Staff Development Educator, Leadership & Talent Development
White Plains Hospital
Orissa Kumar, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNE, has been a perioperative nurse for nearly a decade before transitioning to her current role as Staff Development Educator at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY. As a perioperative nurse, she was the service line leader for Gynecological Surgery and Robotic surgery coordinator. She assisted the ANM with autologous tissue compliance and audits. In 2020, Orissa was the recipient of AORN's Article of the Year for co-writing "Implementing an OR Contact Precautions Decision Algorithm to Promote Interprofessional Teamwork for Infection Prevention." She is a current DNP student at Capella University. Orissa's passions include improving workflow processes and increasing retention rates for surgical nurses.