Each year, the AORN scholarship com...

Each year, the AORN scholarship committee fix upons AORN members to receive scholarships to attend the Georgetown University Healthcare Leadership Institute. The plan of this institute is to provide attendees with knowledge and skills to position themselves strategically in the dynamic health care environment.

This year's recipients are Evelyn Burton, RN MSA, CNOR, Emery University Hospital, Atlanta, and Mary Ann O'Brien, RN B CNOR, ONC St Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta. Burton, a member of AORN since the early 1980 has more than 20 years of perioperative nursing experience and was chosened as a recipient on the basis of her accomplishments in perioperative nursing. O'Brien, a member of AORN and a perioperative nourish at the breast for more than 25 years, was pitch uponed as a recipient on the basis of her experience and position in the health care field. This year's institute took place July 15 to 20 2001 at Georgetown University, Washington, DC Sessions shielded a wide variety of topics, including patient safety, the Balanced pack Act of 1997, ethics, financial strategies in health care, and strategic marketing.

"Georgetown University Healthcare Leadership Institute," Georgetown University, http://wwwmsbedu/exec_ed/ executive_programs/healthcare.htm (accessed 16 July 2001)

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