Session: Staff resilience during extended downtime
Editor's Note The story of how the perioperative team at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital responded to a recent cyber event revealed insights about resilience, communication, team-building, and preparedness in one of the concluding sessions of this week’s OR Manager Conference in Las Vegas. The session was presented…
Session: Managing difficult conversations—How to respond effectively to your team
Editor's Note In this panel discussion, Cindy Hess, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CNAMB, director of nursing at Northeast Missouri Ambulatory Surgery Center; Vikram Tiwari, PhD, senior director and associate professor of anesthesiology, biomedical informatics, and biostatistics at Vanderbilt University; and Brian Dawson, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM, senior perioperative and healthcare consultant…
Closing Keynote: The fire within—The art of bold self leadership
Editor's Note “I can't believe I'm about to take my last breath,” is what Allison Massari, executive coach, burn survivor, and the closing keynote speaker of this year’s OR Manager Conference, said she thought while she was stuck in a burning car after a horrible head-on collision. She had just…
Session: What talented nurses want from potential employers
Editor's Note Focusing on mentorship programs and continuous learning, Amy Bethel, MPA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, offered advice for attracting and retaining talented nurse leaders Tuesday afternoon at the 2024 OR Manager Conference. Good leaders often share core qualities, and style matters, said Bethel, who is nurse educator with OR Manager.…
Session: Ace in the workplace—The business savvy new manager
Editor's Note In this session focused on the roles and responsibilities of a business manager in the perioperative environment, Blas Brown, Jr, MBA, business director of perioperative services at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, emphasized the importance of technical and interpersonal skills. Specifically, he said, being business savvy is key to…
Session: Recruitment, retention strategies target perioperative workforce of the future
Editor's Note Between 2025 and 2029, US college enrollment is expected to drop by 15%, reflecting a decline in the perceived value of college and a rise in trade careers. Alongside other educational challenges and what Stephanie Woods, PhD, RN, referred to as the “demographic cliff”—rising death rates, slowing birth…
Session: Fostering harmony among multi-generational perioperative teams
Editor's Note A standing-room-only panel discussion outlined the strengths and challenges of multigenerational workforces Monday afternoon at the 2024 OR Manager Conference, offering insights into different generations' needs and values as well as strategies for fostering harmony. The panel, all from Main Line Health’s Lankenau Hospital, contained a representative from…
Session: Alternative options to funding—Doing more with less
Editor's Note In this OR Manager Conference session focusing on alternative funding options for capital acquisition and related consumables, Steve Spring, BA, executive finance director at Massachusetts General Hospital, outlined various strategies and considerations for managing high-value capital equipment purchases. A core challenge discussed was balancing surgeon demands for advanced…
Session: Anesthesia contracts, the must-haves
Editor's Note “There's nothing worse than putting a contract together, only for the anesthesia providers to say, ‘Oh, no, we're not going to do that,” Mindy Gingery, MSN, CRNA, ARNP, president of Heartland Anesthesia & Consulting, said, opening this morning session on anesthesia contract best practices for ambulatory surgery centers…
Session: Empowered nurses advocate for policy change, workplace safety
Editor's Note Real-world experience in Texas—where more than 650 nurses marched on the capitol in support of workplace violence legislation—informed much of yesterday’s OR Manager Conference presentation on nurse legislative and policy advocacy from Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC. Although nurses make up the largest healthcare workforce—around 5.2 million across…
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