2003 slate of candidates - Candidates

AORN Journal,  Jan, 2003  

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I am a registered nurse--one who serves. It will be an honor to serve you in our search for future leaders. I am eager to meet the challenge of being a member of the Nominating Committee and ask for your vote.

MARION S. MCCALL, RN, BS, CNOR, CIC, is a clinical consultant for perioperative information systems for General Electric Medical Systems Information Technologies, Powell, Tenn. She earned her associate degree in nursing from Caldwell Community College, Lenoir, NC, and her bachelor of science degree in business from Montreat College, NC.

McCall has been a perioperative nurse for 20 years and a member of AORN for 19 years. She is a member of the membership committee (2001-present).

McCall is a member of the Leadership (1996-present), Perioperative Nursing Informatics (1997-present), and Nurses in Business, Industry & Consulting (2002-present) Specialty Assemblies.

She is a member of AORN of the Foothills of North Carolina. She was chapter president (2000; 1996), president-elect (1999; 1995), vice president (1998-1999), and a board member (2002; 1994). She chaired the ways and means (2001-2002; 1997-1998), nominating (2001), and newsletter (1997-1999) committees and was a member of the legislative (1994-2002); seminar/education/program (1994-2002), scholarship (2001; 1994), ways and means (1997-2001; 1994-1997), budget/ finance (1995-2000), and newsletter (1997-1999) committees. McCall also was a member of AORN of Twin Spans of Louisiana, where she was president (1993).

McCall is a member of her states nurses association (2000-2002), the North Carolina Council of Perioperative Registered Nurses (1994-present), and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (1995-present). She was a member of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (1994-1998). She has attended Congress nine times in the past 10 years, each time as a delegate.

Election statement. The nursing profession and health care are facing major challenges with the nursing shortage, rising health care costs, and decreasing reimbursements. Additionally, the impact of medical errors must be addressed continuously by all segments of the health care industry. Once again, AORN has taken a leading role in addressing these issues. We will need strong leadership to continue to ensure that patients remain the primary focus as strategies and practices are defined and adopted to address these concerns.

I am proud to be a perioperative nurse and AORN member. I have served this Association at the chapter, state, and national levels, and I understand the role of the Nominating Committee to mentor and grow the next leaders of our great organization. I have faced many challenges in my own personal and professional career and realize the level of commitment and dedication required to fill leadership roles.

As writer Ralph Marston tells us in his Daily Motivator web site, "To live your possibilities, you must step away from your certainties. The future is indeed unknown and ready to be shaped by your imagination." If we can imagine the future of health care and perioperative nursing as one where patient care is the primary concern, offering the best working conditions, with the best support for our profession, then we can make it happen. I ask the members to allow me to assist in the search, development, and selection of leaders to bring our great organization into the future.