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Special Thanks to the . AORN is proud to recognize the talented authors who make the AORN Journal Niv Ad, MD Nuray Akyüz, PhD, RN, MSc George Allen, PhD, RN, CNOR, CIC Kristin Alt Styer, MS, RN, CPAN Lyda C. Arévalo, RN, MSN Elizabeth A. Austin, RN, BSN, CNOR Donald Bacon, PhD G. Ross Baker, PhD Helen C. Ballestas, RN, MSN, CRRN Angela Banks, RN, MSN, CRNA Patrice Baril, MS, RN, CNOR Todd E. Barnett, RN, MBA Elizabeth Battalora, RN, MSN, CNOR Helen Beckwith, RN, CNOR Sam Beddar, PhD Nancy Bedison, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR Suzanne C. Beyea, PhD, RN, FAAN Christina Biancucci, BArtSc (Hons) Lorraine Bigony, RN, CNOR Jason Bitner, RN, BSN, CNOR Joan Blanchard, RN, MSS, CNOR, CIC Gerry Bosworth, PhD, RN Peggy Boyles, RN, BSN, CAPA Catherine Brandvold, RN, BSN Timothy A. Brendle, RN, CNOR George Brogmus, MS, CPE, MErgS Elizabeth Bruno, RN, MSN Byron L. Burlingame, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR Lorraine Butler, RN, BSN, MSA, CNOR Shirley W. Cantrell, RN, MSN, PhD Arlene Carlo, RN, BSN, CPM, FCSP César Manuel Carrillo-Martínez, MD Kathleen Catalano, RN, JD Ikbal Çavdar, PhD, RN, MSc Cecile Cherry, RN, MSN, CNOR Elizabeth F. Chinnes, RN, BSN, CIC Carolyn M. Clancy, MD Jill Collins, RN, BSN Lethia Collins, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, CNOR, CRNFA Beth A. Collins Sharp, PhD, RN Roslyn Colvin, RN, CNOR Ramona Conner, RN, MSN, CNOR Margaret Coopey, RN, MGA, MPS Peggy Coxon, RN Christopher H. Crane, MD Nancy R. Cyr, DHSc, RN Latanya Davidson-Wilson, RN, MSN, CNS, CNOR Rebecca J. Davis, RN, MN, CNOR Starla DeBord, RN, BSN Marc E. Delclos, MD

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Bonnie Denholm, RN, MS, CNOR Wanda L. Dunkel, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR Tammy Duvendack, PhD, RN Sherry Espin, PhD, RN Catharine B. Fairbanks, RN, MSN/ED, CNOR Deborah Falcone, RN Marybeth Farquhar, RN, MSN Brit Ferrall, RN, BSN Kevin Fickenscher, MD, CPE, FACPE, FAAFP Jane Flowers, RN, MSN, CNOR Pam Foss, CST Jan Foster, PhD, RN, CNS, CCRN Karen C. Freeman, RN, BS, CNOR Donald E. Fry, MD Rosemary V. Fry, RN, BSN, CNOR Jodi Frydendall, RN Clifford Gaines, CRCST Song Gao, PhD Susan Gerdes, RN, BSN, CNOR Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson, RN, MS, CNOR Rebecca E. Gluesing, RN, BSN, CNOR Paula R. Graling, RN, MSN, CNS, CNOR Patti G. Grota, APRN, MS, CIC Barbara J. Gruendemann, RN, MS, CNOR, FAAN Carol Hager, RN, MSN, CRNP, CNOR, CRNFA Kenneth Hall, RN, BScN, MHSc, CPN(C), CNAA, BC Cynthia K. Halvorson, RN, MSN, CNOR Lt Col Phyllis A. Hamilton, RN, MSA, CNOR, USAF, NC Lois Hamlin, DNurs, RN, FRCNA, FCN Cheryl Hardy, RN, BSN, MAS Mary Kay Harvey, RN, BSN, CNOR Maria G. Heacock, RN, CNOR LTC Patricia A. Hembree, RN, MN, CNOR, AN, USA Thomas Hendrickson, MSN, RN, CNOR Jeannemarie Hennessey, RN, MS, CNS, CNOR Edward Hernandez, RN, BSN Carol Hickey, RN, MSN Rodney W. Hicks, PhD, ARNP Leana Hilde, RN, BS Lisa Ignas, RN Renee Ingoe, RN, CNOR Beverly Jackson, RN, BSN Jane Jennings, RN, BSN, CNOR Tracey John, RN, CNOR Fay Christina Johnson, RN, BSN, CNOR Jackie H. Jones, EdD, MSN, RN Trudy A. G. Kenyon, RN, ADN, CNOR

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2007 AORN Journal Authors a respected source of quality information for perioperative nurses and managers. Fadi M. Khraim, RN, MS Hanneke J. J. Knibbe, MSc, RPt Mary Kobel Lamonte, RN, BSN, MPH, CRCST, CNOR Kit L. Landis, MS, BSN, RN Patricia Lange, MD Gary Laustsen, PhD, APRN, BC Janna C. Lawrence, MLIS, AHIP Hyun Jung Lee, RN, MS Veronikia Lee, RN, MSN, MBA, CNOR William Leone Wendy Levinson, MD Lorelei Lingard, PhD Christine W. Loar, BSN, RN, CNOR Denise Loranger, RN Danae A. Manus, MPA, RHIA David A. Marshall Paul Meijsen, BEd, MA Kevin J. Metzing, RN, BS, CNOR Joan H. Miller, RN, CNOR(E) Sheila Mitchell, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR Cindy L. Monachos, RN, BS Judith A. Nagle, APRN, BC, MSN, CNOR Janice A. Neil, PhD, RN Marie Newcomb, RN, BSN LTC Laura E. Newkirk, RN, MSN, CNOR, AN, USA Mary P. Nix, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB Elizabeth Norton, RN, BSN, CNOR George F. Nussbaum, PhD, RN, CNOR Pam Obriot, RN, BSN Ellen O’Connor, RN, BSN, CNOR(E) Kary O’Connor, RN, MS, CNOR, CRNFA Mary Ogg, RN, MSN, CNOR John Olmstead, RN, MBA, FACHE Estela O’Meara, RN, MSN, CNOR Susan Overman, RN, BSN, CNOR Ayfer Özbas, PhD, RN, MSc Kathleen D. Pagana, PhD, RN Maria Pananaki, RN Tess M. Pape, PhD, RN, CNOR Hyeoun-Ae Park, RN, PhD Mickey L. Parsons, PhD, MHA, RN Helen Starbuck Pashley, RN, MA, CNOR Jan Patterson, RN, MSN, CNOR, CRNFA Maj Christopher H. Payne, RN, MPA, MSN, CNOR, USAF, NC Lori A. Pelletier, RN, BSN, CNOR Michele M. Pelter, PhD, RN George Peros, MD

Carol Petersen, RN, MAOM, CNOR Harriet Portman, BSN, RN, CAPA Mary Radford, MSN, RN, CNOR Glenn Regehr, PhD Elizabeth Ricks, RN, BSN, CNOR Jane C. Rothrock, DNSc, RN, CNOR, FAAN George H. Sakorafas, MD Cynthia Saver, RN, MS Jo Ann Scherffius, RN, CNOR Todd Schneider, BSIE, EIT Patricia C. Seifert, RN, MSN, CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN Linda Shields, PhD, RN, FRCNA, FRSA Debora Simmons, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS LTC Barbara A. Sion, RN, MSN, CNOR, AN, USA Christopher Smith, RN, MHR, MSN, CNOR Jim Smithers, RN, BSN, CNOR Vickie Snyder, RN, CNOR Charlotte Souers, RN, MSN, CNOR Victoria M. Steelman, PhD, RN, CNOR Mary Jo W. Steiert, RN, BSN, CNOR Patricia Stein, RN, BSN, MAOL, CNOR Kimberly E. Stephens, RN, BSN, MPH L. Suzanne Sterchi, RN, MSN, CNOR Jamie Strebeck, RN, CNOR, CLNC Elaine Taylor, DHSc, APRN, CPNP Julia A. Thompson, PhD, RN, CNS, CNOR Janet Tidwell, RN, MSN, MSHA, CNOR Linda J. Timmons, RN, CNOR Lyvia C. Tomas, RN Lucy B. Trice, ARNP, BC, PhD Linda Troup, RN, BSN, CNOR, MEd, CDR, NC, USN Adelais G. Tsiotou, MD Sharon A. Van Wicklin, RN, MSN, CNOR, CRNFA, CPSN Nancy Vardaro, RN, MAS, CNOR Felicia Vaughn, RN, MSN Karen S. Ward, RN, MSN, PhD, COI Rosemarie Wheeler, RN, CNOR Anne White, RN, BSN, CNOR Karen Y. White, RN, MBA, CNOR Harriet Wichowski, PhD, RN Margo Winters, RN, BSN, CNOR LTC Thomas G. Winthrop, RN, MSN, CNOR, AN, USA Imelda Wright, RN Kesook Yoon, RN, MSN, CNOR Shuja Hussain Zahidani, BSc, BN, PG Cert Clinical Nursing

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