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Today, Burrier is a board member of the Connecticut chapter of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) who’s passionate about “trying to do larger things,” like bringing AORN events to his hospital, delivering nursing continuing education, and working with different vendors to get in-service trainings.

In a health care career marked by consistent achievement, multiple advanced degrees and professional certificates distinguish Raynetta Stansil’s commitment to education as a path to success.

Jennifer Bairos considers herself fortunate to be able to work with pediatric patients, who require a different type of focus and compassion, as well as managing their families’ concerns.

Seeking a change of pace and a change in the weather, Gaylene Chartier left California for Colorado in 1990 and ended up staying for a decade. Five years after relocating, she began a surgical technician program at Denver Community College, worked as a tech through nursing school, and immediately joined the operating room at Longmont Community Hospital upon graduation.

Alexis Chaudron took a circuitous route to begin her career as an OR nurse, but the twists and turns in her path have made it all the richer for the experiences. 

Growing up in California, Jason Goodwin first became interested in health care while working as a lifeguard throughout high school. Early exposure to the ideas that underpin delivery of life-saving treatments, be they administration of first aid or basic life support services, made Goodwin curious about what it would be like to work with the medical staff that performed those jobs.