Stephanie Thomson

Nurse Practitioner, Adult Perioperative Care

Stephanie is a Nurse Practitioner in adult perioperative care at Southern Cross Hospital in Rotorua. The majority of her 30 years of nursing experience has been in critical care and surgical nursing. A lot of her nursing experience has been in the United States of America, where she has also worked in the quality and risk management department at a large tertiary care hospital.

Stephanie has also worked as a medical ethics consultant for many years and was fortunate enough to undergo ethics training at Georgetown University, Washington DC. Currently she is serving a 3 year term on the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee. POMRC is an independent mortality review committee that advises the Health Quality & Safety Commission on how to reduce the number of perioperative deaths in New Zealand. Its aim is to reduce these deaths and improve the quality of the health system and, outcomes for patients. She is a strong patient advocate and is passionate about the role that nursing plays in ensuring that patients have optimal outcomes.