Daphne Stannard, PhD, RN, CNS, NPD-BC, FCCM

Dr. Daphne Stannard has over 25 years of clinical experience in critical care and periAnesthesia nursing. She currently works as an associate professor, teaching medical-surgical/critical care nursing and EBP. 

She has served in a variety of roles, including as a direct care nurse in adult ICUs and adult and pediatric PACUs, as well as the periAnesthesia clinical nurse specialist at the UCSF Medical Center. She has also held the role of chief nurse researcher and director of the Institute for Nursing Excellence at UCSF Medical Center. On the academic side, she’s an associate adjunct professor at the University of Adelaide in Australia and associate professor emerita at the School of Nursing at San Francisco State University.

Throughout her career, Dr. Stannard has been very involved in professional organizations, including AORN, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN), and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). She also serves as a peer reviewer for the AORN Journal.