President's Message

Abstract

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses’ (AORN) Past President, Jeannie Botsford, cites Tecker for a definition of strategic planning as “the process of identifying key activities and innovative occurrences that will guide and move the organization forward”.1 The ORNAC leaders of the past laid the foundation for the organization’s success through strategic planning. Your current leaders, recognizing the importance of the strategic planning activity, began the formal process in August 2010. The Executive and representatives of the provinces and affiliate groups examined the external realities affecting the association and reviewed the internal strengths that the provincial members bring to the profession.