MESPAN's 2024 Spring Conference; CPAN & CAPA Certification and Perianesthesia Review Course
Webinar/Online
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7:15am ET - 4:45pm ET
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Topic
CPAN & CAPA Certification and Perianesthesia Review Course
Credits Offered
This event offers
8.0 contact hours
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
AACN.
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Learning Objective: To provide perianesthesia nurses with the knowledge, confidence and test taking skills necessary to obtain specialty certification.
This virtual class (with highly respected national speaker Maureen McLaughlin) is not only for those considering certification, but an excellent review for ALL perianesthesia nurses, from novice to expert. The wide range of topics means something for everyone! Join us for 8 contact hours of perianesthesia education that is certain to enhance and strengthen your practice.
Speakers
Quality Nurse, Department of Anesthesiology
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
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.”
Event Agenda
MESPAN's 2024 Spring Conference; CPAN & CAPA Certification and Perianesthesia Review Course
Event Agenda
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7:15am ET - 4:45pm ET
All times listed in
Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
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7:15am - 4:45pm
CPAN & CAPA Certification and Perianesthesia Review Course
Maureen McLaughlin
8.0 CE CreditsProgram Schedule
7:15 Registration opens via Zoom
7:50 Welcome and introduction
8:00 Introduction to Certification
8:15 Anesthesia Review
09:30 Regional Anesthesia
10:00 Break
10:15 Preoperative Preparation
10:45 Anesthesia Complications
12:15 Break
12:30 Perianesthesia Pharmacology
13:00 Special Populations and Special
Concerns
13:45 Break
14:00 Surgical Specialties
15:00 Discharge Preparation
15:30 ASPAN Standards
16:00 Test-taking Strategies
16:30 Evaluation & Summation; Test
Questions & Answer
16:45 Adjourn* Please note that due to the virtual nature of this conference, breaks are abbreviated to maximize learning opportunities.
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