Lois Hamlin, RN, BN, MN (NEd.) DNurs. OT cert., ICU cert, FRCNA, FCN, Foundation Fellow ACORN
Member, Editorial Boards of:
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Journal, Journal of Perioperative Practice (JPP) and Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) Journal
Start date: 2007, 2006 & 1998 respectively
Editor Position prior to current editorial position: Editor, ACORN Journal: 2005-2007
Total number of years as Editor: Since 2004 (5 years)
Total number of years in INANE: Since 2005 (4 years)
If you hold a position other than as an editor, please list it here:
Position: Senior Lecturer & Coordinator, Perioperative courses
Institution: University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Dates: Since 1994
Which editing accomplishment is the one about which you feel most proud?
- Author & Chief Editor, Perioperative Nursing: An Introductory Text, the first Australasian perioperative nursing textbook (BUT….I also see lots of things needing fixing, editorially, too!)
What is the best thing about being an editor?
Helping colleagues get published.
What is the worst thing about being an editor?
Some of the stuff you read - the quality of written expression these days is a damming indictment of our primary and secondary education systems!!
Tell an amusing story about editing.
I'll have to think about this one.
Which three words would your colleagues use to describe you?
Energetic, Driven, O/C
What is the strangest request a potential author has ever made of you?
I'll have to think about this one, too!
What would you like to do if you were not an editor?
Complete a BA majoring in English Literature
How do you relax?
Swimming, yoga, walkings