Elizabeth Kingsbury, MS, RN, CNOR

Elizabeth (Beth) Kingsbury is passionate about patient safety. Her credentials encompass more than 39 years of perioperative professional nursing practice that has been dominated by caring for patients and families as well as establishing quality improvement initiatives throughout Boston Children's Hospital. She currently as a level III staff nurse and facilitator of patient safety and quality initiatives in the OR. In 2005, she was named the hospital “champion” for universal protocol and led a hospital wide implementation, and in 2009, she led the development and implementation of the Surgical Safety Checklist for the Operating Room and procedural areas. In 2020, she was a key steak holder in an interdisciplinary committee to revise the Surgical Safety Checklist and improve standardization of its use. 

After several years of preparation, Kingsbury launched a perioperative mentorship program in 2020 to help support and retain new nurses and improve job satisfaction. She joined the Cardiovascular and Critical Care Nursing Quality Improvement Science committee in 2022 and together they designed and built a perioperative dashboard. She has served on and led numerous committees and is a sought after and valued team contributor. These patient safety initiatives have led to multiple publications for AORN and presentations both locally and nationally. Several of her initiatives have also been recognized and honored including a safety video, posters, and an AORN writer’s award.