Jane Rothrock, PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN
Editorial Board, Medscape Nursing;
Editor, Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery (since 2009)
First year of Editorial career - 1987
First year in INANE - 2008
Prior Editor position - Editorial Board, AORN Journal, 2006-2009
Which editing accomplishment is the one about which you feel most proud?
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery [book/Elsevier]
What is the best thing about being an Editor?
Legacy-leaving [values, perspectives, education]
What is the worst thing about being an Editor?
Working with authors who don't follow instructions or meet deadlines
Share an amusing story about editing.
In one of my first books, an outsourcing company that was working on fonts, etc., proudly told me that they had discovered a spelling error - they had changed the word "perioperative" to "preoperative" in the entire manuscript.
Which three words would your colleagues use to describe you?
Energized, caring, thoughtful
What is the strangest request a potential author has ever made of you?
If they could list the names of everyone who had reviewed their chapter as authors as they did not want to hurt anyone's feelings.
How do you relax?
Gardening, traveling with family