach

Speaker - Kerri Hensler

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - CVOR Preparatory School: Novice Nurse to RNFA

Speaker - Taccoa Harris

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - Sustainability Within Perioperative Services and Beyond The Closed Doors

Speaker - Jennifer Collins

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - Ticket to a Life Changing Experience: Nursing Volunteering in Other Countries

Speaker - Kate McPhail

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - CCI Research Foundation Showcase: Advancing Perioperative Nursing Science

Speaker - Elizabeth Austin Evans

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - CCI Research Foundation Showcase: Advancing Perioperative Nursing Science

Speaker - Christopher Stucky

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - One, Two, Three, Come Count with Me

Speaker - Valerie Tiu

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - Streamlining Communications with Materials Management

Speaker - Matthew Chowaniec

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - Surgical Smoke Safety: Implementation of an Evidence-Based Safety Algorithm

Speaker - Johnson Ogundare

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - Infection Control is a Team Sport, Let's Play! (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Beth Hogan

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - To Infinity and Beyond: Advancing Perioperative Nursing through Technology

Speaker - Louie Ang

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Perceived Safety and Quality of Care, Job Satisfaction & Emotional Competencies

Speaker - Francisca Pinto

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Blueprint for Change: Transforming Culture in the OR

Speaker - Maria Raffucci-Cooper

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Presentation to Manuscript: Avoiding Imposter Syndrome

Speaker - Joy Baker

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Movie Screening "Everybody's Work"

Screening, Fire Side Chat and Panel Discussion

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Session - Critical Sterile Processing Knowledge: Enhancing OR Efficiency and Safety (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Kevin Anderson

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - Implementing a Mentorship Program in a Hospital-Based Operating Room Department

Speaker - Gabrielle Mundi

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - Using Simulation to Hone your Surgical Skills

Speaker - Ben Marthey

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - PURSI4SAFE - Prevention of Unintentional Retained Surgical Items for Patient Safety

Speaker - Maria Augusto

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Welcome and Opening Keynote

Speaker - Phil Hanson

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Kick Off Party

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

First-Time Attendee Lounge

7:00 AM - 1:45 PM

International Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Special Assembly Meetings

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Are you a Perioperative or Operating Room Nurse?

Speaker - Ruth Shumaker

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Together We Rise: Soaring through Skills with the Tiered Skills Acquisition Model

Speaker - Kathryn Colabufo

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Behind the Scenes with Nurse Planners: Crafting Impactful Educational Experiences

Speaker - Ayumi Fielden

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Enhancing Patient Safety: A Comprehensive Intervention to Prevent Foley Trauma

Speaker - Kelly Exezidis

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

First Forum

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Setting the Stage for Surgical Success: Crafting an Orientation Program for an ASC (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Alisa Jaganjac

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Design and Implementation of a Surgical Technology Apprenticeship Program

Speaker - Victoria Butler

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Safety Checklists: The Good, The Bad & The Missing

Speaker - Michael Sinnott

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Where do We Start? Prioritizing the AORN Guideline Research Gaps

Speaker - Carole Gert Mayes

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Equitable Care for All Patients? Implementation of ERAS

Speaker - Lisa Spruce

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session- Employee Engagement (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Jennifer Parrot

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Session - Nurse Advocacy & Leadership: How to Step Up and Outside of the OR to Advocate

Speaker - Jennifer Pennock

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - "What did you say?" Communication failures and Noise in operating room

Speaker - Louise Grant

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Virtual Nurse, Immersive and Interactive Virtual Reality Training Software

Speaker - Antonia Oliva Lopez

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Research Symposium

Speaker - Lisa Spruce

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Doing the Right Thing Isn't Always Easy

Speaker - Leigh Anne Bartlett

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Special Assembly Meetings

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

AORN Celebration and Keynote Speaker

Speaker - Marisa Hamamoto

1:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Expo Hall Opening Reception

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Foundation General Session

Speaker - Shola Richards

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Expo Hall Open

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Student and Faculty Programs

9:15 AM - 1:30 PM

Meet the Poster Authors - Even Numbers

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Meet the Poster Authors - Odd Numbers

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - From a Dream to a Reality: Creating an Ambulatory Surgery Center (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Brett Maxfield

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - Exploring Experiences of Racism Among Perioperative Nurses in the Work Environment

Speaker - Joanne Muyco

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - The Impact of the Patient Ambassador Role on Quality Outcomes in Perioperative Services

Speaker - Cheryl Kelley

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - Improving Operating Room Preceptor Satisfaction in the Post-Pandemic Era

Speaker - Kizzie Charles

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - We're All In This Together: Challenges in Perioperative Practice. International Ed.

Speaker - Hung-Fu Lin

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Second Forum

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - “You Want a Bigger Storage Room": Designing a Surgical Environment from End-Users (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Dawn Pfeiffer

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session - Peri-Op 101 Magic: Enhancing Perioperative Nurse Education

Speaker - Christina Garbarino

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session - Bacteria in Brain Surgery: The Infection Preventionists' Response

Speaker - Charles Vickery

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session - Cross Training Staff Throughout the Perioperative Department

Speaker - Courtney Scott

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session - Don't Put Baby in the Corner: The Perioperative Student Experience

Speaker - Michael Rempel

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

AORN Foundation Boston Boogie Bash (separate ticket required)

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

7:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Expo Hall

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

AORN Congress: House of Delegates & Closing Ceremony

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

6:00 AM - 8:00 PM

First-Time Attendee Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:45 PM

International Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Leadership Summit Networking Breakfast & Hot Topic Discussion

Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Leadership Summit Keynote

Speaker - Mike Lee

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Session - Recruiting and Retaining Nurses in the ASC (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Kelly Kapp

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - Leadership Competency for the 21st Century: Navigating Persistent Uncertainty

Speaker - Phyllis Quinlan

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Leadership Summit Networking Lunch & Hot Topic Discussion

Sponsored by Stryker

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Session - Credentialing: Who, What, Why and When? (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Nyleen Flores

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Session - What's in Your Policy?

Speaker - Ayumi Fielden

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Session - Moving Deck Chairs without Sinking the Ship! Leading Change across Perioperative Areas

Speaker - Carol Pehotsky

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Session - Print Perfect-Ambulatory Surgical Center Implements Specimen Printing & Workflow (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Susan Walker

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - A TAPESTRY FOR SUSTAINING PERIOPERATIVE EXCELLENCE

Speaker - Joanne Oliver-Coleman

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - Off Brand Resources for New Leaders

Speaker - Elizabeth Williams

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Welcome and Opening Keynote

Speaker - Phil Hanson

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Kick-Off Party

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

First-Time Attendee Lounge

7:00 AM - 1:45 PM

International Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

ASC Leadership Summit Breakfast (invite only)

Sponsored by PDI

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Leadership Summit Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Redesigning the Traditional Nurse Manager Succession Plan

Speaker - Hannah Spell

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Conversations on Leadership

Speaker - Carol Applegeet

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Session - Maximize Staff Resouces in the Interventional Platform (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Jacqueline Gardocki

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Leadership Summit Networking Lunch

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Expo Hall Opening Reception

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick-Up

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Leadership Summit Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Expo Hall Open

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Meet the Poster Authors - Even Numbers

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Meet the Poster Authors - Odd Numbers

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Disruptive OR Technologies to Empower People, Optimize Processes, and Improve Outcomes

Speaker - Teodor Grantcharov

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Session - Navigating Succession Planning for Nursing within Surgical Services

Speaker - Kayla Simiele

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Enhancing Perioperative Safety: A Toolkit for Conducting a Root Cause Analysis (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Tracie White

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Right Patient, Right Venue: An Academic Health System's Take on Venue Optimization

Speaker - Ronald Perez

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Triple Hatted? Become an Environment of Care and Life Safety Triple Threat 2.0 (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Lorrie Cappellino

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Session - Growing Our Own OR Nurses

Speaker - Cynthia Garza

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Session - Transforming SPD: Enhancing Safety and Efficiency with Human Factors and Innovation

Speaker - Marjorie Wall

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Session - Navigating the Three-Legged Stool of Outcomes, Costs, and Quality in Surgical Care (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Lisa Spruce

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Session - Developing A People First Culture

Speaker - Laura Gayton

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Session - Periop Command Center: Activated!

Speaker - Caitlin Smith

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

AORN Foundation Boogie Bash (Separate Ticket Required)

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Session - The Digital Transformation of Care

Speaker - Bonnie Clipper

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

Networking Activity

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Leadership Summit General Session

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Exhibit Hall Open

10:45 AM - 12:30 PM

House of Delegates & Closing Ceremony

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM