State councils—collaboration, networking, and education - Limited

AORN Journal,  Nov, 2003  by Ellen O'Connor,  Patrick E. Voight

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State council organizers should not give up on the process, even if they face some discouragement. The effort will be worth it when the council is established and functioning efficiently to fulfill its mission.

NOTES

(1.) V C Watson, personal communication with the author, Memphis, Tenn, 27 July 2003.

(2.) L K Glass, E K Murphy, AORN--Emergence and Growth (Denver: AORN, Inc, 2002) 128.

(3.) History of the New York State Council (New York: New York State Council of Operating Room Nurses).

(4.) "The history of the Operating Room Nursing Council of California," Operating Room Nursing Council of California, http://www.orncc.org/History.htm (accessed 18 Sept 2003).

(5.) R P Shumaker, "Shaping a brighter future through our shared vision," (President's Message) AORN Journal 67 (April 1998) 764-766.

(6.) S Voss, "Board approves legislative priorities, revised wording of proposed mission statement, (Board Report) AORN Journal 68 (August 1998) 179-180.

(7.) H M Robert, Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised (Glenview, Ill: Scott, Foresman, 1970).

Editor's note: The authors wish to acknowledge the following individuals for providing information for this article: Susan K. Banschbach, RN, BSN, CNOR, Oklahoma State Council of Perioperative Nurses; Judith H. Bernhardy, RN, BS, CNOR, Kentucky State Council of Perioperative Nurses; Sarah L. Breckenridge, RN, CNOR, Oregon State Council of Perioperative Nurses; Evelyn P. Burton, RN, CNOR, Georgia State Council; Nolda Chander, RN, Ohio Council of Operating Room Nurses; Bonnie G. Denholm, RN, MS, CNOR, A OR N specialty assembly coordinator; Phyllis Germann, RN, Ohio Council of Operating Room Nurses; Pat Hickey, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR, South Carolina Council of Perioperative Nurses; Janet E. Janes, RN, CNOR, Ohio Council of Operating Room Nurses; Penny Joyce, RN, CNOR, Tennessee State Council of AORN; Priscilla Jurkovich, RN, MSN, Colorado State Council of AORN; Diane E. McGuire, RN, New York State Council; Carllene B. McMillan, RN, CNOR, Louisiana State Council; Estela O'Meara, RN, BSN, CNOR, Illinois Council of periOperative Registered Nurses; Carolyn A. Ramsey, RN, MSN, CNOR, Texas Council of Operating Room Nurses; Linda L. Rhyne, RN, CNOR, Operating Room Nursing Council of California; Rosemarie T. Schroeder, RN, BSN, CNOR, North Carolina Council of Operating Room Nurses; Mary G. Simmons, RN, CNOR, Missouri Perioperative Nurses State Council; Diana K. Sullivan, RN, Indiana Council of Operating Room Nurses; Linda J Timmons, RN, CNOR, Florida Council of Operating Room Nurses; Vivian C. Watson, RN, CNOR, Mississippi Council of Perioperative Nurses; and Monica Weisbrich, RN, Operating Room Nursing Council of California.

Ellen F. O'Connor, RN, BSN, CNOR, is AORN's region III membership coordinator and was the 1998 organization chair of the Alabama State Council of AORN.

Patrick E. Voight, RN, BSN, MSA, CNOR, is co-chair of the Michigan State Council and AORN's region XI membership coordinator.

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