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It’s funny how a chance encounter can alter the course of one’s life. After she graduated with her BSN from the West Virginia School of Nursing in 1993, Jamie Ridout was sitting with some fellow graduates at the Sigma Theta Tau induction ceremony. A woman she didn’t know asked Jamie if she could sit down next to her.
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In 1976, Frank Bass and Bernard Esquenet teamed up to create The Ruhof Corporation. Frank Bass’s role in the company is one of sales, marketing and research while Bernard Esquenet is the chemist behind Ruhof’s success.
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More and more patients today are choosing ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) over traditional hospitals for their surgical procedures. ASC surgical volume is expected to increase by 21% over the next decade to reach 44 million procedures a year by 2034.
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Joanne first became a registered nurse in 1962 after graduating from the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing. “There was a six-week tour through the operating room and that’s when I decided that perioperative nursing is what I really wanted to do,” she says.
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While we can’t promise anyone that you’ll ever be “in charge of things” in your work environment, we did think it would be fun to ask perioperative professionals a similar question: If you could wave a magic wand and create the perfect operating room environment, what are some of the things that would be at the top of your wish list?
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Next year, Pat Thornton will celebrate a milestone career achievement: Her 50th year in nursing. Pat’s career started in 1976 when she graduated from Clayton Junior College with her ASN and went to work as an RNFA private surgical nurse.
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