AORN chapter 4301 - East Tennessee Region

02/08/2026

✨AORN Member Spotlight: Holly Frederick, BSN, CNOR ✨

🏥Holly is a Circulator at KOSC and also serves as a contract writer for EBSCO, creating perioperative nursing skills and CE content.
😷With 15 years in perioperative nursing, she brings experience, leadership, and a passion for teamwork to the OR every day.
📚Her advice to new OR nurses? Don’t be afraid to step outside your comfort zone.
Holly loves the collaborative spirit of the OR, especially in orthopedics.
⚽️Outside of work, you’ll find her running, playing soccer, and spending time with family and friends.
🩺Fun fact: she has two sisters in the medical field — one in physical therapy and one who is a physician!
Thank you, Holly, for all you do for perioperative nursing! 💙

02/01/2026

Make your plans now to attend the AORN chapter 4301 meeting on March 5! Food, fun, and education with our OR peeps!

01/19/2026

Did you know?

Stevie Wonder helped build national support for making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday. In the early 80s, his song “Happy Birthday” and public advocacy brought widespread attention to the cause, contributing to the holiday’s establishment in 1983.

At AORN, diversity, equity, and inclusion are part of our nursing ethics and guide how we support perioperative nurses, patients, and communities. These values strengthen safer surgery and better outcomes for all.

Today, we honor that legacy by continuing the work — leading with integrity, compassion, and a commitment to equitable care in every perioperative setting.

01/17/2026

🌟AORN Member Spotlight 🌟

Meet Annatasia Myers, BSN, RN — a dedicated Circulator, Robot Coordinator, and proud AORN Chapter 4301 Board Member!

Annatasia works at Blount Memorial Hospital (Prisma Health) and has been caring for patients in perioperative nursing for 6 years. Her journey into the OR was inspired by a supportive PACU manager and encouragement from the OR staff—and she hasn’t looked back since.
👩‍⚕️ Favorite part of the OR: Watching surgeries
🤖 Specialty areas: General surgery & robotics
🏆 Recognition: Marigold Award recipient
📚 Education: BSN
When asked what advice she’d give to a new OR nurse, Anastasia keeps it simple and wise: “Take notes.”
💙 What AORN means to her: Education, community, and yummy food!
🌿 Outside of work: Hiking and spending time with her kids
We’re grateful for Annatasia’s leadership, passion for perioperative nursing, and service on the Chapter 4301 Board. Thank you for all you do for our patients and our AORN community!

01/17/2026

WARNING!!!!! If you receive an email that looks like it’s from Jennifer Parrott. Please don’t fall for it! It is a scam. She would never send out emails asking for money. If you look at the address at the top, it is definitely not hers. Please delete!

01/14/2026

Congratulations to Prisma Health Blount Memorial’s Mackenzie Lamon! She passed her CNOR yesterday. 🎉🙌🥳

01/01/2026

12/27/2025

We look forward to seeing you at our next chapter meeting sponsored by Arthrex!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas to all!

Photo credit: The Operating Room Global

12/24/2025

Pressure injuries are a known complication during surgery, especially in patients positioned laterally under general anesthesia.

This study investigated the relationship between preoperative transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and postoperative skin injuries in patients undergoing thoracoscopic pneumonectomy.

https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aorn.14441

Article: Preoperative Cutaneous Conditions and Postoperative Skin Injuries in Patients Undergoing Surgery in the Lateral Decubitus Position: A Prospective Cohort Study

Authors: Kentaro Hara, PhD, RN, PHN; Sotaro Takami, BSN, RN; Takahiro Uemura, BSN, RN; Reika Tachibana, BSN, RN; Ryosuke Kumashiro, MSN, RN; Ayaka Yuge, BSN, RN; Koichiro Shimoyama, MD, PhD; Koichi Tomoshige, MD, PhD; Michiko Yamaguchi, MD, PhD; Masaki Fujioka, MD, PhD; and Tsutomu Tagawa, MD, PhD

12/18/2025

Prisma Health Blount Memorial Hospital Perioperative services held their Christmas party today. Oh what fun!!! 🎄🎅🤶🎉🥳

12/16/2025

Fitting Christmas tree 🌲 for an operating room! Happiest of holidays everyone 🎅🤶