Cath Murphy PhD is a registered nurse currently  with the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses(ACORN) as the ACORN  Standards Manager. In that role, Cath is responsible for leading and overseeing the development and promotion of ACORNs professional standards, which currently includes but is not limited to the Standards for Perioperative Nursing in Australia (the Standards) now in their 16th edition, ACORN Professional Standards and the Practice Audit Tools (PATs).