Texas Collaboration of periOperative Registered Nurses

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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Perioperative Nursing
6201 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235

Info

Topic

AI - Surgical Plume - Health Equity - Needlestick

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..

Additional Information

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

Darlene Murdock
Darlene Murdock MSN, BBA, RN, CNOR, CSSM

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.

Melinda Schmidt
Melinda Schmidt MBA, BSN, RN, SSGBC

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.

Stephanie Hoelscher
Stephanie Hoelscher DNP, RN-BC, CPHIMS, CHISP, FHIMSS

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.

David Wyatt
David Wyatt PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR, FAORN, FAAN

Chief Nursing Officer of the University Hospitals at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Kristen Cummings
Kristen Cummings BS, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS

Patient Safety Clinical Risk Manager

Jennifer Pennock RN

Associate Director, Government Affairs

Exhibit & Sponsor

Vendors and sponsors will be recognized via verbal announcements, event signage, in the conference email template, and on the TCORN website for an extended period of time.

Attachments

PLATINUM Exhibitor

● Premier exhibit location
● Three (3) company representatives (each additional: $75)
● Invitation to pre-conference reception 
● Recognition:
   o Premier signage at event
   o Conference brochure
   o Rolling slides during breaks and meals
   o Verbal recognition during program
   o Continued recognition on TCORN chapter website (6 months)
   o Conference email template - all preconference communication

$5,000.00

GOLD Exhibitor

● Prominent exhibit location 
● Two (2) company representatives (each additional: $75) 
● Invitation to pre-conference reception 
● Recognition:
   o Prominent signage at event 
   o Conference brochure
   o Conference email template - all preconference communication
   o Rolling slides during breaks and meals 
   o Verbal recognition during program 
   o Continued recognition on TCORN chapter website (6 months)

$3,500.00

SILVER Exhibitor

● Select exhibit location 
● Two (2) company representatives (each additional: $75) 
● Invitation to pre-conference reception 
● Recognition:
   o Signage at event
   o Conference brochure
   o Conference email template - all preconference communication
   o Rolling slides during breaks and meals 
   o Verbal recognition during program 
   o Continued recognition on TCORN chapter website (6 months)

$2,000.00

BRONZE Exhibitor

● Two (2) company representatives (each additional: $75) 
● Invitation to pre-conference reception 
● Recognition:
   o Event signage
   o Conference brochure
   o Conference email template - all preconference communication
   o Continuing recognition on chapter website 

$1,000.00

SPONSOR Conference Bag

Brand a tote for each attendee with your company logo and the event title. Include marketing materials and anything else you'd like to share in each bag.

Recognition:
   o Conference brochure 
   o Conference email template - all preconference communication
   o Continuing recognition on chapter website

$1,500.00

SPONSOR Breakfast

Recognition:
   o Event signage
   o Conference brochure
   o Continuing recognition on chapter website 
   o Conference email template - all preconference communication

$2,500.00

LUNCH Sponsor

Recognition:
   o Event signage
   o Conference brochure
   o Continuing recognition on chapter website 
   o Conference email template - all preconference communication

$3,500.00

SNACK: Sponsor

Recognition:
   o Event signage
   o Conference brochure
   o Continuing recognition on chapter website 
   o Conference email template - all preconference communication

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