Joni M. Brady, MSN, RN, CAPA
Editor: American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses - Breathline
Start date: January 2006
Total number of years as Editor: Since 2006
Total number of years in INANE: 4
Position other than as an editor: "Global Connections" Columnist; Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Which editing accomplishment is the one about which you feel most proud?
Offering mentorship to never-published nurse writers.
What is the best thing about being an editor?
The continual learning and collegial relationships it affords.
What is the worst thing about being an editor?
The looming deadlines when life is jam-packed with other activities.
Tell an amusing story about editing.
This was an agonizing live-and-learn at the time, but seems funnier now that a decade passed. As a novice state nursing association newsletter editor, I requested clinical practice source material from an author because a relationship to a Joint Commission (JC) survey finding was mentioned. The author repeatedly promised to send the supporting document. With imminent out-of-state travel and a publishing deadline one day prior to the flight, I made a final call requesting the information and was reassured the supporting document was already in the mail. I warily accepted the author's promise that the facts were substantiated and the publication went to print. Several weeks later, after a particularly long managerial day, I returned to my office and retrieved a voicemail message. A gentleman from JC was requesting an immediate call-back ... You can probably guess the rest of the story!
Which three words would your colleagues use to describe you?
Humorous, dependable, process-oriented.
What would you like to do if you were not an editor?
Interior design.
How do you relax?
Travel and explore new places, garden, listen to music, meditate, take walks.