1. Angela Smith Collins has more than 30 years of experience in nursing, the past 13 years as an advanced practice nurse. She is an associate professor of nursing at the Capstone College of Nursing in Tuscaloosa, Ala, where she teaches pharmacology, critical care nursing, and peri-operative nursing. She holds APN certification as a medical-surgical clinical nurse specialist and as a critical care clinical nurse specialist.
2. Marie Garner has more than 30 years of experience in perioperative nursing, working as a staff nurse, a team leader, a nurse manager, and director of perioperative services. She is currently the education director and safety officer at the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. She has additional expertise in clinical problem solving and in operating room construction, renovation, and relocation, and she is an expert in change theory and productivity measures.