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
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First Name______
Home Address______
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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