Board of Directors

The purposes of this Association Chapter are to:

Unite registered professional perioperative nurses for the purpose of maintaining an Association chapter, dedicated to promoting the highest professional standards of perioperative nursing practice for the optimal care of the patient before, during and after operative and other invasive procedures:
Provide opportunities for continuous professional development, including diversified educational activities:
Generate, evaluate and disseminate scientific evidence to improve professional perioperative practice:
Provide leadership in professional perioperative practice to influence health care delivery locally, nationally, and globally:
Lawfully cooperate with other professional associations, health care facilities, universities, industries, technical societies, research organizations and governmental agencies in matters affecting the foregoing purposes of the Association:
Lawfully adopt policies and conduct programs for the improvement of professional perioperative practice, provided the policies and programs are consistent with the following requirements: the Association and chapter is not organized for profit and no part of its earnings inure to individuals.
Hold local chapter meetings, which foster the purposes of the Association and Chapter.