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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...

Sep 18, 20212 min read

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...

May 15, 20213 min read

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...

May 1, 20213 min read

Jennifer Nopoulos, MSN-Ed, RN, CPAN March 6, 2021 The peri-operative patient that is currently breast feeding their infant requires...

Mar 6, 20213 min read

7/25/2020 The AzPANA Mission is to serve as the PeriAnesthesia resource to advance nursing practice within the community through...

Jul 22, 20201 min read

Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN 6/28/2020 In the current peri-operative climate of utilizing multi-modal pain relief methods, local...

Jun 28, 20203 min read

Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN April 2020 Pulmonary edema from heart failure is a common pathology familiar to almost every RN, as...

Apr 26, 20202 min read

Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN December 2019 In pursuit of anesthetic agents that have a high safely profile and could possibly...

Dec 17, 20193 min read

Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN Although extremely rare, a sudden and progressive decline in cognitive functioning not attributable...

Dec 17, 20192 min read

Jennifer Nopoulos, MSNEd, RN, CPAN Buprenorphine (Subutex), and the combination drug Suboxone are prescribed by providers that have...

Dec 17, 20192 min read