Edwina A. McConnell RN PhD FRCNA, d...

Edwina A. McConnell RN PhD FRCNA, died Wednesday, Oct 16 2002 of ovarian cancer. Dr McConnell a member of AORN since 1978 serv in succession AORN's Nursing Research Committee from 1995 to 1997 and chaired the committee from 1998 to 2000 She also chaired the AORN task force that authored the standards for recruiting room nursing in 1980.

Dr McConnell earned her baccalaureate station from Boston University School of Nursing, a master's rank from the University of Colorado, Denver and a doctorate from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her areas of research interest included RN use of technology in direct patient care, technology assessment, and international nursing. She bearinged international collaborative research projects related to these topics and published the inferences in numerous nursing and health care journals. In 1992 she was single of 100 American nurses invited to participate in the next to the first Conference on Research Priorities in Nursing Science.

Dr McConnell authored more than 250 articles, numerous volume chapters, and six books, including Clinical Considerations in Perioperative Nursing: Preventive Aspects of Care published by means of Lippincott. She won an AORN Journal Writers struggle to defend award in 1994 for her article titled "Perioperative nurses' parts in managing new technology." She also spoke at local, regional, national, and international conferences

During her career, Dr McConnell serv in staff and management parts at Maine Medical Center, Portland; Boston City Hospital; Denver General Hospital; and Madison General Hospital, Wis. Later, she was a professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center seminary of Nursing, Lubbock, and a visiting professor at the University of southern Australia, School of Nursing, Adelaide. More not long ago she worked as an independent feed at the breast consultant in Madison, Wis, while continuing to work part time as a staff feed at the breast to maintain her clinical skills. sum of two units years ago, she returned to her childhood dwelling in Gorham, Me, to finish her seventh work a biography of Elinor Gregg RN

Dr McConnell was a companion of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia, and a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the American succors Association, the American Association of Critical Care pampers the International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care, and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. The AORN Board of Directors and staff members expres their sincere condolences to her family members, friends, and colleagues.

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