AORN Member Spotlight! 

Meet our amazing Chapter Vice President, Rene Bates, RN, BSN 

Director of Surgery at Tennessee Valley Eye Center

25 years in perioperative nursing

Loves: Patient advocacy

Favorite specialty: Ophthalmology

Outside of work: lake days, camping, beach travel, & roller skating!

Rene says, “It will take a while to get it all!” — great advice for new OR nurses. 

We’re so grateful for Rene’s leadership and the relationships she’s built through AORN.