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Region 1 PreConference Update
Save the date for ASPAN's 44th National Conference April 27-May 1st, 2025, in Dallas, TX By Ronda Dyer, MSN, BSPA, RN, CPAN, CAPA, ASPAN...
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Apr 42 min read
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Advocacy Day at the Capitol
The Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix Thursday, February 27, 2025, 9:00AM The Arizona Capitol - 1700 W. Washington St. Phoenix Registration...
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Jan 72 min read
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PeriAnesthesia Certification Study Group
Are you interested in CPAN and/or CAPA Certification? Would you like to join a study group to assist you? If so, please join us for an...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read
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Scholarship Opportunities
Each year the AzPANA Board of Directors allocates money for scholarships to assist AzPANA members in attending educational seminars,...
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Dec 2, 20241 min read
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ThanksGiving Season
As we enter the season of giving and being thankful, I wanted to share a couple of things that I am thankful for. I am thankful for my...
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Nov 27, 20241 min read
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Willingness to Serve
Greetings AzPANA members, AzPANA leadership is made up of volunteers from all different aspects of the PeriAnesthesia profession. We...
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Nov 17, 20241 min read
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New Drugs - New Problems
Jennifer Nopoulos MSNEd, RN, CPAN 1/13/2024 The media has been recently saturated with information about new medications formulated for...
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Jan 13, 20243 min read
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After the ABCs, skin?
Jennifer Nopoulos MSNEd, RN, CPAN 3/12/2023 It is well known to hospital peri-operative nurses the importance of preventing health care...
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Mar 13, 20233 min read
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Blasts from the Past
We were cleaning house a bit on our storage and found some old newsletters, photos, etc.. and thought it may be nice to share with our...
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Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Administration of sub-cutaneous anticoagulants During the Peri-operative Period
Jennifer Nopoulos MSNEd, RN, CPAN Amongst the vital information upon which I focused during anesthesia provider handoff; anticoagulant...
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Dec 29, 20223 min read
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Verbal Orders in the Peri-operative Setting
Jennifer Nopoulos MSNEd, RN, CPAN Verbal and telephone orders communicated from a provider to a RN have long been acceptable, necessary,...
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Aug 16, 20223 min read
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An invitation to become a member of the AzPANA Board of Directors....
An invitation to become a member of the AzPANA Board of Directors....
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Mar 18, 20221 min read
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The National Crisis in Nurse Staffing
Everyone talked about the upcoming nurse shortage well before COVID-19 came to our doors. The workforce shortages are creating...
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Sep 18, 20212 min read
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Recommendations for Care of the Surgical Patient who has Diabetes Mellitus Part 2
By Olivia Marsh MS There are two common pathways on how your patient will arrive to the preoperative area on the day of surgery. Patient...
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May 15, 20213 min read
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Recommendations for Care of the Surgical Patient who has Diabetes Mellitus - Part 1
By Olivia Marsh MSN RN With 10.5% of the US population or 34.2 million people of all ages reported as having diabetes by the National...
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May 1, 20213 min read
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Breastfeeding and the Perianesthesia Patient
Jennifer Nopoulos, MSN-Ed, RN, CPAN March 6, 2021 The peri-operative patient that is currently breast feeding their infant requires...
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Mar 6, 20213 min read
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Scholarship Opportunities
7/25/2020 The AzPANA Mission is to serve as the PeriAnesthesia resource to advance nursing practice within the community through...
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Jul 22, 20201 min read
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Recognition and treatment of Local Anesthetic Toxicity
Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN 6/28/2020 In the current peri-operative climate of utilizing multi-modal pain relief methods, local...
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Jun 28, 20203 min read
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Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema in the PACU
Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN April 2020 Pulmonary edema from heart failure is a common pathology familiar to almost every RN, as...
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Apr 26, 20202 min read
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Dexmedetomidine (Precedex) has demonstrated less delirium than the commonly used benzodiazepines
Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN December 2019 In pursuit of anesthetic agents that have a high safely profile and could possibly...
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Dec 17, 20193 min read
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