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.

I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 2005 and began my nursing career in OBS. My Peri-Operative nursing career began in 2007. I work as a full time staff nurse and ENT resource nurse at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney, NS. I successfully passed and have maintained my Perioperative Certification since 2009. I am currently the president of ORNANS. I look forward to my new role as ORNAC’s Nova Scotia Board Director, taking the knowledge that I learn back to the provincial level.

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.

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