AORN Research Priorities & Advisory Group

Each year, the appointed Research Advisory Group reviews the AORN Research Priorities and reaffirms them or presents proposed revisions to the AORN Board of Directors for approval.

The following have been identified as priority areas for research:

Perioperative nursing care that contributes to quality, cost-effective patient outcomes related to safety, physiological integrity, and behavioral responses.
Monitoring and reporting systems that influence health and safety issues that affect perioperative nurses and patients.
Continuous review of the literature to reveal evidence-based practice references.
Data elements from perioperative nursing leadership management addressing recruitment/retention, resource management, effective teams, disruptive behavior, and conflict resolution.

AORN committees are appointed by the AORN President-elect each year and serve a term of one year beginning at AORN's annual Congress and terminating at Congress the following year.

2007 - 2008 Research Advisory Group

Debra Pilling Hastings, RN, PhD, CNOR, Chair
Sharon Jimison, RN, MSN, MBA, CNOR
Lady Susan Bell, RN, BSN, MBA/MHA
Aileen Killen, RN, PhD, CNOR
Leslie Furlow, RN, PhD, CFNP
Victoria Steelman, RN, PhD, CNOR
Anne Marie Herlehy, Board Liaison

AORN Committee Staff Support

Robin Chard, PhD, RN, CNOR, Staff Consultant
Twilla Barlow, Staff Liaison
Janet Knox, Administrative Support
Margi Stewart, AORN Librarian