LED Safety in the Operating Room

Heather D Kooiker is Mastered prepared, board-certified Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) who holds a Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) certificate along with a Certification as an RN First Assistant (CRNFA). Heather is currently full-time nursing faculty for an area University where she oversees the Perioperative Clinical Program and is teaching evidence-based practice to the new generation of nurses. Heather is also a clinical consultant, sharing her knowledge and expertise with medical manufactures through her small consulting company. Heather maintains her clinical edge by working as a CRNFA for an ambulatory plastic surgery center. The foundation of Heather’s knowledge has been built through her 25 years of surgical services work. Heather specializes in gap analysis, policy and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, nursing-sensitive indicators, quality benchmarking, risk assessment and identification, patient safety, and collaboration through the empowerment of the front-line staff, in order to successfully implement change. Heather has published her work and presented her work nationwide and is truly an expert in the surgical field. Heather is the current president of her local AORN chapter and is active with the ANA mentoring program, CCI CNOR coaching program and most recently has joined the Board of Directors for the National Assistant at Surgery Certification (NASC).