PANANM

PANANM is honored to have collected 947 pounds of clothing as a fundraiser through Savers.
Thanks to all members who participated.

PANANM is proud to announce that Connie Hardy Tabet has been elected ASPAN 2021-2022 Vice President-Elect! Congratulations Connie! Connie has been serving as ASPAN Region One Director and is a past president of PANANM. We are excited about the positive changes that are certain to happen for the perianesthesia nurses and their patients!

Congratulations to elected ASPAN Board of Directors 2021-2023

Lori Silva: Treasurer

Research Director: Peggy Mc Neill

Region 1: Ronda Dyer

Region 3: Deb Moengan

Region 5: Keisha Frank’s

ASPAN Component Recognition by ABPANC

Congratulations PANANM is awarded the Shining Star award.

The award publicly recognizes ASPAN Components for supporting and encouraging CPAN and CAPA certification at the component level and is given by ABPANC.

Valerie Boatwright RN CAPA

PANANM Governmental Affairs

There is nothing like a pandemic to make us face unfortunate truths. It is what we choose to do about these exposed facts that will define our future. The United States is not where it needs to be in regards to healthcare and emergency preparedness.   Now our inadequacies are plain to see as we are challenged to deal with overwhelming odds to save lives. How did we get to this point? There is a lot of information out there that is hard to sift through. More importantly we should ask, “How can we overcome and prevent future public health failures of epic proportion?”

Nurses are in a unique position to affect change. We interact with the public every day, on and off the job. We know that citizens, friends, family and patients value our firsthand evidence-based knowledge of health matters. They look to us to provide our expert knowledge to help them decide how to be healthy and safe. In fact, we are obliged by our code of ethics, Provision 8.3 to “… educate the public; facilitate informed choice, identify conditions that contribute to illness, injury and disease; foster healthy life styles and participate in institutional and legislative efforts to protect and promote health” (Code of ethics,” 2015, p.32). More than ever it is clear that we must fulfill this obligation.

            It has come to light in our health care crisis that we depend on help from our municipal, state and federal government for action plans and resources that are crucial to saving lives. From where can we draw strength in affecting this? By being informed about what our elected legislators are supporting and what our government executives are approving nurses are equipped to use their collective voices to affect desperately needed change. We all need to dig deeper into what is happening at the legislative level. Echoing sound bites from various syndicated news shows offer very little of the details.  One way to educate ourselves is by taking advantage of our professional nursing organization. ASPAN Advocacy has resources providing tools to guide you in your action.  Please go to the websites below for information.

Vote and contact your representatives. Let them know what is needed. Together, our voice is a weapon promoting advocacy.

References

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. (2020). https://www.aspan.org/Resources/Advocacy

Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only

Concerned citizens for nuclear safety. (2020). http://nuclearactive.org/

How to contact your elected officials. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Lynda Lepp, RN, CPAN, CAPA Named 2020 Advocacy Award Recipient

Every year ABPANC recognizes a CPAN or CAPA certified nurse who exemplifies leadership as a patient advocate with its highest honor, the Advocacy Award.

Lynda Lepp sews bedrolls from recycled unused operating room materials

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NEVPANA: http://www.nevpana.org/ 
NPANA: http://www.npana.org/ 
PANAC: http://www.panac.org/ 
PANANM: http://www.pananm.org/ 
RMPANA: http://www.rmpana.nuringnetwork.com/ 
USPAN: http://www.uspan.nursingnetwork.com/  

Connie Hardy Tabet MSN RN CPAN CAPA FASPAN
ASPAN Regional Director – Region One
chardytabet@aspan.org

ASPAN’s Core Purpose: To empower and advance the unique specialty of perianesthesia nursing.

Core Values: C.A.R.E.S.: Courage, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence, Service

Compelling Vision: ASPAN will be distinguished as the premier organization for perianesthesia nursing excellence.

Region One Director News 2.6.2021

ASPAN Updates and Highlights

Hot off the presses, time to trade up and get your updated ASPAN 2021-2022 Perianesthesia Nursing Standard, Practice Recommendation’s and Interpretive Statements guideline.  By now, you have heard the ASPAN news of a virtual-only conference.  As disappointing as it is not engaging in person, the safety of members and the public is a priority in challenging decision-making. The virtual venue has pledged to ensure a positive interaction for attendees.  ASPAN has been busy working behind the scenes developing education, exploring innovative methods for connecting members, sharing information, and rekindling passion for our pereianesthesia practice.  ASPAN, AORN, AANA Taskforce is finishing the draft of a Whitepaper and seeks ASPAN Representative Assembly vote and approval for adopting the empowering Joint Position Statement.  Partnering with ASPAN is a grounding foundation to a magnificent organizational relationship; enhancing your connection to other members and sustaining your perianethesia professional passion.

Volunteerism Through Service

The term volunteerism has been chronicled as early as 1835; implies the act of volunteering personal time or abilities.¹  What does volunteering and service look like?  Serving your community of members, team, society and colleagues can have many benefits for yourself and impacts others beyond measure.  Lifelong friendship, team activities, and social interactions certainly nurture the soul while aiding common goals.  All team members are needed to champion and promote resilience and innovation for our national organization ASPAN, your regional components, districts, committees, and taskforces.

Volunteerism and service offer so much more than one would expect.  Voluminous reimbursements motivated via active social participation is essential through good deeds and serving.  Bigheartedly giving your time, energy, clinical expertise and commitment starts with you!  The reciprocity received as a result of volunteerism through service is incomparable.  Professional development, networking, connecting socially, career emphasis, or learning for self-interest are just a few examples of paying it forward.²

Understanding the potential each person can contribute impacts our own perianesthesia specialty practice.  We all have a cornucopia of knowledge, experience and impact that offer gains to advance many outcomes, quality of influence, and performance benchmarks within our own society.  Volunteer involvement is important to ASPAN, you are encouraged to give free time or talents, as we will all reap the awards of committed individuals.

I have had the privilege to serve on many ASPAN committees, strategic work teams, join the national table, as a board of director member for Region One and flourish from my member involvement.  Teambuilding, engagement and comradery are essential for non-profit organizations, including, ASPAN.  Generously offering to volunteer elevates skills, self-esteem, confidence, happiness, and well-being.  Please consider sharing your service, power, and adeptness to propel ASPAN’s compelling vision, core values, and purpose.  Join the acts of volunteerism through service, I promise it will be a win-win for one and all.

Kindly,

Connie

1. Volunteerism. Accessed February 6, 2021. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/volunteerism
2. Murimi MW. Volunteerism: a win-win undertaking. Journal of nutrition education and behavior. 2017;49(2):89-90. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2016.12.009