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by Matthew N. Skoufalos “When I was developing my choice of careers, there weren’t a lot of choices for women,” says AORN Executive Director and CEO Linda Groah. They boiled down to “be a teacher, be a nurse, be a secretary,” she says. Instead of regarding those...

By Matthew N. Skoufalos From the OR to the blacktop to the dojo mat, Marla Packer-Perdunn, MDS, RN, lives a life of movement, hard work and emotional honesty. The motorcycle and martial arts enthusiast got her first taste of caregiving at age 15, when she signed up to...

When Edward Messina, MSN, CRNP, was 15, there were no such things as “extreme” sports. The Pennsylvania native traces his interest in hang-gliding to a group of neighborhood friends who learned the practice from an amateur-flying instructor they met through word of...

Empowering individuals, inspiring teamwork As the Director of Ambulatory Nursing at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pa., Cheryl Clancy sees her role as a vital link in the continuity of care from providers at offsite clinics in the system to...

Brooklyn-born rose Cceberio remembers, in grisly detail, the moment when she knew she would become a nurse. She was 15 years old. Her younger sister was playing on a rope swing in the backyard of the family home, which was situated at the top of a sandy hill by a...