Cardinal Health Research Grant
The research mission of the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) is to promote research activities and integrate research findings into Perioperative Nursing practice with the objective of improving or validating the quality of perioperative patient care.
ORNAC members/associates who wish to conduct research on perioperative nursing and patient care are able to apply for grants from Cardinal Health. Guidelines for grant application may be found at https://www.cardinalhealth.
The expected outcomes of the research conducted with financial support will be:
- Increased knowledge about perioperative nursing practice
- Increased number of perioperative nurses conducting research
- Improved perioperative care
- Improved utilization of research into perioperative nursing practice
Past Recipients and Research Studies conducted by ORNAC Members supported by Cardinal Health Grants:
| Year | Recipient(s) | Title |
| 2017 | Deborah Clendinning | Educational Strategies for RN Development of Non-technical Skills in the Operating Room |
| 2007 | Deborah Jaraway Shirley Perry Patricia Wade Peggy Ziegler |
The Experience of Parents of Children with Cancer in Viewing their Child's Amputated Leg Before the Child Wakes from Anesthesia |
| 2007 | Patricia Cuddy | An Examination of Learning Styles in a Multigenerational Environment |
| 2006 | Glenda Tapp | Evaluation of Preoperative Skin Preparation |
| 2005 | Sue Beaman | Work-Related stressors and Job Satisfaction of Operating Room Nurses |
| 2005 | Kathy MacDonald | Assessing the impact of picture archive and communication system on the members of the perioperative care team |
| 2002 | Debra Clendinneng Jocelyne Tourigny Liz Winters |
What are parent’s information needs prior to their child’s day surgery? |
| 2001 | Marla Ewen Alicia Oucharek Mattheis Linda Socha |
A study to determine patient outcomes and cost comparison with the implementation of the Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) role |
| 1999 | Hilda Ann Power | Postoperative outcomes relative to positioning |