NYC chapter National candidate introduction and CE: Perioperative Nurses as Policy Influencers: Turning Expertise into Action
Webinar/Online
Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 6:00pm ET - 8:00pm ET
policyInfo
Topic
Health policy
Credits Offered
This event offers
1.0 CE credit
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation..
Additional Information
This event will start with AORN National candidates providing a brief statement and be followed by
Perioperative Nurses as Policy Influencers: Turning Expertise into Action a one contact hour presentation by Rebecca Vortman
Speakers
AORN National Board of Directors, Candidate-AORN Secretary. Thought leader in perioperative nursing; Experienced educator in DNP Leadership Program with an enviable publication record
Dr. Rebecca Vortman is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago teaching Doctor of Nursing Practice courses for the Population Health Nursing Science department in the Health Systems Leadership Program, and serves as a Perioperative Education Consultant. Dr. Vortman has over fourteen years of experience in perioperative nursing, education, and leadership. She is recognized as an international, national, and regional leader and expert in perioperative nursing and is a national board member for AORN. Her policy focus is on workplace safety initiatives and surgical plume evacuation practices. She has disseminated her scholarly work through publications and presentations at the local, regional, and national levels. She co-led an Illinois-based grassroots coalition to successfully pass a surgical plume evacuation law in Illinois. She received a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Illinois Chicago. She is certified as an operating room nurse (CNOR) through the Competency and Credentialing Institute and holds a nurse executive advanced certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.