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A Few Minutes with Donna Watson
EDITORIAL BOARD OUTLOOK A Few Minutes With Donna Watson MSN, RN, CNOR, ARNP-BC
BIOGRAPHY I have held a variety of perioperative nursing positions, including staff nurse, clinical instructor, clinical educator, and nurse practitioner. My current position as a global manager for Covidien Energybased Devices allows me to deliver the message of the importance of electrosurgical patient safety to members of the perioperative team around the world. I enjoy writing and have authored numerous articles, chapters, and books, and I was the Patient Safety First column coordinator for the AORN Journal from 2009 to 2010. In addition, I served on the AORN Board of Directors from 1999 to 2003 and as the national AORN President from 2002 to 2003.
sions regarding patient care practices. The AORN Journal addresses current trends and issues that affect perioperative clinical practice and disseminates professional standards that influence patient safety. Question: What is your role on the Editorial Board? Answer: One of the most important aspects of the job of an Editorial Board member is in setting the strategic direction to ensure members’ needs and expectations are met, and that the AORN Journal continues to be of value to members and subscribers.
Question: What does the AORN Journal offer you?
Question: Where do you think the AORN Journal will be in five years?
Answer: As a nurse starting my career in perioperative practice, long before the Internet, I eagerly awaited each issue of the AORN Journal. I would scour the AORN Journal from front to back looking for answers to difficult questions, learning about recommended practices, and gaining an understanding about AORN as a professional nursing organization. The AORN Journal provided me with supporting literature for practice and was an important venue to show me that many of the local issues I experienced were issues being discussed at the national level. As in the past, the AORN Journal offers a forum for published evidence-based research, which allows individuals to make informed deci-
Answer: As the business model for nursing journals is redefined by technology and the demands of the subscriber, the future of the AORN Journal may include additional touch points for the more than 40,000 AORN members. These currently include point of access for print and online; however, in the future, I anticipate demand for access on different tablet formats, mobile downloading, and bundling with other national and international nursing journals of specific interest to the subscriber. There are no limits to how the AORN Journal can be made available to continue to have a global impact on safe care and better outcomes for the patient.
doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2011.06.001
© AORN, Inc, 2011
August 2011
Vol 94
No 2 ●
AORN Journal
125
BIOGRAPHY I have held a variety of perioperative nursing positions, including staff nurse, clinical instructor, clinical educator, and nurse practitioner. My current position as a global manager for Covidien Energybased Devices allows me to deliver the message of the importance of electrosurgical patient safety to members of the perioperative team around the world. I enjoy writing and have authored numerous articles, chapters, and books, and I was the Patient Safety First column coordinator for the AORN Journal from 2009 to 2010. In addition, I served on the AORN Board of Directors from 1999 to 2003 and as the national AORN President from 2002 to 2003.
sions regarding patient care practices. The AORN Journal addresses current trends and issues that affect perioperative clinical practice and disseminates professional standards that influence patient safety. Question: What is your role on the Editorial Board? Answer: One of the most important aspects of the job of an Editorial Board member is in setting the strategic direction to ensure members’ needs and expectations are met, and that the AORN Journal continues to be of value to members and subscribers.
Question: What does the AORN Journal offer you?
Question: Where do you think the AORN Journal will be in five years?
Answer: As a nurse starting my career in perioperative practice, long before the Internet, I eagerly awaited each issue of the AORN Journal. I would scour the AORN Journal from front to back looking for answers to difficult questions, learning about recommended practices, and gaining an understanding about AORN as a professional nursing organization. The AORN Journal provided me with supporting literature for practice and was an important venue to show me that many of the local issues I experienced were issues being discussed at the national level. As in the past, the AORN Journal offers a forum for published evidence-based research, which allows individuals to make informed deci-
Answer: As the business model for nursing journals is redefined by technology and the demands of the subscriber, the future of the AORN Journal may include additional touch points for the more than 40,000 AORN members. These currently include point of access for print and online; however, in the future, I anticipate demand for access on different tablet formats, mobile downloading, and bundling with other national and international nursing journals of specific interest to the subscriber. There are no limits to how the AORN Journal can be made available to continue to have a global impact on safe care and better outcomes for the patient.
doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2011.06.001
© AORN, Inc, 2011
August 2011
Vol 94
No 2 ●
AORN Journal
125