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PeriOperative Nurse Educator
Self Employed
Snellville, Georgia, United States
Brenda C. Ulmer,MN,RN,CNOR,FAORN is a perioperative nurse educator with expert knowledge of energy-based devices including the hazards of surgical smoke. Additional experience includes accreditation and credentialing processes along with preparation and presentation of educational programs.
Ulmer’s work history includes the Global Director, Professional Education for Valleylab Energy-based Devices, Director of Surgical Services at Northlake Regional Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as staff and charge positions at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
An active member of AORN, Ulmer served 3 terms on the Board of Directors, and national President 2000-2001. From 1989 to 1994 Ulmer served on the Certification Board Perioperative Nursing, and as president 1990-91 and 1993-94. Since 1995 she has worked with AORN, OSHA, NIOSH, ANA, physicians and nurses to facilitate workplace safety guidelines on smoke evacuation. She served as AORN representative to SAGES Fundamental Use of Energy in Surgery Committee during the development of their electrosurgery certification exam. She was the Subject Matter Expert on AORN’s Go Clear program. Current committee work is the Legislative Chair for the Georgia Council of Perioperative Nurses, which has resulted in 2 smoke evacuation bills for the 2022 legislative session.
At AORN Congress in 2006 Ms. Ulmer was awarded AORN’s highest honor, the Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing. Ulmer is a 2020 inductee into AORN’s FAORN (Fellow Association of periOperative Registered Nurses).
Ms. Ulmer has presented programs on patient safety and nursing issues throughout the world. Her 1983 book, Ambulatory Surgery: A Guide to Perioperative Nursing Care is one of the first on outpatient surgery.. She has published in nursing journals with contributions to 11 textbooks. She authored Self Study Guides on Electrosurgery, Surgical Smoke, MIS and Ultrasonics, and is co-editor of the textbook published in 2009 entitled Competency for Safe Patient Care During Operative and Invasive Procedures.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CDT
Friday, March 25, 2022