Patricia C. Seifert, MSN, RN, CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN
Editor-in-Chief, AORN Journal July 1, 2008
Prior Editor Position: Consulting Editor, Perioperative Nursing Clinics (Elsevier), 2005-July 2008
Years as Editor: Since 2005
Years in INANE: Since 2006
Other Position: Education Coordinator, Cardiovascular Operating Room, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, 2001-present
Accomplishment: Initiating a "Patient Education" page (February 2009, AORN Journal). Initiating a how-to technology column, “Tapping into Technology"
Best: Helping novice writers to become authors.
Worst: Dealing with multiple author/courtesy author issues.
Amusing: We are not amused by ghost authors, late revisions, lack of required permissions, grossly outdated material; we are amused by novices who don’t believe in their own value and then go on to demonstrate it-much to their surprise and satisfaction.
3 words: Curious, candid, patient.
Strangest request: Review the Journal to see if a topic (she was interested in) has been published.
If not editor?: Teach
Relax?: Movies, books, period doll house rooms, staring at the ocean