Joni M. Brady DNP, RN-BC, CAPA

Born to a Canadian mom, American dad, and family life that crossed national borders, Joni now serves as Chair for the International Collaboration of PeriAnaesthesia Nurses, Inc. (ICPAN www.icpan.org) Transitional Board of Directors. She earned a nursing diploma in New York (USA) and began professional life in the intensive care unit. An affinity for critically ill postoperative surgical patient care led to recovery room specialization, with a subsequent focus on perianaesthesia and perioperative pain management practice for most of her career. In 2015, she received a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree in Nursing Administration from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia (USA). This published work explored the role of formal education with mentorship in the promotion of clinical nurses’ evidence-based practice adoption across a multi hospital health care system. Joni holds board certification in pain management and ambulatory perianaesthesia nursing. Being in a military service family, she moved about Asia, North America and Europe over three decades; ICPAN involvement began in Europe in 2009. Dr. Brady advocates for expansion of clinical nurse education and mentorship and interprofessional perioperative care team collaboration to improve knowledge and partnership that positively contributes to local and global surgical quality and patient safety.