Carole “Gert” Mayes
Biography
Dr. Carole “Gert” Mayes is the Nursing Professional Development Specialist for Perioperative Services & Endoscopy, co-Chair of the Institutional Review Board, and per diem operating room staff nurse at Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC) in Vermont. Gert previously had been a perioperative nurse employed as the Operating Room (OR) and Sterile Processing Clinical Educator for over 10 years and the facility Institutional Review Board Coordinator for 5 years. She earned her PhD in Nursing from The Catholic University of America in 2019. She has facilitated multiple quality improvement projects. In addition to multiple poster presentations at the Association of PeriOperative Nursing’s annual expo, she has presented research findings as a podium presentation at the 2022 AORN Expo and at the 2022 Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Conference. In 2020, she published her study A Grounded Theory of Intraoperative Team Members’ Decision Making Regarding Surgical Attire Guideline Adherence and Factors Influencing Perioperative Nurse Turnover: A Classic Grounded Theory Study in the AORN Journal. Currently, she serves as the eChapter’s Secretary and as the ad hoc Research & Evidence-Based Practice Support Committee’s Chair. She also serves as the Secretary of Sigma Theta Tau Omega Mu Chapter. Perioperative nursing and enhancing the evidence behind the nursing specialty and nursing in general continue to be her lifelong passion.
Research Interest
Surgical Attire Guideline Adherence Decision-making in the United States