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Welcome to the NAPANc Website!
2008-12-12T03:57:37Z
2008-12-12T03:57:37Z
http://www.napanc.org/component/content/article/48-welcome-to-napanc
Sylwester Kowalski
sly@snkcanada.ca
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The National Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses of Canada (NAPAN©) was formed in 2002 by a group of like-minded individuals, all PeriAnesthesia Nurses from across Canada, each with their own provincial perianesthesia nursing association. The intent of this alignment was to increase networking of knowledge, skills and strength of their specialty in order to improve patient care and to increase recognition of their/our area of specialty.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NAPAN© is comprised of associations from across 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada (click on the flags to your left to learn more about each province or territory: by holding your cursor over the flag, the name of the province that each flag represents will appear). The task of organizing an association across a country of this size can be a daunting one, but over time and with perseverance and tenacity, this specialty association finally came to fruition and has now reached international recognition. Modern technology has enhanced this possibility, as the Association is now purely web based for its members and through electronic mail and web-based communications, the Volunteers of NAPAN© are able to meet and plan.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NAPAN in Cree means “Eyes Open”, and thus the quarterly newsletter has been named the “Eye Opener”. The NAPAN© logo reflects this theme with the red maple leaf inside the large “C” resembling the pupil of an eye.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This website will evolve over time as new and current information in the field of PeriAnesthesia Nursing becomes available and necessary for our work. So keep your eye on NAPAN© and on this website! And watch what NAPAN© is doing for you now!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In closing, we would like to thank the Founding Members of NAPAN© for their foresight and passion for creating the National Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses of Canada (please see "Founding Members" under "About NAPAN©"). </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">"There is no magic in the word association. We must never forget that the individual makes the association. What the association depends on are its members. A nurse's association can never substitute for the individual nurse. It is she who must, each in her own measure, give life to the association while the association helps her.”</span><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Florence Nightingale</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please see below for the latest person, association or event to be spotlighted, in our section, <strong>"Spotlight On".</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Contact us (anytime): NAPAN© Office, 1506 Craigleith Road, Oakville, ON, L6H 7W3. Tel/Fax: (905) 257-7522 Email: info@napanc.org</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The National Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses of Canada (NAPAN©) was formed in 2002 by a group of like-minded individuals, all PeriAnesthesia Nurses from across Canada, each with their own provincial perianesthesia nursing association. The intent of this alignment was to increase networking of knowledge, skills and strength of their specialty in order to improve patient care and to increase recognition of their/our area of specialty.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NAPAN© is comprised of associations from across 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada (click on the flags to your left to learn more about each province or territory: by holding your cursor over the flag, the name of the province that each flag represents will appear). The task of organizing an association across a country of this size can be a daunting one, but over time and with perseverance and tenacity, this specialty association finally came to fruition and has now reached international recognition. Modern technology has enhanced this possibility, as the Association is now purely web based for its members and through electronic mail and web-based communications, the Volunteers of NAPAN© are able to meet and plan.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NAPAN in Cree means “Eyes Open”, and thus the quarterly newsletter has been named the “Eye Opener”. The NAPAN© logo reflects this theme with the red maple leaf inside the large “C” resembling the pupil of an eye.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This website will evolve over time as new and current information in the field of PeriAnesthesia Nursing becomes available and necessary for our work. So keep your eye on NAPAN© and on this website! And watch what NAPAN© is doing for you now!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In closing, we would like to thank the Founding Members of NAPAN© for their foresight and passion for creating the National Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses of Canada (please see "Founding Members" under "About NAPAN©"). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">"There is no magic in the word association. We must never forget that the individual makes the association. What the association depends on are its members. A nurse's association can never substitute for the individual nurse. It is she who must, each in her own measure, give life to the association while the association helps her.”</span><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Florence Nightingale</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please see below for the latest person, association or event to be spotlighted, in our section, <strong>"Spotlight On".</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Contact us (anytime): NAPAN© Office, 1506 Craigleith Road, Oakville, ON, L6H 7W3. Tel/Fax: (905) 257-7522 Email: info@napanc.org</strong></span></p>
SPOTLIGHT ON: Certification Registration 2013!!
2008-12-23T05:10:46Z
2008-12-23T05:10:46Z
http://www.napanc.org/component/content/article/89-spotlight-on
Sylwester Kowalski
sly@snkcanada.ca
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">CERTIFICATION DEVELOPMENT IS NEARLY COMPLETE!<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NAPANc wishes to highlight those PeriAnesthesia Nurses who Volunteer their time and expertise in the development of our CNA Certification Examination. This has taken 4 years to get to where we are now, but we are nearly there!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Competency Development Committee (pictured below) met in Ottawa in November, 2012 to develop a set of comprehensive PeriAnesthesia Nurse Competencies. And now they are ready: ready for exam questions to be developed based on these competencies. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The "Item Writing" Committee comprised of 24 volunteers from across the country, will commence their work on February 25 until March 18, 2013 writing, reviewing and revising dozens of questions for use on our exam. These exam questions will include all phases of PeriAnesthesia care, from the PreAdmission Phase to the Extended Observation Phase (and everything in between). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Then comes translation into French, a final review by the "Exam sub-committee", and a stamp of approval.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Registration for the FIRST EVER PERIANESTHESIA NURSES CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION will be open in September, 2013 on the CNA website. Watch for it there. And watch this website for study guide and study group information to assist with the examination.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><img src="http://www.napanc.org/images/stories/Comp Committee at work.jpg" alt="" height="392" width="587" /></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Certification "Competency Committee" volunteer members. Left to right: Marion Power, NS; Sonia Boccardi, QC; Paula Ferguson, ON; Lorna Jensen, BC; Leslie Patry of the CNA Certification Program; Sharon Peabody, NB; Evelyn Seip, SK; Thao Le, QC; Angie Winter, AB. <br /></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Contact us...anytime! NAPANc Office: 1506 Craigleith Road, Oakville, ON, L6H 7W3, CANADA. Tel/Fax: (905) 257-7522; Email: info@napanc.org</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NOTE: All fees for products sold, membership or conference registration quoted within this website are assessed in Canadian dollars.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">CERTIFICATION DEVELOPMENT IS NEARLY COMPLETE!<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NAPANc wishes to highlight those PeriAnesthesia Nurses who Volunteer their time and expertise in the development of our CNA Certification Examination. This has taken 4 years to get to where we are now, but we are nearly there!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Competency Development Committee (pictured below) met in Ottawa in November, 2012 to develop a set of comprehensive PeriAnesthesia Nurse Competencies. And now they are ready: ready for exam questions to be developed based on these competencies. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The "Item Writing" Committee comprised of 24 volunteers from across the country, will commence their work on February 25 until March 18, 2013 writing, reviewing and revising dozens of questions for use on our exam. These exam questions will include all phases of PeriAnesthesia care, from the PreAdmission Phase to the Extended Observation Phase (and everything in between). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Then comes translation into French, a final review by the "Exam sub-committee", and a stamp of approval.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Registration for the FIRST EVER PERIANESTHESIA NURSES CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION will be open in September, 2013 on the CNA website. Watch for it there. And watch this website for study guide and study group information to assist with the examination.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><img src="http://www.napanc.org/images/stories/Comp Committee at work.jpg" alt="" height="392" width="587" /></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Certification "Competency Committee" volunteer members. Left to right: Marion Power, NS; Sonia Boccardi, QC; Paula Ferguson, ON; Lorna Jensen, BC; Leslie Patry of the CNA Certification Program; Sharon Peabody, NB; Evelyn Seip, SK; Thao Le, QC; Angie Winter, AB. <br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Contact us...anytime! NAPANc Office: 1506 Craigleith Road, Oakville, ON, L6H 7W3, CANADA. Tel/Fax: (905) 257-7522; Email: info@napanc.org</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NOTE: All fees for products sold, membership or conference registration quoted within this website are assessed in Canadian dollars.</span></p>