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Kudos
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Do YOU, or does someone you know deserve special recognition??
Drop us a line; let us know !!!
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Congratulations to
MICHELLE TINKHAM for an winning the 2010 SOCIETY for VASCULAR NURSING CLINICAL EXCELLENCE IN VASCULAR NURSING award.
Click here for the letter that Michelle received
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Congratulations to
CYNTHIA SPRY for winning AORN's 2010 JERRY PEERS AWARD
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Congratulations to
MICHELLE TINKHAM for an EXCELLENCE AWARD for her poster at Congress in Denver
"Chemodectoma of the Carotid Body: A Case Study"
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Congratulations to
RUTH SHUMAKER for AORN's 2010 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE. |
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Congratulations to
NANCY UNDERWOOD who completed her MBA/MHSM (Master's in Health Services Management) in December 2009 from Texas Women's University, Denton, TX.
Nancy. |
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Congratulations to Rhode Island Hospital’s
MICHELE SERINO, RDH, RN, MSN, CNOR perioperative education coordinator (now; Director of Patient Quality and Safety Perioperative Services) for conducting a one day education program on Universal protocol for 1200 people -- surgeons, anesthesia care providers, perioperative nurses, and scrub techs and anyone who does procedures in their 30 ORs! It was quit the feat!! AND November 20, 2009 was quite the day!
The hospital developed a core team- periop administrator, a surgeon who later became our OR director, two clinical managers, a project manager, and Michele as the educator. A sister hospital joined in with one educator, one administrator, one clinical manager of their 12 Ors. They revised their Universal protocol (yet again!) and developed a new Perioperative checklist. In six hours on a Saturday, they made a Universal Protocol movie for which the periop administrators and educators wrote the script). The educators developed a PowerPoint presentation, posters, hand outs, and case scenarios to prompt staff about the protocol changes.
They then held a train the trainer session for a multidisciplinary group of surgeons, anesthesiologists, CRNAs, nurses and surgical techs. With administrative support from the Chief of surgery (who acted as a narrator for the movie) and the VP of medical affairs, the group held eight hour and a half training sessions at one hospital and six at the other, training 1200 people – all on Nov 20th !! All who helped did a phenomenal job! They change an entire process in one day we continue to change the culture through behavioral and process audits.
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Congratulations to
NANCY FRIIS JENSEN (Denmark) for for her article "The Heart That Keeps on Going" in the May 2009 issue of OR Nurse
Visit the Heart Pillow website at www.heartpillow.dk
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Congratulations to
CINDY THOMAS on having her poster "Clean is Just One Facet" acceopted for Congress in Denver!!
Theme of poster is the responsibility of the RN for the safe environment of care and how by using a multidisciplinary team,
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Congratulations to
MICHELLE TINKHAM on having an article published in the January 2010 AORN Journal!!
Care of the Patient Undergoing surgical Excision of a Carotid Body |
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Congratulations to
LYN MOSER on her induction into the Army Nurse Corps as a First Lieutenant. Her dad got to swear her in!!! |
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Congratulations to
LINDA MOORE on her promotion to LIEUTENANT COLONEL in August 2009!! |
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ELLEN O'CONNOR received a Masters in Nursing -Leadership in Health Care Systems
from the University of Alabama Huntsville. |
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MARILYN SANTIAGO has been can OR nurse for 20 years and overseas surgery team
volunteer for 12 years. People often tell her what a great thing she's doing, but she's the one who feels privileged and blessed to be able to
participate. One of her favorite things was to take Polaroid photos of the kids and their parents and give them each a photo.
She would get someone to explain to the first patient how the picture would appear. The first family would wave the photo until the picture appeared and pass on
the information to the next family.
This is a two year old girl who would not give up her pictureto anyone. In fact,
she clutched it tightly in her hand until she was anesthetized. |
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PATRICIA COATES has completed Her MSN in education (MSN/ED)
with honors from the University of Phoenix. She is now officially an advanced practice nurse! She .was also inducted into Sigma Theta Tau the day before graduation.
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VIVIAN WATSON earns the 2008 Jerry G. Peers Distinguished Service Award
President Mary Jo Steiert describes Vivian as someone with a "spirit that embodies the true meaning of AORN."
Vivian shared her belief that "When you have passion for something, it marks your life forever." When Vivian met Jerry Peers
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CANDISE FLIPPEN received AORN's 2008 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT EDUCATION.
Candise does patient education for Fresh Start Surgical Gifts who provides free reconstructive surgery to disadvantaged children and young persons with physical
deformities from birth defects, injury or illness.
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EILEEN YOUNG received AORN's 2008 AORN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING MENTOR.
The BIC Specialty Assembly Governing Council nominated Eileen and I was asked to submit one of the
Sponsorship letters as her Manager. She is so deserving of this award for all the mentoring she
has been doing in the Specialty Assembly program and the Fluid Management Task Force the past several years.
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ELAINE PARKER-DE BEAUDRY completed her Masters Degree with the help of all the
eChapter members who participated in the research for her final paper. Elaine has moved to Michigan,
married fellow eChapter member Lee DeBeaudry, and is currently studying for the NCLEX in preparation for sitting for her RN Boards here in the US.
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JUDY HAWKINS received AORN's 2007 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MENTORSHIP.
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LYN MOSER received her MSN in December 2006 with a 4.0 GPA. She is also a member
of Sigma Theta Tau. In support of her passion to teach perioperative nursing, she is moving to a larger hospital
to gain a broader perioperative experience. Then, in two years she plans to find a position teaching perioperative
nursing, preferably in the warmer climes of the Carolinas.
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JULIE ALLEN was voted one of 89 Travelers of the Year.
Julie is not only an exceptional nurse, she is also one of those rare individuals that a person hopes to meet in a
lifetime. I've had the pleasure of working with her for over 3 years and believe she is an asset to the nursing
profession and our company. We are proud to name Julie our 2006 Traveler of the Year
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DONNA ELIASON has been elected 2007 PRESIDENT OF THE UTAH NURSES ASSOCIATION. Donna is the Surgical
Services Educator at St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City.
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MELODY HEATHERLEY JOINED Trish Seifert as a 2007 PEOPLE TO PEOPLE AMBASSAEOR to China in 2007.
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