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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...
Arizona AzPANA
Mar 6, 20213 min read
Scholarship Opportunities
7/25/2020 The AzPANA Mission is to serve as the PeriAnesthesia resource to advance nursing practice within the community through...
Arizona AzPANA
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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...
Arizona AzPANA
Jun 28, 20203 min read
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...
Arizona AzPANA
Apr 26, 20202 min read
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...
Arizona AzPANA
Dec 17, 20193 min read
Postanesthesia care of patients being ruled out for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN Although extremely rare, a sudden and progressive decline in cognitive functioning not attributable...
Arizona AzPANA
Dec 17, 20192 min read
“Buprenorphine (Subutex) and the combination drug Suboxone in the Perianesthesia setting.”
Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN Buprenorphine (Subutex), and the combination drug Suboxone are prescribed by providers that have...
Arizona AzPANA
Dec 17, 20192 min read
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