I have been in Perioperative Nursing for 25 years. I am presently employed at the Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. Throughout my career, I have gained vast knowledge in many areas of Perioperative Nursing, Rural and Urban experience, with experience in every different specialty. I have been a staff nurse, Program Manager and Clinical Nurse Educator. I was fortunate enough to sit on the Canadian Standards committee for 4 years which was an excellent opportunity. I have always wanted to be involved in the National Board with ORNAC and I look forward to the next two years.

Lyanne's nursing career began in 1984 when she graduated from Kelsey Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences with a Diploma in Nursing. Her perioperative career began in 1989 following completion of a certificate in Operating Room Techniques from Wascana Institute, now known as Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The fall of 2006, she facilitated her first clinical group with the Perioperative Nursing Program with Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST).

In 2007 Lyanne joined the SIAST team of educators and became a full time faculty member. Lyanne is a dedicated lifelong learner, she successfully wrote the Canadian Nurses' Association Certification in Perioperative Nursing in 2008. She has certificate in adult education and a bachelor of nursing. In the spring of 2016 Lyanne convocated from University of Saskatchewan with a Masters in Nursing. In 2009 and 2012, Lyanne participated in item writing sessions with The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and Assessment Strategies Inc. with the development of the Perioperative Nursing Certification Exam. Lyanne is the Program Head of the Perioperative Nursing and Medical Device Reprocessing programs at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. Over the past 23 years she has held fulltime and part time positions in the operating room at the Regina General Hospital, and continues to enjoy working there on casual basis.

Kim started her nursing career after graduating from Red River College in 1988. She has spent 24 of her 28 years of nursing experience as a perioperative nurse at the Health Science Center in Winnipeg. She currently has her CPN(C) and has been President Elect for MORNA since 2014. Kim is looking forward to her upcoming role as President of MORNA as well as being a new board member of ORNAC.

Since 1989, I have been a proud front line perioperative operating room nurse. I am an expert in my field and the voice of the operating room nurse. The standards set forth by ORNAC are adhered to daily in my practice. I have many years of leadership as a Specialty Resource Nurse in the Operating Room and have represented nursing on numerous occasions within the hospital organization. My past experience as President of ORNAHD and now Treasurer of ORNAO make me an ideal candidate to take on the role of Ontario Director for ORNAC. I welcome the challenge and look forward to networking on a professional level with other perioperative nurses and associates.

I have been operating room nurse for 27 years. My original degree comes from Liège in Belgium. In Quebec, I’m the head nurse of the operating room unit of the RLS - Pierre-Boucher, I have a bachelor of nursing. I currently hold the position of Past President at CORNQ and it is my pleasure to work with the ORNAC for the next 2 years, I am proud to contribute of the evolution of the ORNAC in relation to the strategic plan and to promote French in our communications, publications.

Chantal began her perioperative career as a new grad in 1987 at the Chaleur Regional Hospital. She worked for 19 years as a perioperative nurse specializing in Ophthalmology, Plastics, ENT and Maxillo-facial. She had CPN(c) in 2003. She left the OR in 2007 to become a Staff Educator but came back in 2013 as the Nurse Manager. Chantal has been part of NBORN since the nineties and is looking forward to assuming her new role as New-Brunswick Director on the ORNAC board.

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Aletha has been a Registered Nurse for 10 years, with the last 6 years as a Peri-operative Nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown PEI. She has had her Peri-op Certification for 4 years. As a member of the Operating Room Nurses Association of Prince Edward Island (ORNPEI), she is currently the ORNPEI President. Aletha is looking forward to be working at the national level with the ORNAC board.

Tina has been a Perioperative Nurse in St. John’s, NL for 10 years. She has worked with both paediatric and adult patients in her career and is currently the Care Facilitator for Thoracic and General Surgery at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital. Tina is passionate about perioperative nursing professional development and has completed a Masters in Nursing along with Perioperative certification. As well, she has travelled to Haiti with Team Broken Earth on several missions to not only provide basic health care to the people of Haiti but to also contribute to the education of Operating Room nurses at Hospital Bernard Mevs. Tina has held several positions on the N&LORNA Executive and is excited to be the Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Director with the ORNAC Board.

Erin Robertson, RN, BScN (Hons), MN, CPN(C) is a Perioperative Registered Nurse working as the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in Perioperative Services at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Erin worked in the Surgical Suites at Kingston General Hospital prior to moving to Toronto. In Toronto Erin has spent nine years as a staff nurse in the operating room and one year as the hospital Patient Flow Coordinator prior to entering her current role. Erin has completed her post RN BScN (with honours) and her Masters of Nursing: Leadership in Education and Health Policy. Erin is active in her regional association, the Operating Room Nurses of Greater Toronto (ORNGT), serving as a Program Committee member, Program Convener and is currently serving as the President (2016-2017 term). Erin was a member of the 2017 ORNAC Standards Committee and is CoChair of the 2019 ORNAC Standards Committee. Erin is passionate about ensuring that perioperative Registered Nurses remain patient and family focused, using evidence to inform practice and working to make sure Registered Nurses continue to practice in the operating room.

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Laurie Dawn Boyer is a seasoned Perioperative Nursing Professional, currently employed as the Operating Room Informatics Specialist at Health Sciences North in Sudbury. Laurie Dawn is a member of the CORL executive in the role of Website Liaison. Laurie has experience in staff, educator and leadership roles in Surgical Services, Infection Prevention & Control, Quality, Patient Safety, and Post-secondary Education. An early adopter of Lean methodology in healthcare, Laurie Dawn is passionate about connecting people with each other and the information and skills needed to understand our collective work and fuel improvement.