St Mary’s Hospital

5801 Bremo Road

Richmond Virginia 23226

From I-64: Take exit 183, Glenside Drive South for approximately 1 mile. Turn left onto Monument Avenue. Turn right at the stop light, Bremo Road. You will see the hospital on the left. Park in the parking deck on your right. Enter into the front of the hospital; follow signs to the first floor auditorium, room 164.

Janet Shortt

804 240-7891

OR

Joann Schroeder

804 307-7851

Nearby hotels:

Courtyard by Marriott

6400 West Broad Street

Richmond, Virginia 23226

Holiday Inn

2000 Staples Mill Road

Richmond, Virginia 23226

Contact hours for this continuing nursing education activity have been applied for through the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Activities that are approved by AORN are recognized as continuing education for registered nurses. This recognition does not imply that AORN or the ANCC Commission on Accreditation approves or endorses any product included in the presentation.

Proceeds from this meeting will support the VCORN sponsored AORN Foundation Virginia Nursing Student Scholarship.

Virginia Council of PERIOPERATIVE REGISTERED Nurses Workshop and

Semi-Annual Meeting

Understanding and Coping with

Life Challenges

March 11, 2017

4.0 Contact Hours (pending)

Auditorium Room 164

Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital

5801 Bremo Road

Richmond, VA 23226

Registration Form

Please print

Last Name______

First Name______

Home Address______

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Home Phone#______

Email ______

Employer______

Work Phone#______

Chapter ______

Registration Fee: $40

Day of registration: $45

Full Time Nursing Students: Free

(limited number of seats)

Make check payable to:

AORN Richmond Area

Mail Registration and Payment by

March 3, 2017 to:

VCORN

Bonnie Vencill

4512 Courtland Drive

Colonial Heights, VA 23834

Program Schedule

7:30 – 7:55 AM

Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome

8:00 - 9:00 AM

The Menopause Experience:

How to Make the Best of it

Dr. Zvonko Spasik

9:00 – 10:00 AM

Entering Their Reality:

Sensory & Cognitive

Deficits in Older Adults

Judy DellaRipa PhD

Pam Martin MSN

Tina Thomas MSHP

10:00 - 10:30AM

Vendors & Silent Auction

10:30 -11:30 AM

Benefits of Music Therapy

Megan Martin, MA, MT-BC

11:30 - 12:30 PM

The World of Pet Therapy:

Caring Canines

Aleta Shelton

Robyn Underwood RN (Moose)

Kathy Walton (Bunny)

Ephraim Seldman/Bunny Wilks (Vera)

Kimberly Maxey (Scrappy)

***For those with allergies

there will be dogs present

12:30 –1:00 PM

Vendors & Lunch

VCORN Meeting

1:00 – 3:15 PM

Objectives:

Describe symptoms of menopause

Explain the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study on menopause

Discuss treatment options for menopause symptoms

Recognize common sensory and cognitive deficits in older adults

Identify strategies to assist older adults with sensory and cognitive deficits.

Apply evidence-based practices in interactions with older adults experiencing sensory and cognitive deficits.

Describe medical conditions that benefit from music therapy

Describe how music therapy is integrated into treatment of disease and pain

Explain history of and future directions in the healthcare environment for music therapy

Discuss the training required for the therapeutic canine program

Discuss the role that Caring Canines serves in the healthcare environment

Discuss the positive outcomes from experiences with Caring Canines