CCI would like to extend our congratulations to the seven certified nurses who received academic scholarships from the AORN Foundation. We are so proud to have partnered with the Foundation to support this effort, and are excited to announce the winning nurses:

Alicia (Lee) Arvidson - Chapel Hill, NC
Belinda Butler - Alexandria, VA
Helen Dickson - Eagleville, PA
Brigette Dupuch-Knudsen - Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth Pincus - New York, NY
Phyllis Wilson - Hamilton, MI
Amanda Woolverton - Martinez, GA

Again, congratulations, and we at CCI admire your commitment to lifelong learning.

CCI is geared up and ready to celebrate 2012 PNW with you and your colleagues. Visit our PNW dedicated webpage to view exclusive deals and ways to celebrate, and participate in our Photo Contest on Facebook, where you could win a free Ultimate CNOR Exam Study Kit worth $175!

CCI is looking to fill a new position that recently became available for a Nurse Manager at our headquarters offices in Denver, CO. Read more about the position, or email Dr. Jim Stobinski if you are interested.

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CCI Announces New Board Leadership to Steer Future Initiatives

DENVER, CO (December 10, 2012) — The Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI) has announced the results of its 2012 Board of Directors elections. The next generation of volunteer leaders, who will help guide the organization’s future initiatives, includes Debra Dunn, MBA, MSN, RN, CNOR and Marie Paulson, BSN, MS, RN, CNOR. Dunn and Paulson were elected by their fellow certificants in the CCI community through the formal election process conducted in October 2012.

Shannon Carter, MA, CAE, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of CCI, looks forward to the upcoming term with these perioperative nursing leaders.  “CCI has a tradition of being led by committed and passionate perioperative nurses.  Our new Board members continue that rich history,” says Carter.

Dunn has been a CNOR for 16 years and currently works as the Perioperative Nurse Manager at East Orange General Hospital in East Orange, NJ.  She has been a CCI volunteer on several CNOR test development committees. Dunn believes that certification fosters a sense of pride and validation for perioperative nurses, and is, thus, looking forward to joining the Board and being a part of CCI’s strategic objectives.

Paulson is the Regional Perioperative Director for Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospitals in Pasadena, CA. She has been CNOR certified for 23 years.  Her commitment to championing patient safety through certification throughout the southern California Kaiser health system inspired her to seek a place on the CCI Board of Directors. Paulson has worked with CCI several times over the years as a CNOR test development committee member, as well as a proponent of CCI’s Certificate Program for Surgical Services Management.   

Current CCI Board President, Pamela D. Gorgone, MS, RN, CNOR, CPN, also is encouraged to work with the newest members of the Board. Gorgone states, “Our new members are extremely knowledgeable and have extensive professional perioperative backgrounds.  We can certainly use their expertise on the exciting initiatives in CCI’s near future.”

The new directors and officers will begin their service following the AORN Congress, March 2 – 7, 2013 in San Diego, CA. They will join current Board members Joyce Cox, MSN, CNP, CNOR, CRNFA, OCN, Ted Walker, MSN, RN, A-CNS, BC, CNOR, CPPS, Karen White-Edwards, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR, Michael Villaire, MSLM, Fran Skupski, MBA, BSN, CNOR, and Julie Thompson, PhD, RN, CNS, CIP, CNOR.

CCI is the leading provider of certification, competency assessment and competency-based education to perioperative registered nurses. Established in 1979, CCI provides the CNOR and CRNFA credentials to more than 33,000 registered nurses, making it one of the world’s largest specialty nursing credentialing bodies. With a diversified menu of products and services that includes research, education and assessment modules, CCI is a recognized leader in the credentialing community. For more information visit CCI online at www.cc-institute.org. 

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CCI Board President, Joyce Cox, MBA, MSN, CNP, CNOR, CRNFA, OCN, was selected as one of two student commencement speakers at the University of Phoenix graduation that took place on May 18, 2013 in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Cox completed her MBA with a 4.0 at the Columbus Campus and was asked to audition as a commencement speaker. Encouraged by her husband, she submitted her seven minute speech and was choosen.

"It was the opportunity of a lifetime," said Cox.

Cox was also inducted into the Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society last fall. For this honor, she will address AD’s, Bachelor’s Degree students, Master’s and Doctorate students. 

Finally, every biennium, at the Ohio Nurses Association Convention (Oct 2013), inductions into the Dorothy Cornelius Congress occur. Cox was nominated in October, 2011 and selected, thus will be inducted at the upcoming convention in Columbus, Ohio. 

Cox remarked, "I was shocked and honored to be considered, let alone be chosen."

Dorothy Alice Cornelius was executive director of the Ohio Nurses Association from 1957 to 1983, president of the International Council of Nurses from 1973 to 1977, president of the American Nurses Association from 1968 to 1970, and president of the American Journal of Nursing Company – the largest publisher of nursing periodicals in the word – from 1967 to 1968.  She is the only person to have functioned in all of those positions. She believed that one nurse could make a difference, proving it through her own life’s work. 

RN’s chosen for this award must demonstrate the following leadership characteristics:

• Demonstrates the ability to motivate others through mentoring and collegial relationships
• Thinks logically and creatively, analyzes problems and identifies strategies for solutions
• Demonstrates caring attributes
• Functions as an unofficial “Goodwill Ambassador” when patients and families are stressed, frustrated or fearful.

Congratulations, President Cox, on all of your outstanding accomplishments. We are proud to have you leading our Board of Directors.

New edition - March 2011.  Join more than 750 managers who have gained expertise in the six most important areas of Surgical Services.  Price: $199

AORN has announced the 2012 Achievement Award Recipients (link to AORN webpage). Congratulations to all of the CNORs who make a difference each and every day. CCI is so pleased that they have been recognized for their accomplishments.

Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing
Linda Wanzer, MSN, RN, CNOR

Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Practice
Connie Sargent, BS, RN-BC, CNOR

Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Nursing Management
Katherine Halverson-Carpenter, MBA, RN, CNOR

Outstanding Achievement in Mentorship
Rose Seavey, MBA, BS, RN, CNOR, CRCST *co-recipient
Sheila Allen, BSN, RN, CNOR, CRNFA(E) *co-recipient

Outstanding Achievement in Public Policy Advocacy
Pat Gussey, MSN, RN, LNC, CNOR

Outstanding Achievement in Specialty Assembly Leadership
Judith Goldberg, MSN, RN, CNOR, CRCST

Outstanding Achievement in State Council Leadership
Steve Balog, MSN, RN, CNOR

Outstanding Achievement in Chapter Leadership
Charlotte Dorsey, MSN, RN, CNOR

Outstanding Achievement in Volunteerism
Dawn Yost, BSN, RN, CNOR *co-recipient
Jay Bowers, BSN, RN, CNOR *co-recipient

Outstanding Facility Achievement in Perioperative Nursing
St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center – Boise, ID

The purpose of the CNS-CP exam is to provide recognition for those CNS’s serving in an advanced practice perioperative specialty role and to validate perioperative competency at an advanced practice level. The exam will not confer initial licensure as an APRN.

The exam for masters’ prepared CNS’s is in the developmental stages and is expected to have its initial launch March 17 – April 16 at testing centers nationwide. The inaugural testing window comes with a discounted application price of $125.

To bring together the perioperative CNS community for this landmark initiative, CCI will host an exclusive testing location at the 61st Annual AORN Congress in Chicago, IL on Monday, March 31, 2014. 

CCI needs the support of the entire perioperative CNS community to launch the exam. Individuals interested in taking the exam are encouraged to review the eligibility requirements and fill out the interest form. To facilitate preparation, CCI has provided the CNS-CP Task and Knowledge Statements. Please contact Julie Mower if you have any further questions regarding the CNS-CP Exam.

CCI is the leading provider of certification, competency assessment and competency-based education to perioperative registered nurses. Established in 1979, CCI provides the CNOR and CRNFA credentials to more than 33,000 registered nurses, making it one of the world’s largest specialty nursing credentialing bodies. With a diversified menu of products and services that includes research, education and assessment modules, CCI is a recognized leader in the credentialing community. For more information visit CCI online.

Congratulations to the following RNs who were selected to sit on the CNS Perioperative Specialty Certification Item Review Committee:

Jocelyn Atkins, MSN, RN, CNOR
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
San Diego, CA 

Julie Anne Cahn, MSN, RN, CNOR, ACNS-BC
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Annie M. Case, MSN, BSN, CNS, CNOR
US Naval Hospital
Yokosuka, Japan

Julie A Conrardy, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, LCDR , USN
Naval Hospital
Rota,  Spain

Crystal Hansen, MSN, BSN, RN, CNOR, CCNS
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center
Fort Hood, TX

Ruth Hommertzheim MSN, BSN, RN, APRN, CNS-BC, CNOR
Vi Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc
Wichita, KS

Stacy Johnson, MS, RN, CNS, CNOR
Essential Health St. Mary’s Medical Center
Duluth, MN

Antoinette Kanne, MS, RN
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Christopher D. Keith, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNS
Naval Hospital Guam
Agana Heights, GU

Cindy Knoeppel, MSN, RN, CNOR
Newton Medical Center
Newton, KS

Gregory Lara MSN, RN, PCNS, CNOR
Tripler Army Medical Center
Honolulu, HI 

Kimberly M. Mitchell, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CNOR
Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI

Christine Pytel, MSN, RN, CNOR
Ann and Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Thomas Rawlings, MSN, PCNS, CNOR
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MS

Anita Shoup MSN, RN, CNOR
Swedish Edmonds
Edmonds, WA

Lisa Spruce, DNP, RN, ACNS, ACNP, ANP, CNOR
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
Denver, CO

Glen Tacey, MSN, RN, CNOR, PCNS
David Grant Medical Center
Travis Air Force Base, CA

Christine Valdez, MN, RN, CNS-BC, CNOR
Portland VA Medical Center
Portland, OR

Carolyn Watson MSN, RN, CNOR
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD

Barbara Whiteside, MSN,RN,CNOR
Naval Hospital Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Congratulations to the following nurses who received educational scholarships, which were sponsored by CCI and presented by the AORN Foundation: 

Janet Nicks, Flagstaff, AZ

Janice Gates, Homestead, FL

John Douglas Zender, Crosby, MN

Lisa Jolene Strong, Morehead, KY

Katrina Mansfield-Davis, Midland City, AL

Ramie Miller, Metairie, LA

Katie Pruett, St. Johns, FL

CCI extends its congratulations to the following CNORs for for being recognized by Becker's as one of the Top 201 Women Leaders to Know in the ASC Industry: Julie Berzins, Jennifer Butterfield, Rebecca Craig, Louise DeChesser, Jody Delahunty, Pamela J. Ertel, Carolyn Evec, Ann Geier, Lara Jordan, Kathy Kelly, Beth LaBouyer, Dawn McLane, Kecia Norling, Lisa Schriver, Lisa Schriver, Natalie Soule, and Susan Vitort.

Julie Berzins, RN, BSN, CASC, CNOR. Ms. Berzins is the director and CEO of North Meridian Surgery Center in Carmel, Ind. She has more than 20 years of clinical, administrative, teaching and consulting experience in ambulatory surgery and acute care surgical settings. Prior to coming to North Meridian Surgery Center, Ms. Berzins worked as a perioperative nurse, circulating nurse, scrub nurse, supervisor and ASC director at two multispecialty facilities. Ms. Berzins has also worked as a AAAHC surveyor, and is a member of APIC, AANN, AORN, and the patient safety coalition. North Meridian Surgery Center is an independent, physician-owned, outpatient pain and spine surgery center that has been open since 1993. In November 2011, the physicians moved into a new facility which Ms. Berzins helped design.

Jennifer Butterfield, MBA, RN, CNOR. Ms. Butterfield is the administrator of Lakes Surgery Center in West Bloomfield, Mich. She has served in the ambulatory surgery center industry for more than seven years. Prior to becoming an administrator, she was an OR manager and a director of nursing. At Lakes Surgery Center, Ms. Butterfield has played a key role in adding a spine program.

Rebecca Craig, RN, CNOR, CASC, CPC-H. Ms. Craig is CEO of Harmony Surgery Center, a multispecialty, Joint Commission-accredited ASC. Ms. Craig helped to open the joint venture center 12 years ago. She began her career as a registered nurse, working at a rural hospital in the OR, PACU, gastroenterology and pain management areas. She held several leadership roles in perioperative services before moving into outpatient and ambulatory surgery. In addition to her work with Harmony Surgery Center, Ms. Craig served as president for the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association from 2004 to 2007 and currently continues to participate as a board member. Ms. Craig had the pleasure of helping with the development of two new surgery centers in the Northern Colorado area in 2008. In May 2011, Ms. Craig was elected to serve on the ASC Association and ASC Foundation Board of Directors. Ms. Craig was appointed to the Joint Commission Ambulatory Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee and continues to serve on the OR Manager Ambulatory Surgery Advisory Board

Louise DeChesser, RN, CNOR, MS. As administrator of Middlesex Surgery Center for Advanced Orthopedics and clinical director for Healthcare Venture Professionals, Ms. DeChesser has more than 40 years of perioperative healthcare leadership experience. Ms DeChesser has served as director of surgical services for large New England Hospitals, as president of her own surgery center consulting company, Surgical Solutions, and in various regional, operational and administrator positions in surgery centers throughout the Northeast. In addition to her corporate responsibilities with HVP and her administrator position with MCAOS, she also sits on the board of directors for the Connecticut Patient Safety Organization, as well as the state committee to develop the state of Connecticut healthcare plan.

Jody Delahunty, RN, CNOR. Ms. Delahunty started at Heartland Surgery Center in Kearney, Neb., as clinical director when it opened in May 2001 and was asked to move into the administrator role one month later. The center's first few years were "slow and steady," she says, but when a large orthopedic group moved its cases to the center, case volume jumped from 2,000 cases annually to 5,600. Ms. Delahunty was instrumental in attracting the group to Heartland, as well as purchasing instruments, supplies and implants. Ms. Delahunty says the surgery center added a hand surgeon in 2011. Prior to her role at Heartland, Ms. Delahunty worked at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney for 21 years, serving as an RN in the surgery department. She has been an RN for 32 years and holds the CNOR credential.

Pamela J. Ertel, RN, BSN, RNFA, CNOR, FABC, CASC. Ms. Ertel oversees daily operations at The Reading (Pa.) Hospital SurgiCenter at Spring Ridge, a multispecialty ASC that includes eight operating rooms, 10 preoperative bays, 19 postoperative bays and one special procedure room. She is a former president of the Pennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Association. Under Ms. Ertel's leadership in 2011, the center implemented a new business office software and is currently in the process of implementing an EMR system. In addition, the center participated in a safety culture survey conducted by an outside benchmarking business, with resulting scores placing the ASC in the 99th percentile for safety culture. During her time as president of PASA, she provided testimony to the Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee and met with the Executive Deputy Secretary and Secretary of Health to discuss challenges to the ASC industry.

Carolyn Evec, RN, CNOR. Ms. Evec has served as the administrator at The Surgery Center of Beaufort (S.C.) for over 10 years, after opening a surgery center in Missouri where she served as nurse manager. She has 40 years of nursing and administrative experience and has held various management positions including director of surgery, director of medical and surgical services, vice president of patient services and director of rural health clinics. Ms. Evec has served as president, president-elect and is currently secretary for the South Carolina Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. Ms. Evec has helped improve efficiency at her center in many ways.

Ann Geier, MS, RN, CNOR, CASC. Ms. Geier, senior vice president of operations for ASCOA, has been involved in the ambulatory surgery industry in management roles since 1985. She has worked in all areas of freestanding ASCs and HOPDs, including pre-assessment, pre-op, OR, and PACU. Ms. Geier speaks frequently at national meetings on topics relating to case costing, financial topics for ASCs, human resources, staffing, clinical issues, such as infection control and regulatory requirements affecting ambulatory surgery centers. For many years, she taught the credentialing portion for the AORN Ambulatory Surgery Administrator Certificate Program, which included Peer Review. She is a member of the expert group of the ASC Quality Collaboration and also serves as an AAAHC surveyor.

Lara Jordan, RN, CNOR, CASC. Ms. Jordan is a vice president of operations at Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. Prior to her role at ASCOA, she served as the administrator of the Center for Specialized Surgery in Bethlehem, Pa., for five years. She has 18 years of experience in the hospital setting. She began as an OR nurse at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia and finished her hospital career as a perioperative director at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem. Ms. Jordan earned her nursing degree and bachelor's degree in business administration from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa.

Kathy Kelly, RN, MSN, CNOR. Ms. Kelly is the administrator of Viewmont Surgery Center, a 7,500-square-foot multispecialty Nueterra surgery center in Hickory, N.C. In her role as administrator, she organizes and oversees the surgery center's daily activities. Prior to joining Viewmont Surgery Center, Ms. Kelly served as the scheduling coordinator of Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., for 13 years. She earned her master's degree in nursing education from Walden University in Minneapolis.

Beth LaBouyer, RN, BSN, CNOR. Ms. LaBouyer has served as the executive director of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association since 2004. Prior to her role as executive director, she served on the CASA Board of Directors. CASA has more than 340 members and is an extremely active association, advocating on behalf of ASCs with the California Legislature, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the major health plans. Through a partnership with the Ohio Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, CASA offers a California specific benchmarking program that allows CASA members to compare their operations to other ASCs in their particular regions from a management and clinical perspective. Ms. LaBouyer is a registered nurse and as worked in the surgery environment for over 25 years. She served for many years as the director for Feather River Surgery Center in Yuba City, Calif., and as a surgical nurse and manager at Rideout Hospital in Marysville, Calif.

Dawn McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR. Ms.McLane has worked in the ASC industry since 1995 and currently serves as regional vice president of operations at Health Inventures. She joined Health Inventures in 2010 and is responsible for pre-operations and operational accountability for joint venture ambulatory surgery centers at multiple surgery center sites. Ms. McLane previously worked as CDO for NRG and as vice president of operations for Aspen Healthcare and National Surgical Care, where she was a consultant in the development and management of ASCs and HOPDs. Dawn developed and served as executive director for Allied Physicians Surgery Center in South Bend, Ind., and as clinical director for RiverPointe Surgery Center in Elkhart, Ind. Prior to development and management of ASCs, Dawn was a manager and staff nurse in hospitals, where she worked in OR, PACU, ER and OB.

Kecia Norling, RN, CNOR, CASC. Ms. Norling is the administrator of Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center in Portland, Ore. She also serves as a member of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association board of directors. She is a former president of Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association She earned her nursing degree from the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls and completed her degree in healthcare administration from Concordia University – Portland. Ms. Norling has also served as the clinical director of the Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center. Prior to her position at Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center, she served as the administrator and director of nursing of Ambulatory Surgery Center of Burley in Idaho.

Lisa Schriver, RN, CNOR. Ms. Schriver is the administrator of Turk's Head Surgery Center in West Chester, Pa, a multispecialty, freestanding surgery center that offers general surgery, GI, orthopedics, ophthalmology, ENT, urology, gynecology and podiatry. The ASC is affiliated with Blue Chip Surgery Center Partners. Turk's Head is a physician-hospital joint venture that opened in May 2005. Ms. Schriver started with Turk's Head in 2005 as the clinical director and moved up to become administrator. Prior to coming to the center, she had a varied career in nursing and served in various departments including OR, endoscopy and perioperative. From there, she moved to a hospital-based surgery center and became the nurse manager. She has also worked with an anesthesiologist at the hospital that joint ventures with Turk's Head. Ms. Schriver enjoys her role as an administrator because of the changing nature of her job.

Natalie Soule, RN, MBA, CNOR, CASC. Ms. Soule is the administrator for Premier Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Nashville, Tenn. The practice has 28 physicians in eight locations. The practice also includes MRI services and physical therapy. Specialists at Premier Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine have a special interest in treating osteoporosis, fractures, physical medicine, spine and extremities care.

Susan Vitort, BSN, CNOR. Ms. Vitort is the administrator of Physicians Surgery Center of Tempe (Ariz.), a two-OR, one-procedure room, multispecialty surgery center that opened in September 1999. Physicians Surgery Center performed 4,550 cases in 2011, which was 26 percent more case volume than in 2010. The center particularly grew its pain management service line over the past year. Physicians Surgery Center of Tempe is 90 percent physician owned and 10 percent owned by USPI, an affiliation Ms. Vitort says allows for collaboration and benchmarking opportunities. Prior to her position with Physicians Surgery Center, Ms. Vitort served as director of perioperative services, endoscopy at the Cardiovascular Center at Banner Desert Samaritan Medical Center from 1990 to 2002.

Credential Falsification

Here are a couple of common ways a nurse may misrepresent themselves as holding one of our credentials:

• Listing credentials on your resume, business card, or email signature line that you have never held or have let lapse.
• Falsifying a certificate or certification verification record in order to make it seem like you hold a certification that you do not.

In other words, if you’ve never held one of our credentials, or you have let one lapse, do not list them after your name under any circumstances. If you are caught doing so, CCI is required to investigate and take appropriate action. If falsification is determined, this could involve:

• Reporting the falsification to the individual’s employer and state board of nursing.
• Imposing a penalty that will not allow the individual to take the certification exam for a certain period of time.

Don’t jeopardize your reputation or career by misrepresenting yourself. If you have any questions, please contact us at 888-257-2667 or info@cc-institute.org.

Congratulations to all of the CNOR nurses who became certified for the first time this past October. 

Maria Arn :: Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Hospital -- Westerville , OH

Stephanie Aaron :: Children's Hospital Central California -- Madera , CA

John Ada :: MD Anderson Cancer Center -- Houston , TX

Ryan Adan :: NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL -- Manhasset , NY

Stephanie Andrews :: Ochsner Medical Center - Northshore -- Slidell , LA

Nedime Antapli :: Waukesha Memorial Hospital -- Waukesha , WI

Marie Pierre Armenio :: Saint Peter's University Hospital -- New Brunswick , NJ

Elizabeth Augustine :: Department of Defense- Tripler Army Medical Center -- Honolulu , HI

Kellie Aylward :: Providence Alaska Medical Center -- Anchorage , AK

Ronald Baldridge :: Medical Center of the Rockies -- Loveland , CO

Odette Balza-Burt :: St, Vincent Hospital -- Green Bay , WI

Kathleen Bargen :: SERMC -- Lincoln , NE

Jonathan Bartman :: Bronson Battle Creek -- Battle Creek , MI

Lisa Beck :: Charleston Area Medical Center-Memorial Division -- Charleston , WV

Tommie Birge :: Us navy -- Camp lejuene , NC

Gail Iana Bishop :: Inova Health Systems -- Falls Church , VA

Elizabeth Blackburn :: Children's Hospital of Alabama -- Birmingham , AL

Doreen Bostwick :: Maricopa Medical Center -- Phoenix , AZ

Sean Britt :: Texas Health Plano -- Plano , TX

Christine Brittingham :: UM SHORE MEDICAL CENTER@CHESTERTOWN -- Chestertown , MD

Carrie Brojakowski :: WakeMed Healthsystems -- Apex , NC

Jill Browder :: Emh healthcare -- Elyria , OH

Jana Brunet :: Texas Children's Hospital -- Houston , TX

Gail Burgess :: Maine Medical Center -- Scarborough , ME

Mary Caggiano :: Surgicenter vidant -- Greenville , NC

Jack Cannon :: Porter Adventist Hospital -- Denver , CO

Margo Carpenter :: Foundation Surgery Affiliates -- OKC , OK

Edward Cavanaugh :: U.S. Navy -- Pensacola , FL

Sonja Chambers :: Bristol Hospital -- Bristol , CT

Michael Childress :: Dr P Phillips Hospital -- Orlando , FL

Kelly Chiles :: University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor , MI

Kumsoon Cho :: Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital -- Torrance , CA

Cynthia Christopher :: Northwest Hospital -- Seattle , WA

Michele Clark :: Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center -- Fort Dodge , IA

Ashley Cochran :: Infirmary Health -- Mobile , AL

Allana Coleman :: Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center -- Waco , TX

Heather Collins :: St. Luke's Hospital @ The Vintage -- Houston , TX

William Colon :: Carl R Darnall AMC -- Fort Hood , TX

Janet Conrad :: Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Denton -- Denton , TX

Donald Cotti :: OLIN TEMPLE V A MEDICAL CTR -- Temple , TX

BRUNILDA CROSS :: TJ SAMSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL -- GLASGOW , KY

Danielle Cyrus :: Tallahassee Memorial Hospital -- Tallahassee , FL

Helene Danskey :: Silverton Hospital -- Silverton , OR

Valencia Dapitan :: TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENT -- Torrance , CA

Steven Davis :: Vanderbilt Medical Center -- Nashville , TN

Jennifer Davis :: North Country Hospital -- Newport , VT

Ahnmarie Day :: Wentworthdouglas hospital -- Dover , NH

Lourdes De Santis :: Community Memorial Hospital -- Ventura , CA

Laurie Deaton :: Cone Health -- Greensboro , NC

Brynda DeGuzman :: Hospital of the university of Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia , PA

CLARISSA DINO :: SOUND SHORE MEDICAL CENTER -- NEW ROCHELLE , NY

Robert Francis Dizon :: San Jacinto Houston Methodist -- Baytown , TX

Amanda Dobbs :: Chickasaw Nation -- Ada , OK

Janet Donovan :: Brigham & Womens Faulkner hospital -- Boston , MA

Caroline Donovan :: Rush University Medical Center -- Chicago , IL

Shirley Douglas :: NORTH BROWARD MEDICAL CENTRE -- Deerfield Beach , FL

Brian Droege :: Barnes Jewish Hospital -- St. Louis , MO

Marvin Eggleston :: Mercy Hospital -- Springfield , MO

Eric Elma :: UPMC Shadyside -- Pittsburgh , PA

Megan Emerson :: Sanford Health -- Fargo , ND

Veronika Espinoza :: Valley Care Medical Center -- Pleasanton , CA

Joanne Farley :: ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE -- Orlando , FL

Elaine Feyder :: Sibley Hospital -- Washington , DC

Elizabeth Fitch :: Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital -- Barrington , IL

Theresa Flanagan :: Lawrence Memorial Hospital -- Medford , MA

Andra Fridley :: Lewis Gale Alleghany -- Low Moor , VA

Eric Gosche :: Children's Mercy Hospital -- Kansas City , MO

Derek Graver :: Nationwide Children's Hospital -- Columbus , OH

Benita Green :: Colleton Medical Center -- Walterboro , SC

Donald Guajardo :: Glendale Memorial Hospital -- Glendale , CA

Jennifer Gurley :: Chickasaw Nation Divison of Health -- Ada , OK

Lenesa Guyer :: Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center -- Waco , TX

Valerie Haddle :: Ireland Army Community Hospital -- Ft Knox , KY

Brittany Hanna :: Lee Memorial Health System -- Fort Myers , FL

George Hansen :: Brooke Army Medical Center -- San Antonio , TX

Kristina Hansen :: Jackson Hospital -- Montgomery , AL

Bridget Hartwell :: Mt. Carmel East Hospital -- Columbus , OH

Rachelle Heideman :: Scott & White -- Temple , TX

Brenda Henderson :: Ashley Regional Medical Centre -- Vernal , UT

Valerie Henke :: USMD Hospital Arlington -- Arlington , TX

Doris Hoke :: Memorial Hermann TMC -- Houston , TX

Denise Huckfeldt :: Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital -- Denver , CO

Jessica Hughes :: Harris Health System -- Houston , TX

Desiree Huntley :: United General Hospital -- Sedro Woolley , WA

Jennifer Hyland :: Virginia Baptist Hospital -- Lynchburg , VA

Torrie Irene :: Premier Bone and Joint Centers -- Laramie , WY

Catherine Isberto :: Center for Advanced Medicine (Northshore - LIJ) -- Lake success , NY

Salvador Israel :: Dignity Health-St Bernardine Medical Center -- San Bernardino , CA

Karen Jenkins :: EMH Healthcare -- Elyria , OH

Penny Johnson :: SSMH -- Wellsboro , PA

Joan Johnson :: Kaiser Permanente -- McLean , VA

Jessica Johnson :: EMMC -- Bangor , ME

Colleen Kelly :: Regional West Medical Center -- Scottsbluff , NE

Lori Laser :: Jackson Madison County General Hospital -- Jackson , TN

Genna Leary :: Vidant Surgicenter -- Greenville , NC

Sandy LePage :: Charlton Memorial Hospital -- Fall River , MA

Maria Leszkowicz :: HUDSON CROSSING SURGERY CENTER -- Fort Lee , NJ

Eric Letlebo :: UWHC -- Madison , WI

Peggy Lindley :: Harborview medical center -- Seattle , WA

Susan Lobb :: St. John's Hospital -- Springfield , IL

Bruce Lockhart :: Kettering Medical Center -- Ketterin , OH

Dennis Lott :: Orthopedic Center of Montana ASC -- Great Falls , MT

FELICIA LUPU :: HENRY MAYO NEWHALL MEMORIAL HOPSPITAL -- SANTA CLARITA , CA

Debra Mannarino :: HUMC -- Hackensak , NJ

Kathleen March :: Plainview hospital -- Plainview , NY

David Martinez :: Bakersfield Memorial Hospital -- Bakersfield , CA

Brenda Maxwell :: Veterans Hospital -- Birmingham , AL

Rosemary McCann :: Abington Hospital Lansdale -- Lansdale , PA

Laura McCool :: All Childrens Hospital -- St Petersburg , FL

Courtney Mccoy :: Montgomery County Memorial Hospital -- Red Oak , IA

Kathleen Mcdonald :: Good Samaritan hospital medical center -- West islip , NY

Cora McHugh :: Faulknerr -- Boston , MA

ANDREA MCKINNEY-BOWDEN :: PARHAM DOCTORS' HOSPITAL -- RICHMOND , VA

Wesley Mclain :: Flowers Hospital -- Dothan , AL

Jayne McVey :: Sonora Regional Surgery Center -- Sonora , CA

AUTUMN MERCER :: WFHC ALL SAINTS -- RACINE , WI

Melissa Miller :: WRNMMC Main Operating Room -- Bethesda , MD

Madison Mills :: Hamilton Medical Center -- Dalton , GA

JOWINSYL MONTOJO :: TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL -- HOUSTON , TX

Jodie Moore :: McLeod Health -- Florence , SC

Elizabeth Moran :: Grand itasca -- Grand Rapids , MN

Lennis Mullin :: Northwest Hospital -- Seattle , WA

Cheryl Murray :: Oaklawn hospital -- Marshall , MI

Tammy Nelson :: Fountain valley regional hospital -- Fountain valley , CA

Broc Nelson :: Tuality Hospital -- Hillsboro , OR

Robin Neumueller :: Swedish American Hospital -- Rockford , IL

Cambria Nwosu :: John C Lincoln North Mountain Medical Center -- Phoenix , AZ

Lisa Parise :: Summa akron city hospital -- Akron , OH

Mary Joy Perrin :: NYU Langone Medical Center -- New York , NY

Sharon Phillips :: Jackson Madison County General Hospital -- Jackson , TN

Rachael Poff :: Vanderbilt University Medical Center -- Nashville , TN

Sharon Pomeroy :: Vanderbilt University Medical center -- Nashville , TN

Katherine Popp :: Mercy Medical Center West Lakes -- West Des Moines , IA

Marsha Porter :: Duke University Hospital -- Durham , NC

Tirso Quiachon :: Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center -- Camden , NJ

Gail Ramm :: Ohio Health - Grant Bone and Joint Center -- Columbus, Ohio , OH

Melanie Ramp :: Monmouth Medical Center -- Long Branch , NJ

Patricia Rhodes :: Alton Memorial -- Alton , IL

Cynthia Riley :: Jackson Madison County General Hospital -- Jackson , TN

Eva Ritzmann-Diemer :: Providence Tarzana Medical Center -- Tarzana , CA

Cindy Robinson :: UMMC -- Ann Arbor , MI

Lizz Rodriguez :: Physician's Regional Medical Center -- Naples , FL

Cheryl Rutan :: U/M Hospital -- Ann Arbor , MI

Megan Sanders :: Medical university of south Carolina -- Charleston , SC

Beverly Sarmiento :: Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital -- Katy , TX

SHERRIL SBORAY :: DOCTORS HOSPITAL -- SARASOTA , FL

AUDRA SHAW :: THOMAS HOSPITAL-INFIRMARY HEALTH SYSTEMS -- FAIRHOPE , AL

Keith Shearer :: OHSU -- Portland , OR

Oksana Sheremeta :: Patient Care Associates -- Englewood , NJ

Lelyn Silva :: Stanford Hospital & Clinics -- Stanford , CA

Jason Sinclair :: Houston Physicians Hospital -- Webster , TX

Regina Singh :: Oak Valley Hospital -- Oakdale , CA

Shaneca Smith :: Arkansas Children's Hospital -- Little Rock , AR

Rhonda Smith :: Carolinas Healthcare -- Charlotte , NC

MaryRose Solis-Holtry :: Presbyterian Hospital -- Albuquerque , NM

Georgia Stead :: Grays Harbor Community Hospital -- Aberdeen , WA

Michelle Stephens :: Roper St Francis Hospital -- Charleston , SC

Kevin Streeter :: Citrus valley health partners -- Covina , CA

Brenda Strickland :: St Jude Childrens Research Hospt -- Memphis , TN

Holly Taylor :: St. Vincent -- Little Rock , AR

Lori Teague :: UAB Hospital -- Birmingham , AL

Pamela Tenney :: Texas Children's Hospital -- Houston , TX

Huy Than :: Swedish Medical Center -- Englewood , CO

Ashley Tharin :: Lexington Medical Center -- West Columbia , SC

Jennifer Thomas :: All Childrens Hospital -- Saint Petersburg , FL

Heather Thompson :: Holy Spirit Hospital -- Camp Hill , PA

Ralania Tignor :: Chickasaw Nation Medical Center -- Ada , OK

Deborah Totzkay :: University of Michigan Health System, Cardiovascular Center -- Ann Arbor , MI

Carol Trask :: Northwest Hospital/ UW Medicine -- Seattle , WA

Brooke Trent :: INOVA Fairfax Hospital -- Falls Church , VA

Ryan Trulock :: Flowers Hospital -- Dothan , AL

Eric Vargas :: KAISER WEST LOS ANGELES MC -- Los Angeles , CA

Joey Vining :: UAB Hospital -- Birmingham , AL

Rebecca Vortman :: Memorial Medical Center -- Springfield , IL

Stevie Voyne :: Lodi Memorial Hospital -- Lodi , CA

APRIL WALLS :: Chickasaw Nation Medical Center -- Ada , OK

Rory Walton :: WRNMMC -- Bethesa , MD

Jana Wardlow :: Shore Medical Center -- Somers Point , NJ

Robyn Washington :: Methodist hospital -- Houston , TX

Lisa Weaver :: USPI/North Central Surgical Center -- Dallas , TX

Shannon Weikert :: Bradford Regional Medical Center -- Bradford , PA

Kristy Wheeler :: Mercy Medical Center -- Baltimore , MD

Janet White :: LONG ISLAND JEWISH MED CTR -- New Hyde Park , NY

Karen White :: Southern NH medical center -- Nashua , NH

Lynnell Wiemert :: Martin Health Systems -- Stuart , FL

Raylene Wilder :: Mobile Infirmary -- Mobile , AL

Michelle Wiljanen :: McLaren Greater Lansing -- Lansing , MI

Teresa Wilson :: DCH Northport -- Northport , AL

Mary Wizynajtys :: St.Francis Hospital -- Shakopee , MN

Candice Wolvert :: Baldwin Area Medical Center -- Baldwin , WI

Catherine Wright :: Abilene Regional Medical Center Ambulatory Surgery Center -- Abilene , TX

Christine Wyckoff :: Wooster Community Hospital -- Wooster , OH

Tracy Youngblood :: Texoma Outpatient Surgery Center, Inc. -- Wichita Falls , TX

Brittanie Yuen :: UTMB Health - Galveston -- Galveston , TX

The number one reason OR nurses seek certification is due to a personal commitment to their nursing practice, as found in a recent survey conducted by CCI of its body of certified nurses.  Nurses also expressed that becoming CNOR certified validates their specialized perioperative nursing knowledge, skills and abilities.  CNOR certification is more popular than ever, with many hospitals working towards Magnet status or seeking to reap the many positive workforce and patient safety outcomes as a result of putting Magnet practices into action.

It is no secret that preparing for and taking the CNOR exam takes dedication and hard work. CCI has found that the average nurse studies for two to three months prior to taking the CNOR exam.  Along with the time it takes to study, there is also an undeniable financial commitment for many nurses.   Finding affordable ways to study for the exam proves challenging for some nurses, and facilities, with limited resources. 

Pat Wallenborn, BSN, RN, a perioperative staff nurse at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC, recently found a way to overcome these obstacles in two very beneficial ways.  After observing an increased interested in CNOR certification at local facilities, Wallenborn thought of a way to leverage the interest in certification and use it as a way to raise funds for her local AORN Chapter while helping to drive CNOR certification within her facility. 

Wallenborn’s AORN Chapter, Western North Carolina (WNC) 3406, had little participation for many years.  A few years ago, a core group of members came together and very faithfully worked to increase attendance at Chapter meetings.  Since then, the Chapter has increased attendance from one to two individuals per meeting, to approximately 20 people per meeting. 

“They key to the increased attendance was offering continuing education opportunities… and good food,” said Wallenborn. 

The Chapter had begun to sponsor yearly educational seminars with various topics and speakers as a way to add value and to raise funds for the Chapter.  This year, Wallenborn, who is the current Chapter President, and other Chapter officers decided to explore the possibility of hosting a CNOR examination preparation course to serve as their Chapter fundraiser. 

Coincidentally, Mission Hospital, Wallenborn’s facility, had started on the road to Magnet certification a few years ago.  New surgical services leadership within the facility, as well as the push to achieve Magnet status, had resulted in an increased interest in certification. 

Wallenborn decided to merge the interest of her Chapter with the needs of her facility and found a way for the two to work together to co-host a “CNOR Exam Prep and Review Course”, which offered 15.8 CEs and was led by course facilitator Wendy Zander, MSN, RN, CNOR. 

Zander is one of many CNOR certified nurses who facilitate such a program.  Several instructors like Zander are busy hosting the two-day, CNOR exam preparation courses across the country.  While CCI is not affiliated with and does not officially endorse any exam preparation course, it does promote courses like Zander’s on its website in the Prepare for the CNOR Exam area.

Recently, CCI has seen a growing trend of facilities and Chapters hosting CNOR certification preparation courses.  Many nurses find this method of study helpful as it is guided by an instructor.  There is, of course, typically a fee associated with attending these courses.

Realizing that the cost might be an obstacle for many potential attendees, Wallenborn wrote a grant request to the Mission Healthcare Foundation, asking for full funding for 30 nurses from Mission Hospital to participate in the prep course.  Although Wallenborn had never written a grant before, her experience as a volunteer on different nonprofit Boards in in her community gave her a baseline of knowledge about the process.

Wallenborn explained, “I have learned how important it is in grant writing to understand what the criteria are for funding and emphasizing how the money awarded would meet the Foundation’s goals. I also remember that many foundations have a surplus of money that they want to award, and they are just waiting for someone to ask for it.” 

She continued, “I didn't really expect 100% approval, but decided that I might as well go for it.  Surprisingly, the request was approved, and we had 34 nurses from Mission Hospital register for the course.” 

This means that along with the 30 nurses originally anticipated for the course, four other nurses had become engaged, and the Foundation approved funding for them as well.  The only stipulation for the grant was that the nurses who received it had to take the CNOR exam within six months of the course. 

The two-day CNOR exam preparation course was hosted on April 21 and 22, 2012 and had 45 total attendees.  It was a resounding success for Wallenborn’s AORN Chapter, raising almost $3,000.   Mission Surgical Services even showed its support by sponsoring breakfast one morning for course participants.

Wallenborn admits that since her facility was already working on achieving Magnet status, it was easier to gather financial support from the Foundation.  Regardless of this factor, Wallenborn recommends seeking out guidance within your facility to see what financial support options are available.

“Talk to someone, possibly in your education department, who has experience planning education events in your area.  They may be able to point you in the direction of resources you are unaware of,” she said.

Also, forming a planning committee is something Wallenborn strongly recommends, recounting that her own planning committee was “small, but dedicated”.

Of course, having a sponsor for the course can dramatically increase the net income from the event.  But if that option is not available, successful planning strategies can ensure that course participation would be strong enough to warrant the initial expense.

“I would do the homework and survey the nursing staff of facilities or AORN Chapters in the area to gauge for interest in such a program.  I sent out an informal survey by email to all of the nurses in Surgical Services at Mission Hospital, inquiring about interest in taking a CNOR prep course,” explained Wallenborn. 

Also, exploring different courses and facilitators will help ensure each person finds the right fit for their timeline and budget.  CCI offers a list of known course presenters with whom it typically interacts.

Mission Hospital is hoping to apply for Magnet status by the fall of 2013.  The facility continues to offer support for the nurses hoping to take the CNOR exam by reimbursing the exam fee once they pass the exam.

If you have any questions or would like to request information about CNOR certification exam preparation program, please contact Ashley Henson (ahenson@cc-institute.org).

Congratulations to all the CNORs who became certified for the first time last November. 

Mary Grace Calalang :: Kaiser Permanente :: Mclean , VA

Diane Cwirka :: Yale New Haven Hospital :: New Haven , CT

Sara Eifler :: John Muir Medical Center :: Walnut Creek , CA

Anthony Garrow :: Promedica flower hospital :: Sylvania , OH

Linda LaDu :: Children's National Medical Center :: Fairfax , VA

Sherrie Lambert-Bussineau :: Roper St. Francis Healthcare :: Charleston , SC

Maryanne Llave :: Kaiser permanente :: Mclean , VA

Bridgett Pacheco :: Centura Health Littleton Adventist Hospital :: Littleton , CO

Susan Witt :: Kadlec Regional Medical Center :: Richland , WA

Heidi Brege :: McLaren Northern Michigan :: Petoskey , MI

Teleka Alexander :: Kings County Hospital Center :: Brooklyn , NY

Jennifer Case :: Advocate Christ Medical Center :: Oak Lawn , IL

Carrie Greil :: Barnes West County :: St louis , MO

Lee Ann Harrington :: St. Francis Hospital :: Federal Way , WA

Rosemary Kepes :: Indiana University Health-Saxony Ambulatory Surgery Center :: Fishers , IN

GERALINE PREJEAN :: Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital :: AUSTIN , TX

Jesusa Relativo :: Medical Center of Arlington :: Arlington , TX

Heather Walsh :: Bozeman Deaconess Hospital :: Bozeman , MT

Leslie Jobe :: Key Access Institute :: Houston , TX

Kimberly Maschinot :: St. Elizabeth Healthcare :: Edgewood , KY

Jennifer Morehart :: Sanford Health Bemidji :: Bemidji , MN

Abigail Mubita :: Holy Cross Hospital :: Silver springs , MD

Norberto Taban-ud :: King Fahad Specialist Hospital :: Dammam , --

Kathryn Tan :: Wolfson Childrens Hospital :: Jacksonville , FL

Jenny Williams :: Vidant Medical Center :: Greenville , NC

CHARMMY ALBERTO :: KAISER PERMANENTE :: GAITHERSBURG , MD

Ann Ash :: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center :: New York , NY

Julius Herbelin :: Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center :: Waco , TX

Maureen Jackson :: OREGON HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSI :: Portland , OR

Martin Kircus :: Childrens's of Alabama :: Birmingham , AL

DanBi Lee :: Presbyterian Hospital :: Albuquerque , NM

Melissa McTygue :: First Surgicenter :: Kearney , NE

Adrien Poulos :: VCUHS :: Richmond , VA

Bonnie Putzig :: Presbytarian Hospital :: Albuquerque , NM

Alexandra Trudeau :: Harris Health System- BTGH :: Houston , TX

Norman Weller :: UAB :: Birmingham , AL

Douglas Witte :: UW Medical Center :: Seattle , WA

Sonji Fields :: UAB Hospital :: Birmingham , AL

Shini Abraham :: Montefiore Hospital :: Bronx , NY

Caroline Boudrow :: Hallmark Health System (Lawrence Memorial Hospital) :: Medford , MA

Pamela Branson :: Bakersfield Memorial Hospital :: Bakersfield , CA

Ellen Budde :: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center :: Bethesda , MD

Cari Cardenas :: Centura Health :: Denver , CO

Nikieia Hayden :: University of North Carolina Health Care :: Chapel Hill , NC

Stacey Jeffery :: MD Anderson Cancer Center :: Houston , TX

Ingrid Lebron :: Miami Children's Hospital :: Miami , FL

Mary Mays :: Allina Health :: Minneapolis , MN

Christina McGee :: University of New Mexico :: Albuquerque , NM

Cathy Miles :: Robinwood Surgery Center :: Hagerstown , MD

Judi Mozingo :: University of Rochester :: Rochester , NY

Patricia OConnell :: Main Line Health- Paoli Hospital :: Paoli , PA

Jennifer Patyk :: Allina - Abbott Northwestern Hospital :: Minneapolis , MN

Sally Sneller :: Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-All Saints :: Racine , WI

James Thacker :: St. Louis University Hospital :: St. Louis , MO

Tena Varney :: Stormont Vail Healthcare :: Topeka , KS

Ma. Candelaria Villegas :: Cedar Sinai Medical Center Hospital :: Los Angeles , CA

DEBRA BORTON :: MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL :: MARION , OH

Leigh Anne Cooper :: OLOL RMC :: Baton Rouge , LA

Paul Herrick :: Springfield Hospital :: Springfield , VT

Jessica Nichols :: CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL :: Kansas City , MO

Priscilla Salvaggio :: MSN/InteliStaf healthcare travel nursing :: Boca Raton , FL

Tricia Sheridan :: Hancock Regional Hospital :: Greenfield , IN

Stephanie Thompson :: Cleveland Clinic :: Cleveland , OH

Julie Vanderwoude :: Mercy Health :: Grand Rapids , MI

Theresa Altmanshofer :: Orlando Health :: Orlando , FL

Michelle Golden :: Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Ambulatory Surgery :: Gaithersburg , MD

Letha Kintonis :: Verde Valley Medical Center :: Cottonwood , AZ

Debra Kording :: Covidien :: Boston , MA

Thomas Langen :: William Beaumont Hospital :: Royal Oak , MI

Debra Lineback :: IU Health :: Lafayette , IN

Sharon Nors :: HILLCREST BAPTIST MED CENTER :: Waco , TX

Lisa Prentice :: University Hospitals Case Medical Center :: Clevelan , OH

Johnny Ra :: Childrens Hospital of Orange County :: Orange , CA

Darrel Saprid :: UC Davis Medical Center :: Sacramento , CA

Catherine Swamidhas :: Kaiser permanente :: Gaithersburg , MD

Holly Wood :: William Beaumont Hospital :: Royal Oak , MI

Christine Chuey :: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center :: Los Angeles , CA

Anne Franco-Czmola :: NYU Medical Center Day Surgery :: New York , NY

Heather O'Brien :: Lancaster General Health :: Lancaster , PA

Jennifer Richards :: Carolinas Medical Center :: Charlotte , NC

Melanie Silos :: NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL :: Chicago , IL

Sandra Spaulding :: BWFH :: Boston , MA

Patrick Taylor :: Carolinas Healthcare system :: Charlotte , NC

Michael Koball :: Venice Regional Medical Center :: Venice , FL

Madonna Nowak :: Phoenixville Hospital :: Phoenixville , PA

Alice Olson :: Infirmary Health Systems :: Fairhope , AL

Sally Otto :: Sacred Heart Hospital :: Eau Claire , WI

Renetta Rotroff :: Northwestern Memorial Hospital :: Chicago , IL

Teah Schroeder :: Hendrick Medical Center :: Abilene , TX

Gail Sheeran :: Oakwood Southshore Hospital :: Tenton , MI

Jason Zoubek :: Heartland Regional Medical Center :: St. Joseph , MO

Brittney Fisher :: Gateway Medical Center :: Clarksville , TN

Jeffrey Krouskop :: Whiteriver P H S Indian Hospital :: Whiteriver , AZ

Robin Larson :: Parker Adventist Hospital :: Parker , CO

Sandra Miller :: Mayo Clinic :: Rochester , MN

Brooke Thorson :: Big Sky Surgery Center :: Missoula , MT

Sandra Todd :: Chickasaw Nation Medical Center :: Ada , OK

April Utroska :: University of Mississippi Medical Center :: Jackson , MS

Amy Boone :: Texas Health Hospital Flower Mound :: Flower Mound , TX

Dianne McFarlane :: MSKCC :: New York , NY

Jerome Spearman :: United States Army Madigan Army Medical Center :: Tacoma , WA

Elizabeth Casey :: Medical Center of Central Georgia :: Macon , GA

Earlene Cottengim :: South Seminole Hospital :: Longwood , FL

Marlene Hardison :: W.G. Hefner Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center :: Salisbury , NC

Maureen Hervan :: J.T Mather Hospital :: Port Jefferson , NY

Sara Khan :: Texas Health Women's Specialty Surgery Center Dallas :: Dallas , TX

Sandy Lapin :: MONTEFIORE MED CENTER / MOSES :: Bronx , NY

THERESA MESSAL :: VENICE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER :: VENICE , FL

Anett Meszaros :: Florida Medical Clinic :: Tampa , FL

Debra Ruggiero :: St Joseph Hospital :: Bethpage , NY

Angela Shapiro :: J T Mather hospital :: Port Jefferson , NY

Heather Uhlman :: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center :: Bethesda , MD

Christopher Bowman :: Norton Healthcare :: Louisville , KY

Julie Brons :: Wenatchee Valley Medical Center :: Wenatchee , WA

Susan Clark :: Faulkner Hospital :: Jamaica Plain , MA

Mary ann Colcol :: Jackson Madison County General Hospital :: Jackson , TN

Ruth Firth :: Baylor University Medical Center :: Dallas , TX

Angela Joyce :: Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare :: St. Paul , MN

NADINE KOLTERMANN :: PETERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER :: KERRVILLE , TX

Michelle Libunao :: New York Presbyterian hospital Weill Cornell :: New York , NY

Jennifer Marlow :: Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital :: Richmond , VA

Jacqueline Mochan :: Parker Adventist Hospital :: Parker , CO

Victoria Nowak :: McLaren Flint :: Flint , MI

Terri Smith :: Holy Spirit Hospital :: Camp Hill , PA

Laura Weith :: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center :: Chicago , IL

Amy White :: Mayo Clinic :: Rochester , MN

Ann Borgus :: URMC AMBULATORY CENTER AT SAWG :: Rochester , NY

Jeanne Bykowski :: Kaiser Permanente :: Gaithersburg , MD

Jeanne Cordero :: St. Joseph Medical Center :: Tacoma , WA

Kari Lura :: Rocky Mountain Surgery Center :: Bozeman , MT

Kelsi Readinger :: Lehigh Valley Hospital-CC :: Allentown , PA

Catherine Williams :: Carolinas medical center :: Charlotte , NC

Dawn Aherron :: VCU Health System :: Richmond , VA

Roberto Dimapilis :: Kendall Regional Medical Center :: Miami , FL

Emily Ellis :: Banner Thunderbird Medical Center :: Glendale , AZ

Douglas Johnston :: Baptist Health Lexington :: Lexington , KY

Marni McGuire :: Rocky Mtn. Surgical Center :: Bozeman , MT

Leah Moore :: Holy Cross Hospital :: Silver Spring , MD

Laura Scarpa :: Lawrence and memorial hospital :: New London , CT

Angela Anderson :: Providence Portland medical center :: Portland , OR

Ruth Buffington :: Daviess Community Hospital :: Washington , IN

Eduardo Cedeno :: Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance :: Edinburg , TX

Catalin Curelea :: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center :: Houston , TX

Beth Devlin :: Sacred Heart Hospital :: Eau Claire , WI

Jennie Fucaloro :: Baylor University Medical Center :: Dallas , TX

Erin Hill :: St. Clare Hospital :: Lakewood , WA

Christy Wallace :: Carolinas Medical Center :: Charlotte , NC

Fan Wang :: Kaiser permanente :: Gaithersburg , MD

Lori Woock :: Trinity Regional Medical Center :: Fort Dodge , IA

Roxann Brookshaw :: River Falls Medical Clinic :: River Falls , WI

Rebecca Lacy :: AI duPont Hospital for Children/Nemours :: Wilmington , DE

RENEE LUTZ :: St. Lukes Medical Center :: Milwaukee , WI

Erin Moe :: St. John's Lutheran Hospital :: Libby , MT

Chinh Nguyen :: St Luke's Espiscopal Hospital :: Houston , TX

LeRoy Sutherland :: Grand Itasca :: Grand Rapids , MN

Sandra Bates :: Rideout Surgery Center AKA Feather River Surgery Center :: Yuba City , CA

Susan Fisher :: Valley Medical Center :: Renton , WA

Rachel Kauffman :: UC Davis Medical Center :: Sacramento , CA

THERESA VU :: HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL :: Houston , TX

Deshawn Bhooshan :: FLorida Medical Clinic Special Procedure Center :: Zephyrhills , FL

Suzanne Frantz :: Redlands Community Hospital :: Redlands , CA

Beth Larson :: Sacred Heart Hospital :: Eau Claire , WI

Donna Leonard :: Trinitas Regional Medical Center :: Elizabeth , NJ

Nancy Mafrici :: Asante Three Rivers Medical Center :: Grants Pass , OR

Jessica Matson :: Venice Regional Medical Center :: Venice , FL

Aaron Musson :: The Bone & Joint Center at Grant Medical Center :: Columbus , OH

Anthony Palchik :: Sacred Heart Hospital :: Eau Claire , WI

Susan Pettijohn :: NeuroMedical Center Surgical Hospital :: Baton Rouge , LA

Elizabeth Salgado :: North Shore-LIJ Health Systems at Glen Cove :: Glen Cove , NY

Karen Cody :: Memorial Hospital Gulfport :: Gulfport , MS

Sabrina Cook :: Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital :: Rocky mount , VA

Michael Fleetwood :: MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL :: Morristown , NJ

Suzanne Girard :: Wfhc :: Racine , WI

Jada McMillian :: Gwinnett Surgery Center :: Lawrenceville , GA

Suzanne Merrick :: Mercy West Lakes Hospital :: West Des Moines , IA

Barbara Moeller :: Texas Health Plano :: Plano , TX

Luke Murray :: Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center :: Waco , TX

Brenda ONeil :: Memorial Medical Center LIVINGSTON :: Livingston , TX

Stephanie Osman :: St. Luke's Lakeside Hospital :: The Woodlands , TX

Anne Stuart :: Mission Hospitals :: Asheville , NC

Elizabeth Winser :: Medical City Hospital :: Dallas , TX

Gregory Hallmark :: OSF St. Joseph Medical Center :: Bloomington , IL

Janet Sturtz :: Great Basin Surgical Center :: Elko , NV

Mary Valdez :: Parker Adventist Hospital :: Parker , CO

Katherine Wellington :: Delnor Hospital :: Geneva , IL

Veronica Akers :: Ahuja Medical Center :: Beachwood , OH

Eda Browning :: Gritman Medical Center :: Moscow , ID

Maike Camp :: Northwestern Medical Center :: St. Albans , VT

Amy Johnson :: Catholic Medical Center :: Manchester , NH

ROSSANA MARTIN :: CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER :: CHARLOTTE , NC

AMANDA RAINEY :: SAMC :: SOTHAN , AL

Francisco Rodriguez-Sosa :: U.S. Navy, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth :: Portsmouth , VA

Kelly Sutton :: Nationwide Children's Hospital :: Worthington , OH

Scott Duensing :: St. John Medical Center :: Tulsa , OK

Leslie Felix :: Carlisle Regional Medical Center :: Carlisle , PA

Sara Gordon :: Carlisle Regional Medical Center :: Carlisle , PA

Preethi Pushparathinam :: St barnabas medical center :: Livingston , NJ

Jane Bergan :: Paoli Hospital :: Paoli , PA

Kelly Coleman :: JOHN T. MATHER HOSPITAL :: PORT JEFFERSON , NY

Janet Hill :: MORRISTOWN - HAMBLEN HOSPITAL :: Morristown , TN

Ellen Moschella :: Melrose Wakefield Hospital :: Melrose , MA

Deborah Stephens :: Summa Wadsworth Rittman Hospital :: Wadsworth , OH

Nora Baird :: Sacred Heart Hospital :: Eau Claire , WI

John Barnett :: TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL :: Houston , TX

Karl Bjellum :: Mayo Clinic :: Rochester , MN

Rebecca Landrum :: Anderson Regional Medical Center :: Meridian , MS

RODOLFO LORENO :: UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER :: LOUISVILLE , KY

Warren Perry :: Morton Plant Hospital-Baycare Health System :: Clearwater , FL

Jean Samuel :: Carolina Medical Center :: Charlotte , NC

Erin Steele :: Mount Carmel West Hospital :: Columbus , OH

Virginia Anderson :: WFHC- All Saints :: Racine , WI

EUGENE BUSH :: OHSU :: PORTLAND , OR

Renee Chenetski :: Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital :: New Albany , OH

Brenda Davis :: Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas :: Dallas , TX

Onelia Ruby Jose :: Duke Raleigh Hospital :: Raleigh , NC

SHIRLEY MYERS OLMAN :: MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER :: NEW YORK , NY

Brian Staker :: Nationwide Childrens Hospital :: Columbus , OH

Jennifer Wagner :: NYU HJD :: Hoboken , NY

Nancy Wittenberg :: Henry Ford Medical Center Cottage :: Grosse Pointe Farms , MI

Congratulations to all of the nurses who earned their CNOR credential for the first time in January.

ROCHELLE ALEXANDER :: NYH- COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL :: NEW YORK , NY

Lauren Andrews :: NYU Langone Medical Center :: New York , NY

Stephenie Armijo :: Lovelace women's hospital :: Albuquerque , NM

Lisa Ash :: Rocky Mountain Surgical Center :: Bozeman , MT

Maureen Barnes :: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVIN :: Orange , CA

Claudia Barrientos-Hickox :: Rust Medical Center :: Rio Rancho , NM

Patricia Berg :: Lawrence memorial hospital :: Lawrence , KS

Paula Bernstein :: Self :: Wellington , FL

Karen Berry :: Texas Health Resources Harris Methodist Hurst Euless Bedford Hospital :: Bedford , TX

Diane Betit :: MedCentral Health System :: Mansfield , OH

Heidi Blade :: Sacred Heart Hospital :: Eau Claire , WI

Michelle Bochinski :: Mott Operating Room University of Michigan Health System :: Ann Arbor , MI

Kelli Boetel :: Ransom Memorial Hospital :: Ottawa , KS

Kari Bohn :: McLaren Bay Region :: Bay City , MI

Alden Book :: St. joseph eureka :: Eureka , CA

Kevin Branford :: Ochsner medical center :: New orleans , LA

Carolyn Burt :: Mercy medical center :: Des Moines , IA

Jimmy Cagas :: Banner desert medical center :: Mesa , AZ

CECILIA CASTIGLIONE :: FOUNTAIN VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER :: FOUNTAIN VALLEY , CA

LACEY CHEESEMAN :: Unity Point Health Des Moines :: West Des Moines , IA

Magdalena Choinski :: Beth Israel Medical Center :: New York , NY

Jacqueline Cook :: University of Maryland Medical Center :: Baltimore , MD

Traci Coons :: Texas Health Resources HEB :: Bedford , TX

Laura Cowart :: Surgical Specialty Center :: Savannah , GA

Steven Curry :: William Beaumont Health System :: Troy , MI

Caroline Curtin :: McLaren - Flint :: Flint , MI

Jacob Davirro :: MIHS :: Phoenix , AZ

Alanna DeBell :: Virginia Mason Medical Center :: Seattle , WA

Cynthia Desengano :: MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER :: Houston , TX

Daniel DeVries :: OHSU :: Portland , OR

Samantha Duval :: Schneider Regional Medical Center :: Saint Thomas , VI

Thomas Elliott :: St. James Healthcare :: Butte , MT

Lori Epping :: Aurora Health Care of Sheboygan County :: Sheboygan , WI

Chandra Evans :: Medical Center of Central Georgia :: Macon , GA

Willie Faulk :: MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL SOUTHWEST :: Houston , TX

Lisa Fearby :: Montefiore Medical Center :: Bronx , NY

Katie Flatt :: Keller Army Community Hospital :: West Point , NY

Cindy Follansbee :: Peace health southwest medical center :: Vancouver , WA

Dawn Freeman :: Barnes Jewish Hospital :: St Louis , MO

Lynn Garcia :: Providence holy cross medical center :: Mission hills , CA

Edgar Geisendorff :: Cook Childrens Medical Center :: Fort Worth , TX

Melissa George :: Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital :: Dallas , TX

Raul Gonzalez :: MIHS :: Phoenix , AZ

Rena'' Graham :: Flowers Hospital :: Dothan , AL

Billi Grooms :: OSU Medical Center James CHRI :: Columbus , OH

Christopher Hall :: Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center :: Reno , NV

Laura Hart :: Pali Momi Medical Center :: Aiea , HI

Taiasha Haygood :: United States Army :: Landstuhl , --

Amelia Hill :: Dr Al Cohn :: Birmingham , AL

Cynthia Hill-Keane :: Texas Health Resources HEB :: Bedford , TX

Jody Hittle :: Geary Community Hospital :: Junction City , KS

Stephanie Holly :: Elmendorf AFB :: Elmendorf AFB , AK

BRADLEY KAHL :: Bayhealth Medical Center (Kent General) :: Dover , DE

Denise Kay :: William beaumont hospital :: Royal oak , MI

Robin Kester :: GJVAMC :: Grand Junction , CO

Deborah Kreppein :: IU Health :: Indianapolis , IN

Frances Kroese :: The Medical Center of Plano :: Plano , TX

Suzanne Laux :: US Army :: Fort Bragg , NC

Jessica Leary :: Beth Israel Deaconess - Milton Hospital :: Milton , MA

Maria Les :: HackensackUMC :: Hackensack , NJ

Jenna Lesko :: Northwestern Memorial Hospital :: Chicago , IL

Serena Li :: Gramercy Surgery Center :: New York , NY

Karen Lightfoot :: DePaul Health Center :: Bridgeton , MO

Marivic Lopez :: Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital :: Fort Worth , TX

Kevin Lowe :: Presbyterian :: Albequerque , NM

Callie Luond :: Providence Centralia hospital :: Centralia , WA

Karol Lyman-Rice :: FOREST PARK MEDICAL CENTER :: FRISCO , TX

ERNEST MACASIEB :: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS :: NORTH LAS VEGAS , NV

Kelly Matschke :: Parker Adventist Hospital :: Parker , CO

Jill Mayer :: Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas :: Dallas , TX

Melanie McBride :: Trinity Mother Frances Hospital :: Tyler , TX

Shelley McLean :: Yale-New Haven Hospital :: New Haven , CT

Mary Mcpherson :: Fletcher Allen Health Care :: Burlington , VT

Brandi Miller :: St Lukes Elmore :: Mountain Home , ID

Tresha Miller :: Ransom Memorial :: Ottawa , KS

Chelsea Mongan :: Laser Spine Institute :: Wayne , PA

Megan Monte :: Marin General Hospital :: Greenbrae , CA

Cheryl Munsinger :: GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SYSTEM :: Kearney , NE

Katelyn Murray :: McLaren Northern Michigan :: Petoskey , MI

Cheryl Nance :: Dean Associates Healthcare Consulting :: Oceanside , CA

Kelsey Nelson :: St Peter's Hospital :: Helena , MT

GISELLA NERIC :: Kaweah Delta Medical Center :: Visalia , CA

Tracy Nickel :: St. Joseph's Hospital :: Tampa , FL

Misty Nowers :: Wythe County Community Hospital :: Wytheville , VA

Rowena Ong :: St. Joseph Medical Center :: Tacoma , WA

Kendra Paquin :: Aureus Medical :: Omaha , CO

Teresa Pearson :: St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center :: Hartford , CT

Cheryl Peele :: Down East Community Hospital :: Machias , ME

Marla Phillips :: Lawrence Memorial Hospital :: Lawrence , KS

Julie Putnik :: Aya healthcare :: San Diego , CA

Drema Reaser :: Licking Memorial Hospital :: Newark , OH

Ashlie Richter :: Avera Medical Group Pierre :: Pierre , SD

Lindsay Robertson :: Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center :: Akron , OH

Margaret Robinson :: St. John Providence Health System :: Detroit , MI

Kimberly Rodden :: Carolinas Medical Center :: Charlotte , NC

Randy Rogers :: I am a self employed CRNA :: Albuquerque , NM

Paula Rohr :: EXETER HOSPITAL :: Exeter , NH

Desiree Rosdahl :: University of Rochester :: Rochster , NY

Cathy Rosenbaum :: St marys hospital :: Richmond , VA

Kathleen Roy :: Paradise Valley Hospital :: Phoenix , AZ

Sarah Rushnov :: United States Navy :: FPO , AP

Wajma Saka :: Spectrum health hospital, Blodgett :: Grand Rapids , MI

Nicole Sanders :: University of Michigan CVC OR :: Ann arbor , MI

Rosemary Savard :: ASHLAND COMMUNITY HOPSITAL :: Ashland , OR

Heather Scott :: MOUNT CARMEL EAST HOSPITAL :: LOCKBOURNE , OH

Kathleen Scott :: B&WFaulkner Hospital :: Boston , MA

Michelle Simon :: Beaumont Health System :: Royal Oak , MI

Lindsey Sitzman :: IU Health Methodist Hospital :: Indianapolis , IN

RACHEL SKRBIN :: Mercy Medical Center :: Baltimore , MD

Whitney Slaughter :: Northwestern Memorial Hospital :: Chicago , IL

Melissa Slavin :: Nationwide Children's Hospital :: Columbus , OH

Jeffrey Scott Smith :: Simi Valley :: Simi Valley , CA

Ray Stackhouse :: Aria Health :: Philadelphia , PA

Anita Starling :: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center :: Houston , TX

Valerie Stelter :: St. Luke's Hospital :: Duluth , MN

Mary Stucky :: Lawrence Memorial Hospital :: Lawrence , KS

Ben Summers :: Mercy Medical Center - Clinton :: Clinton , IA

Joan Taylor :: Harbor UCLA Medical Center :: Torrance , CA

Erin Tharp :: Belton Regional Medical Center :: Belton , MO

Treva Thomas :: CHOC Children's Hospital :: Orange , CA

Lyssa Thompson :: Legacy Good Samaritan :: Portland , OR

REBECCA THOMPSON :: MERCY DES MOINES :: DES MOINES , IA

Paul Topliff :: Mahaska Health Partnership :: Oskaloosa , IA

THUY LINH TRUONG :: Alvarado Hospital :: San Diego , CA

Rene Vasquez :: Texas health Dallas Presbyterian hospital :: Dallas , TX

Nancy Vaughn :: StormontVail Healthcare :: Topeka , KS

Teresa Walker :: St. Mary's Warrick Hospital :: Boonville , IN

Nina Washington :: VAPHS :: Pittsburgh , PA

CASIE WEGNER :: Saint Francis Medical Center :: GRAND ISLAND , NE

Deborah Wenning :: Mercy Health-Fairfield :: Fairfield , OH

Elizabeth Williams :: University of Washington Medical Center :: Seattle , WA

Julie Wilson :: St. Elizabeth Healthcare :: Edgewood , KY

CHRISTOPHER WOLARY :: MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL :: MIAMI , FL

Ream Yacoub :: Virginia Mason Medical Center :: Seattle , WA

Cynthia Young :: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center :: Columbus , OH

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In the past, ASCs have conducted a broad range of activities, including health fairs, facility tours and media briefings, in recognition of National ASC Day. Over time, these events have educated thousands of people about the high–quality, cost-effective care that ASCs provide.

National ASC Day 2013 provides the ideal opportunity for ASCs to demonstrate their value to policy makers and the public,” noted ASCA Chief Executive Officer William Prentice. “ASCs are often the first choice of doctors and patients because they offer outstanding surgical care while also providing convenience, cost savings and a comforting environment where highly skilled staff and physicians put patients first.”

ASCs interested in sponsoring an event on National ASC Day should contact Morgan Hanson.