Anne Marie Herlehey
Biography and Election Statement
ANNE MARIE HERLEHY, RN, MS, CNOR, is an administrative director of perioperative services at Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. She earned her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Rush University, Chicago, and her master of science degree in nursing administration from De Paul University, Chicago. She is currently enrolled in a doctoral program in nursing practice at Rush University.
Herlehy has been a perioperative nurse for 15 years and a member of AORN for 11 years.
She is a member of
- AORN of Chicago (1998-present),
- the Illinois Council of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (1998-present),
- the Cardiothoracic Specialty Assembly (1998-present),
- the Educator/Clinical Nurse Specialist Specialty Assembly (1998-present),
- the Leadership Specialty Assembly (1998-present), and
- the Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty Assembly (2007-present).
Herlehy has attended Congress 10 times in the past 10 years, eight times as a delegate and once as an alternate.
Highlights of Herlehy's service to AORN include that she is
- a member of the Board of Directors (2006-present),
- a member of the Bylaws Committee (2006-present),
- Board liaison to the Recommended Practices Committee (2006-present),
- Board liaison to the Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty Assembly (2006-present),
- a member of the Board Chapter Visit Task Force (2007-present),
- a member of the AORN Journal review panel (2006-present), and
- a member of AORN of Chicago Nominating Committee (2006-present).
She was
- chair of the national Research Committee (2005-2006),
- chair of the Nurse Educator/Clinical Nurse Specialist Specialty Assembly (2005-2006), and
- chair of the Illinois Council of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (2004-2006).
Herlehy is
- a member of the American Nurses Association (2006-present), and
- an instructor/course director for the Department of Adult Health Nursing, Adult Critical Care at Rush University (1998-present).
She was a member of the
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital Institutional Review Board (2004-2006),
- NASA Space Nursing Society (2000-2006), and
- Perioperative Patient Safety Subcommittee, Metropolitan Chicago Health Care Consortium (2004-2006).
In her community, Herlehy has been
- a member of the Independent Women's Forum (1999-2006),
- an election judge (2000-2004), and
- a high school Career Day speaker (1998).
ELECTION STATEMENT.We consistently face daily challenges and opportunities in a rapidly evolving health care system, as perioperative nurses.
As practitioners, many of us struggle to provide the nursing care we know is right because of multiple constraints. But when we join efforts, we have the opportunity to change the world. Making a difference is why AORN exists. This opportunity to advance our profession is why we are willing to dedicate our time and talents and is why I am running for election.
Although nursing is faced with many external issues, some of the most important issues are domestic to our profession. AORN has had the responsibility of being the voice for a large number of nurses and the accountability of representing the true concerns of those nurses. I intend to represent the knowledgeable and judicious perioperative nurse, with the intent of acting as their advocate, representing the grassroots nurse in the boardroom with our
partners and legislators.
AORN charts the course to preserve our values of excellence in professional practice. Accomplishing this charge will allow future generations of perioperative nurses to better provide the care we became nurses to provide. While charting this course, we need leaders who understand all of our interests and needs and not just the interests of a few or the most vocal.
Patient safety, managing technological advances, legislative matters, and evidence based practice/research are at the crux of our profession. Like you, I want leaders who are concerned about my role in professional practice, taking all things into perspective.
We depend upon the leadership of AORN, as it has a strong legacy of establishing and protecting high standards for perioperative nursing. I am passionate about providing perioperative nurses with a solid foundation for practice, one that will allow them to adapt to the rapidly-changing technology in our advanced clinical settings. Not only do I want AORN to provide the road for nurses to travel to their destination, I want the membership to know how that road was built and how to use it to its full capacity.
I will serve the interest of the perioperative nurse and our Association in guiding the development of perioperative education, nursing research, and legislative policies with insight, enthusiasm, and thoughtful dedication.
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