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3. WORDS OF WISDOM It's easy to have a just culture when it's not needed, says
William Duffy, RN, MJ, CNOR, FAAN, past president of AORN and director of graduate
nursing health systems management at Loyola University in Chicago. The key, he says, is
to ensure nurses always feel empowered to admit mistakes and learn from them.
4. UNNECESSARY CARE Presenting new research findings about doctors performing
unnecessary procedures and overprescribing opioids, Marty Makary, MD, MPH, FACS,
says "appropriateness of care" is the No. 1 crisis in health care. Dr. Makary is a profes-
sor of surgery and health policy and management, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md.
5. HAPPY HOUR Kevin O'Neill and Frank Ryan, sales managers at DeSoutter Medical,
welcome attendees to their booth during the much-anticipated wine tasting event on the
conference's opening night.
6. REEL WORLD Dr. Sinha moderated an exclusive screening of The Checklist Effect, a
powerful 45-minute documentary about delivering safer surgery on a global scale.
7. PITCH PERFECT John Kurowski of D.A. Surgical explains the benefits of his compa-
ny's Trendelenburg patient restraint system to Ashley Simmons, BSN, RN, CNOR, director
of surgical services at Mobile (Ala.) Infirmary Medical Center.
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