Linda P. Voyles, RN, BSN, CNOR

Current Position:

Peroperative Clinical Educator
Banner Estrella Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Experience:

Perioperative RN since 1976. Experience since 1975 as staff RN in OR, ICU, and PACU, staff educator, AORN Periop 101 instructor, OR clinical manager, Perioperative Nursing Director. Nurse Consultant for Kimberly-Clark Corp: education and training in OR cost containment, product utilization, and trouble-shooting sterile processing concerns in SPD.

Author (book):
"Simply Successful Surgery: a holistic approach to conventional procedures." 2005. Second Edition released December, 2007.

Awards:
Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing, Santa Rosa, CA, 2006.
Nominee for Nursing Spectrum Nurse-of-the-Month, 2006.

Speaking Engagements:

• AORN Congress 2005: "Holistic Care: Possible in the OR?"
  
• AORN Congress 2008: "How Do You Follow Your Dreams and Still Keep Your Job?"
  
• University of California San Francisco Medical School Annual Integrative Medicine Conference 2005, 2006. "Holistic Surgical Care"
  
• American Holistic Nurses Association, North Bay chapter fall conference: "The Use of Mandalas in the Reduction of Patient Anxiety." And "10 Ways to Personal Balance in the Busy Healthcare Professional."
  
• AORN San Francisco Chapter Spring Conference: "Accomplish Your Dreams While Keeping Your Job."

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