National Association of Perianesthesia Nurses of Canada: NAPANC


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MISSION STATEMENT GOALS PRACTICE SETTINGS OBJECTIVES HISTORY STANDARDS FOR PRACTICE
		MISSION STATEMENT Mission Statement _________________________________________________ POSITION STATEMENT NAPAN(c) supports the role of the Anesthesia Assistant as a member of the Anesthesia Care Team NAPAN(c) supports the role of an Advanced Practice Nurse in Anesthesia. This role is an autonomous nursing role requiring Masters level preparation GOALS to establish membership throughout the provinces and territories to develop and establish Standards of PeriAnesthesia Practice to develop certification for our speciality to be eligible for participation in the Anesthesia Assistant program PRACTICE SETTINGS PeriAnesthesia Nurses are Registered Nurses that have advanced knowledge in the care of patients during all phases of perianesthesia nursing, Phase 1 and Phase 2. These areas include but are not limited to: Phase 1: Post Anesthetic Care Units (PACU) Phase 2: Same Day Surgery (SDS) Diagnostic Imagining (DI) Free Standing Surgical Units Dental Offices top OBJECTIVES to promote education and research to share knowledge and issues about matters relating to our speciality to encourage awareness of perianesthesia nurses as part of the Health Care Community to network with other national groups such as the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS) top HISTORY NAPANc is a professional association that celebrated its first national meeting in Calgary, Alberta in May, 2002. It was at this meeting that the Charter was signed by the founding members of NAPANc. NAPANc has obtained associate status with the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) since 2002
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