CPAN & CAPA CERTIFICATION REVIEW COURSE, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2023, 8:00 AM-4:45 PM

                                        THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSES

             CPAN & CAPA CERTIFICATION REVIEW COURSE

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2023

8:00 AM - 4:45 PM

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE VIA ZOOM

 

Accreditation: This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This continuing nursing education individual activity was approved for 8.00 contact hours.  

 Learning Outcome: To provide perianesthesia nurses with the knowledge, confidence and test taking skills necessary to obtain specialty certification.

 Target Audience: All perianesthesia nurses

 Disclosure Statement:  All planners and presenters at nursing continuing education activities are required to disclose to the audience any significant financial relationships with manufacturer(s) of any commercial products, goods or services.  Such disclosures will be made in writing in the course presentation materials and verbally at the start of the conference.

 Registration Information: On-line (only) registration is available @ www.maspan.org

 

MASPAN MEMBERS	$89
ASPAN COMPONENT MEMBERS	$99
NON-ASPAN MEMBERS	$159

 

Registration includes a printed course binder which will be [snail] mailed to each attendee 

 

Registration Details

• On-line registration @ maspan.org
• Deadlines:
  • Registration requests after January 24th subject to an additional $25 S&H fee
  • Refund requests subject to a $15 processing fee if binder has been mailed
  • No refunds after January 25th.
  • No registrations will be accepted after Sunday January 29th
• Please provide your current MAILING address when registering. MASPAN is not responsible verifying your mailing address.
• Please verify that your email address is correct ~ conference access information will be sent via the email address entered during registration.

 

MASPAN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL FOR LOW ENROLLMENT.

A FULL REFUND WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE EVENT OF COURSE CANCELLATION.

 

Agenda*

 

7:15                 Registration opens via Zoom

7:50                 Welcome and introduction     

8:00                 Introduction to Certification

8:15                 Anesthesia Review

09:15               Regional Anesthesia

9:45                 Break 

10:00               Preoperative Preparation

10:30               Anesthesia Complications

12:15               Break

12:30               Perianesthesia Pharmacology

13:00               Special Populations and Special Concerns

13:30               Break

13:45               Surgical Specialties

15:15               Discharge Preparation

15:45               ASPAN Standards  

16:15               Test-taking Strategies

16:30              Evaluation & Summation; Test Question & Answer

16:45              Adjourn

* Please note that due to the virtual nature of this conference, breaks are abbreviated to maximize learning

    opportunities.

 

Speaker Information:

Maureen McLaughlin MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA

Maureen has spent her career in perianesthesia environments and is considered a perianesthesia nurse expert. She began her perianesthesia nursing career as a staff nurse in a high acuity PACU in an academic medical center.  Since that period, she has held a variety of clinical leadership roles including PACU Clinical Educator, Clinical Nurse Specialist of Procedural Sedation, Critical Care Clinical Educator and now her current role as Quality Nurse, Department of Anesthesia.  Maureen’s possesses a baccalaureate degree and a Master’s Degree from Boston College. She is board certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Health as well as dual certification as a CAPA and CPAN.  Maureen is a frequent lecturer locally, nationally and internationally covering a variety of clinical topics. She echoes the vision statement from the American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification, Inc.: 

“Recognizing and respecting the unequaled excellence in the mark of the CPAN and CAPA credential, perianesthesia nurses will seek it, managers will require it, employers will support it and the public will demand it.”