Newsletter
Welcome to the Chapter News. Our December meeting will be held on the 2nd and it is our holiday celebration. Wear your best or silliest holiday sweater, and add to our pot-luck by bringing your favorite cultural dish. Read all the information to be informed about Chapter activities.
Happy Thanksgiving to all our members!
Our next meeting is Thursday December 2, 2010; our exciting educational presentation is Skytron "RFID Asset Tracking" by Chris Dudek. We will also be having our annual Christmas Sweater Contest; please wear your most elaborate Christmas sweater! We are also having a cultural potluck; please bring a dish to share; and please send the recipe to Lisa Finch for our website.
We all had a wonderful time and a great lunch at the Wilson Creek Winery; we had a great turn out and learned some great cooking and nutritional tips! Photos of the event are posted on our Photo Album page.
We are still looking for volunteers for the Nominating Committee (2 yr) and our Chapter Excellence Aware Application Committee. Please let me know or any board member of your interest.
Remember, Congress housing and registration are now open!!
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting; please remember to post the meeting flyer in your departments and bring a friend/colleague to the meeting!
President, Michelle Fennell
Hello everyone, I hope all is going well and your plans for the holidays are all coming together. November is one of the months we do not have a meeting due to the holidays. We will meet again on the first Thursday of December on the 2nd.
We are having a cultural pot-luck for the December meeting, so bring your favorite dish to share. We are also having our annual holiday sweater competition and you will be warm and toasty if you dress for the occasion.
With great food and the warm holiday spirit we will settle back into our comfortable auditorium seats and learn about new cutting edge technology from Skytron’s Western Regional Director. Chris Dudeck will be providing us with the latest information on asset management and equipment location solutions.
Have a happy Thanksgiving with your families, send us your recipes and we will see you in December to end the year in style.
Randy Blattler, RN
Vice President
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
I hope that you were celebrated during Perioperative Nurses Week. I am very proud to be an OR Nurse and enjoy my job everyday, I hope you do to.
I am looking into volunteer opportunities/community service based opportunities to participate in for our Chapter. I am hoping that when they are presented, you will be willing to give some of your time to volunteer along side of me.
Remember to take as many moments as possible to look at your life and reflect on what you are thankful for this year. I am very thankful that I have a great job that I truly love! I am thankful for the health and happiness of my family and friends. I am so thankful that my husband has not been deployed this year, we will keep our fingers crossed for next year too!
Take wonderful care of yourselves this month and I will see you in December! Can't wait to sample the cultural culinary creations from our members.
President Elect, Lisa Finch
Educational Program: Chris Dudeck of Skytron will present "RFID Asset Tracking" Come and learn about how you can locate and keep track of your equipment. Please bring a friend and enjoy our pot-luck. Print the meeting flyer and share it with colleagues.
Time: 7:00 pm join us first for our holiday pot luck
Food: Annual holiday pot-luck. Bring your favorite cultural dish. Please Do NOT Bring anything with BLUBERRIES.
Contest: Holiday Sweater contest. Last year Virginia Ogren was the winner. She got a prize too.
Location & Direction: Visit our Meeting Schedule page for all that information.
SAN DIEGO AORN GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order:
Approval of Minutes:
President’s Report: Peri-op Nurse Week – AORN has a template that can be sent to the local papers editors theme,” Freedom to Speak Out” to let them know all about us and what we do as nurses to provide safe patient care. Randy said he will send it to the Union Tribune. Suzanne Ward offered to put the letter on the web site so that members can down load and send one also as individuals. ORNCC meeting 10/16 biggest news is about a bill from the assembly to require licensing for OR techs in California. Tricia Hunter is opposed to this but AORN is supporting this. There will not be a fall workshop, so let’s getting working on a Spring Workshop. Michelle is asking for volunteers to chair the workshop.
2011 Congress delegate information will be available online October 25th- February. The dead line for points to be turned in is December 15th
IRS 990 filing is done.
Reminder to wear holiday sweaters for December meeting, prize needs to be determined.
AORN Foundation is doing chapter challenge. We usually do this at congress.
President -Elect: Lisa would like everyone to send in jokes and recipes for the new web page dishes & stitches. Last month there was one for Buffalo wings if anyone wants to make it and bring to meeting please do. Lisa would love to get a recipe for pancit.
Vice President: Speaker for tonight is Dr. Moein speaking on Women’s’ Health and Pelvic Reconstruction.
Chris Dubdeck, Western Region Director from Skytron will speak on RFID, “Asset Tracking of Supplies and Medical Equipment”.
We are having a cultural potluck for December so bring your favorite traditional dish.
Please copy the template letter and send to your elected officials to let them know what you do as an OR nurse and for patient safety.
Please send in your photos from AORN events we are going to start having a slide show running before the meetings. AORN has a great web site where you can spend hours browsing. There is a journal club that you can get involved too. CNOR exam now has a prep course on- line and it guarantees you’ll pass the test or get your money back, and AORN will reimburse half of the fee if you submit by deadline and are chosen by lot when there is more than 1 request. We have advertising available for vendors so if you know someone who wants to advertise let me know.
Treasurer’s Report: August Beginning Balance: $ 28,437.24
Income: $ 227.35
Expenses: $ 46.71
September Ending Balance: $ 28,619.08
Legislative: September report got lost in the translation. Virginia will have an update on the web site. MADD drunken driving issue was pushed back to January. Virginia gets a lot of info from the ANA web site which all of us can access as associate members.
Hospitality: Please see Peka to volunteer for a month to bring refreshments. Cliff Card will bring them in January.
Workshop: Anne reported on the Wilson Creek winery workshop with the comedy chef who prepared 2 appetizers and a desert they used OR wraps for the table and IV bags for the oil and Chocolate decadence wine. There were 29 people there
Informatics: If you have any pictures of AORN events send them in to be placed on the web site.
Scholarship: Vickie said check the web site for deadlines.
Golf: We have a volunteer to chair, it his name is Ben and he would like anyone to join the committee and if anyone has vendor addresses get them to him.
Ways & Means: We have sold 7 books. Books are still $40.00. Deadline is November 30th, after that people can order online at www.entertainment.com/support and give our account number 119256-6 for AORN San Diego, however there is a shipping fee of $5.00. So buy before December.
Unfinished Business: We still have 2 positions on the Board open if anyone wants to volunteer.
Announcements: Mercy has a trauma workshop coming up on November 6th.
Respectfully Submitted By:
Suzanne Higginbotham RN, CNOR
| September Balance | $28,618.08 | |
| Income-ORD | $1,757.75 | |
| Income INT | $0.66 | $1,758.41 |
| Expenses | $762.52 | |
| October Balance | $29,613.97 |
Submitted by Anne Hones
Legislative News November 2010
The election on November 2 will cause quite a few changes in the legislative arena. There were several issues that came up before the election. In the October issue of the ANA Smart Brief, The FDA’s public health plan placed high priority on IT innovation within the agency as well as promote collaboration with other government units. The Information Technology Strategic plan will be phased in over five years and the FDA will be seeking public input on the proposal. Also in October there was a report about insurers refusing to cover one in seven in applicants for insurers that have health histories. Health reforms that ban such actions don’t kick in until 2014 but such consumers with these pre-existing conditions can get coverage through employer or government programs.
As we all know by now there were some significant changes in the US Legislature with the Republicans being the dominant party in the House as of January 1st. Although the Senate will still be Democratic, the Republicans made some additions there as well. The GOP gains may complicate the health reforms planned by President Obama, especially in the House. While the total repeal of these plans is unlikely the majority may try to eliminate some of the funding for the reform provisions. Even in the Senate, Senator Mitch McConnell, R. Ky. said he will be seeking ways to deplete the financial resources of the law working toward full repeal by 2013 and replacing the existing law with common sense reforms to reduce spending.
As I reported in the last newsletter, there has been no movement on those bills relating to us in AORN. I did see on the website that California is seeking a new State Legislative Coordinator. There will also be some changes to AORN advocacy news in the January 20011. The association discovered in a membership survey there is a need for an inclusive resource with all the information members need on advocacy, practice resources education and association news. There will be a consolidation of all this information into one weekly e-news source—the Period Insider. You can learn more about these changes by visiting aorn.org/FindYourNews.
I will report on these issues at a later date.
Submitted by Virginia L. Ogren RN, BSN, CNOR
Two Yummy Recipes This Month From Anne Hones & Randy Blattler
From Anne Hones is sharing from the Wilson Creek Winery where our fall workshop was held. Thanks you Anne for sharing! Enjoy this recipe, prepared by Chef Roc, at our Fall Workshop event.
Mr. Wilson’s Crabby Cheese Dip
2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 cup cream cheese
1 Tablespoon minced shallots
1 Tablespoon hot sauce
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 teaspoon paprika
12 ounces Wilson Creek Almond Champagne
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded gouda cheese
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
2 Tablespoons chopped chives
2 Tablespoons flour
1/2 cup crab meat
Melt butter in two quart saucepan. Add shallots and saute’ for 30 seconds
Add almonds and saute’ until golden brown. Add champagne and heat until it starts to steam.
Place the 2 cups of shredded cheese and flour in a plastic bag and shake to coat cheese.
Add floured cheese and cream cheese to the pan and whip until smooth.
Add hot sauce, paprika, salt, white pepper. Combine.
Using a large spoon, fold in the chives and crab meat.
Serve warm with pita chips or corn chips. Makes 6-8 portions.
Our Second Recipe is From Randy Blattler
Pancit Bihon Recipe
Estimated cooking and preparation time: 45 minutes
Pancit Bihon Ingredients: |
- 1 8 oz. pack pancit bihon noodles
- 1 cooked chicken breast, shredded
- 2 cups of chicken broth or 2 chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 2 cups of water
- 1/4 green beans or cabbage, sliced into strips
- 1 onion, peeled and sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic, crushed and minced
- 1/3 cup scallions, cut into pieces (optional)
- 1 carrot, sliced into strips
- 2 tablespoons of cooking oil
- 3/4 cup diced celery (optional)
- soy sauce to taste or 3 tablespoons
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 5 pieces of calamansi or 1 lemon, sliced
Pancit Bihon Cooking Instructions: |
- Soak the pancit bihon noodles in hot water to soften for 10 minutes
- Grease a large pan or wok with oil. Sauté garlic and onions.
- Add the chicken broth, the shredded chicken breast and all the vegetables until cooked.
- Mix in the pancit bihon noodles and add the soy sauce, cook for about 5 minutes or until the noodles are soft.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve hot with sliced calamansi on the side.
Cooking Notes: |
- Calamansi or lemon is to be squeezed into the pancit bihon before eating.
Want to take these recipes home? Print them now.
Mr. Wilson's Crabby Cheese Dip
Pancit Bihon
Have a recipe you want to share? Contact Lisa Finch.