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Spotlight On: Jason Goodwin, RN, MS, MPH, CNOR
By Matt Skoufalos Growing up in California, Jason Goodwin first became interested in health care while working as a lifeguard throughout high school. Early exposure to the ideas that underpin delivery...
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Spotlight On: Alexis Chaudron
Alexis Chaudron took a circuitous route to begin her career as an OR nurse, but the twists and turns in her path have made it all the richer for the experiences. Chaudron began her pursuit of a...
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Spotlight On: Gaylene Chartier, MSN, RN
By Matt Skoufalos Seeking a change of pace and a change in the weather, Gaylene Chartier left California for Colorado in 1990 and ended up staying for a decade. Five years after relocating, she began...
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Spotlight On: Jennifer Bairos, RN, BSN
By Matt Skoufalos From a young age, Jennifer Bairos had always wanted to enter the nursing profession, and wanted to work with children. Growing up in East Providence, Rhode Island, the first place...
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Spotlight On: Dr. Raynetta Stansil
Dr. Raynetta Stansil, DHA, MHA, ST, CRCST, CIS, CER, CHL, SME Director of Sterile Processing-Surgical Services, University of Illinois Chicago By Matt Skoufalos In a health care career marked by...
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Spotlight On: Brian Burrier, Perioperative Nursing Professional Development...
By Matt Skoufalos Brian Burrier comes from a long line of military service personnel. His parents met in the U.S. Army, and the family traveled frequently throughout his childhood. Burrier’s mother...
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Spotlight On: Sandra McPeak, RN, BSN
On right: Sandra McPeak By Matt Skoufalos Sandra McPeak, RN, BSN, Ophthalmology Staff Nurse at Monroe Carroll Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt For the last three-and-a-half decades, Sandra McPeak...
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Spotlight On: Tracy Hoeft-Hoffman, Administrator at the Heartland Surgery Center
By Don Sadler It was while working as an assistant at a nursing home in high school that Tracy Hoeft-Hoffman decided that she wanted to pursue a career in nursing. “That’s when I saw what a difference...
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Spotlight On: Ashley Bartholomew, BSN, RN, CNOR, ONC, OR Circulator,...
Ashley Bartholomew’s road to a career in perioperative nursing started out in an unusual place: as a dental technician while serving in the U.S. Air Force at just 18 years of age. While stationed...
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Spotlight on: Brenda C. Ulmer MN, RN, CNOR, FAORN, Perioperative Nurse Educator
Brenda Ulmer still remembers the exact moment more than 50 years ago when she realized that a career in perioperative nursing might be in her future. Her nursing school program included rotations in...
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Spotlight On: Yessenia Salgado, DNP, NE-BC, CNOR
Senior Director of Clinical Operations for Surgical Services, Tampa General Hospital Growing up, Yessenia V. Salgado didn’t initially envision herself in nursing, but always knew she wanted a career...
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Spotlight On: Elaine Geroski
The operating room is one of the most dynamic and challenging work environments imaginable. As a result, most experienced perioperative nurses are used to dealing with unpredictability and change, as...
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Spotlight On: Karen Elliott, MSN, BS, RN, CNOR, CSPDT, Professional...
By Don Sadler Many perioperative nurses can vividly remember when they first sensed the calling to become a nurse. For Karen Elliott, it goes all the way back to when she was a little girl and got a...
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Spotlight On: Beverly Kirchner, MSN, RN, CNOR, CASC, CNAMB
By Don Sadler The first ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in the U.S. opened in the 1970s. ASCs have come a long way since then, with more than 6,000 facilities now performing some of the most complex...
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Spotlight On: Leigh Ann Bartlett, MSN, RN, CNOR
By Don Sadler If variety is the spice of life, Leigh Ann Bartlett’s nursing career is as hot as a ghost pepper. Leigh Anne’s nursing career began in 1995 on a Progressive Care Unit at the University...
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Spotlight On: Ruth Plotkin Shumaker, MS, BSN, RN, CNOR
By Don Sadler Most successful people, regardless of their career, can point to a mentor who helped and encouraged them at a critical juncture. Ruth Plotkin Shumaker, MS, BSN, RN, CNOR is no exception....
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