Perioperative Nurse
Hospital Vall d'Hebrón ( Servei Català de la Salut), Spain
Education
o Registered Nurse (RN), Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), June 1998.
o Postgraduate degree in Surgical Nursing, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), June 1999.
o Postgraduate degree in Emergency, Disaster and Crisis Management, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), June 2005.
o Master’s degree in Surgical Nursing, Universitat Barcelona (UB), May 2008.
o Master’s degree in innovation and research in nursing, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona (UAB), June 2014.
o Master’s degree in health management, Universitat Internacional Catalunya (UIC), October 2017.
o PhD Student in Health Education, Universitat Internacional Catalunya (UIC), 2020-2026.
Conventions
o Espuñes E. (presenter): “Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia”, Rhodes Island, European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA) (May 2017).
o Espuñes E. (presenter): “Economics costs of a best practice in OR: preventing inadvertent intraoperative hypothermia”, European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA) (May 2019).
o Espuñes E. (poster presenter): “A Spanish translation and validation of the Bedside Shivering Assessment Scale” and its psychometrics properties in the postoperative period”, AORN Global Conference, Sant Antonio, Texas. April 2023.
o Espuñes E. (poster presenter): “Thermal care bundle and its impact on body temperature, shivering and comfort during surgery, preliminary results. AORN global conference Nashville, Tennessee, March 2024.
o Espuñes E. (Moderator), AORN Global Conference, Boston, Massachusetts April 2025.
Work experience
Perioperative Nurse, (Barcelona):
• Scrub & circulating nurse
• Internship adviser
• Researcher
• Quality Committee member
Perioperative Nurse, Hospital Vall Hebrón (Barcelona)
• Scrub & circulating nurse
University Professor in Nursing, Universitat Gimbernat*, UAB (Barcelona) and Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)
• Lecturer
• Coordinator of the Postgraduate degree in Surgical Nursing *
• Coordinator and author of textbook: “Postgraduate degree in Surgical Nursing Handbook”, Trivium Collection, (UAB), 2012*.
Management and leadership
Board Member: European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA), Spanish Perioperative Nursing Association - Asociación Española Enfermería Quirúrgica-(AEEQ), and International Federation Perioperative Nurses (IFPN)