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Nell Panten has over 30 years of experience in perioperative clinical nursing and nursing leadership in both non-profit and for-profit healthcare systems. She has served as Director of Nursing for the Surgical Division in a major teaching institution in the Northeast and as CNO at a 458-bed trauma center in Maryland. Nell has experience in multiple process redesign efforts at teaching and non-teaching facilities. In addition, she has multiple years of experience in new construction and redesign of existing healthcare facilities. Her expertise includes perioperative leadership, mentoring, new program development, strategic planning, cost containment, and transformational changes associated with quality improvement and safety initiatives. Nell is a member of the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). She maintains membership in the Business Industry Consulting (BIC) and Leadership Specialty Assemblies through AORN. She is a member of the Association of Nurse Executives (AONE), National League for Nursing (NLN) and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing where she is involved in clinical research surrounding evidence-based nursing in the PeriOperative arena. Nell completed her Lean Healthcare Certification from Villanova University.