2025 TCORN Symposium: Rise to the Challenge in Perioperative Nursing
UT Southwestern Clement's Hospital Education Center
6201 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75235
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 8:00am CT - 5:00pm CT
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Topic
AI - Surgical Plume - Health Equity - Collaboration & Teamwork - Needlestick Injury Prevention - Collaborationi
Credits Offered
This event offers
5.0 contact hours
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
Terri Goodman & Associates, Provider Number CEP 16550, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education credit by the California Board of Registered Nursing..
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AGENDA
0800 0900 Breakfast / Vendor Exhibits
0900 0920 Welcome - Introductions
0920 1025 Smoke Evacuation Legislation
1025 1145 Vendor Fair
1145 1235 Patient Safety QI Project/Needlestick Injury Reporting
1235 1345 Lunch & Guest Speakers / Vendor Fair
1345 1435 Artificial Intelligence and Perioperative Nursing
1435 1525 Health Equity
1525 1545 Sponsor Presentations
1545 1615 Vendor Fair
1615 1705 Final CE presentation
1705 1710 Wrap-up / Raffle
Speakers
Ms. Murdock is a staff nurse at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. She is presently serving as President Elect of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). She is an AORN Journal author and national conference speaker about DEI and trauma care. Darlene holds an MSN in Education from WGU, a BSN from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, B.A. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Murdock is recognized as a proven leader in the perioperative nursing profession, demonstrating an innovative and growth mindset. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge, committed to lifelong learning, and dedicated to providing safe, compassionate care to her patients.
Clinical Innovation Consultant
Melinda is an MBA RN healthcare strategist with over 20 years of experience as a health advocate, informatics nurse, digital transformation specialist, and technology leader. She is passionate about creating and implementing enhanced healthcare delivery models to improve the healthcare experience for clinicians and patients. She serves as the Advocacy VP for DFW HIMSS and educates politicians on healthcare issues. Her platforms are SDOH, Rural Healthcare, Maternal Care, Cybersecurity, AI, and improving the future of nursing.
Associate Professor - Graduate Informatics -Informatics Generative AI in Healthcare and Education, Emerging Digital Health Technologies
Dr. Steph Hoelscher is a Professor of Graduate Informatics and the MSN Informatics Program Director at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She is board-certified in Nursing Informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and a Fellow of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). She holds certificates in Generative AI Prompt Engineering and Translational Science and is a certified AI management professional. Dr. Hoelscher brings a wealth of expertise to her field, with nearly 30 years of nursing experience in oncology, trauma, and informatics. Her areas of expertise include prompt engineering and generative AI, EHR workflow assessment and redesign, governance, infectious disease clinical decision support, and reducing clinician documentation burden.
Chief Nursing Officer of the University Hospitals at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Patient Safety Clinical Risk Manager
Associate Director, Government Affairs