What's New in Your World?In traveling around the country, presenting at meetings and conferences, we’ve had the privilege of meeting and talking with many of you. Now we’d like to hear from you! What would you like to share with the NBSTSA and your peers? You have stories,
and a passion for your profession that we would love to hear about. These stories may be about your career experiences, about your OR, or about other CSTs and CSFAs that you’d like the world to know about! So send us your human interest pieces, tell us about your unusual hobbies that make you tick, or share with us a tribute to someone who’s had a great impact on your life or profession. Please email us at scrubbuzz@nbstsa.org along with expressed permission to share. Keep an eye out for future issues, you may get published! We look forward to celebrating you, your profession, and all of the amazing things each of you do on a daily basis!
CST SpotlightWe are excited to announce the addition of Gemma Fournier, CST, MSN, RN, FAST, to our Board of Directors.Ms. Fournier is Surgical Technology Coordinator and Professor at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, New York.
She has been a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST), and a member of the Association of Surgical Technology (AST) for the past 25 years, and is a New York State Registered Nurse.
Gemma is currently serving as the NYAST President and delegate. She has also served as the NYAST Vice-President and Secretary and has been a member of their Board of Directors. She is also serving on the Council of Surgical & Perioperative Safety Board of Directors (CSPS) as an AST representative.
In the past, Gemma has been the Chairperson and a member of the AST Education and Professional Standards Committee (ESPC). She has also served as the AST representative on the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Global Surgical Conference Education Advisory Committee.
Gemma earned her Associates degree in Applied Sciences/Surgical Technology from NCCC, her Bachelors Degree in Nursing from Niagara University and her Masters in Nursing from the University of Phoenix.
Among her accomplishments she has received the Fellows of Surgical Technologists (FAST) Award, the AST Didactic Educators Award and the State of New York (SUNY) Chancellors Excellence in Teaching Award from NCCC.
She is a member of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and sits on the Lewiston Porter Central School District Board of Education.
Ms. Fournier is also a former member of the NBSTSA CST Exam Review Committee. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our Board of Directors and we are happy to welcome her.
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AST's Surgical Technology Conference: Lake Buena Vista, FL, May 31–June 2, 2018. Attending: Tinesha Moore, Kelly Boyle, Nicole Robbins, Linda Stewart
OR Manager: Nashville, TN, September 17–19, 2018. Attending: Lia Byrd
OR Excellence: Fort Lauderdale, FL, October 1–5, 2018. Attending: Kelly Boyle, Linda Stewart
ASHRM: Nashville, TN, October 7–10, 2018. Attending: Nicole Robbins
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