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MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSES

Summer 2016 Volume 27, Issue 3

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Inside this issue: MASPAN Board of Directors 2

Newsletter Deadlines 2

Letter from the Editor 3

President’s Page 4

Director’s Corner 5-6

Certified Nurses 7

MASPAN Volunteers 7

Governmental Affairs 8-9

ASPAN Seminar 9

MASPAN Spring Conference 10-11

Newsletter Awards 11

ASPAN National Conference 2016 12-13

Research 14-15

New Members 16

MASPAN Fall Conference 17

Strategic Thinking 18-19

Recruiter Standings 20

MASPAN Committee Reports 21

ABPANC Certification Update 22-23

Upcoming Conferences 24

MASPAN Mission and Vision 26

Congratulations to Katrina

In a very proud day for the Massachuse t t s Socie ty of P e r i A n e s t h e s i a N u r s e s (MASPAN), our own Katrina Bickerstaff, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA was sworn in as the 2016-2017 President of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) on April 13, 2016.

Katrina Bickerstaff 2016-2017 ASPAN President

January 15th

May 15th

August 15th

November 15th Please submit all articles via e-mail to Kathy Menard at [email protected]

Please submit your original articles to the Mayflower and be eligible for the MASPAN Newsletter Awards. MASPAN presents two $100 awards annually to two articles pub-lished in the Mayflower. If there is more than one author for the winning article, the $100 award is shared by the authors. Please send the articles to Kathy Menard at [email protected]

Mayflower Deadlines

Newsletter Contest

MASPAN Board of Directors

President Anne Halliday, BSN, RN, CPAN

[email protected]

Interim President-Elect Position vacant at this time

Secretary Donna Constant-Haley, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA

[email protected]

Interim Treasurer Maureen McLaughlin, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA

[email protected]

Membership

Ellen Sullivan, BSN, RN, CPAN [email protected]

ASPAN Region 4 Director

Amy Dooley, MS, RN, CPAN [email protected]

Newsletter Editor/Desktop Publisher/ Web Mistress

Kathleen Menard, PhD, RN-BC, CPAN, CAPA 3 North Steele Street

Worcester, MA 01607 [email protected]

phone: 508-754-5116 www.maspan.org

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is written by and for MASPAN members.

All rights are reserved.

Copyright 2016

Letters to the Editor

MASPAN loves to hear from you! Please send your letters to the editor at [email protected]. We will publish your letters as space allows.

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Fond memories Time just continues to fly by! It

seems like only yesterday we were eagerly awaiting the MASPAN Spring Conference, the ASPAN National Conference, and summer. April can be a cruel mistress, as proven this year in Philly. Arriving at the Philadelphia Airport, I picked up my rental car and drove out under warm beautiful blue skies on my traditional trek to Long-wood Gardens, only to arrive to cold, cloudy skies spitting hail and snow-flakes at me. Still a wonderful trip, because I was now a MEMBER, the result of a Christmas gift from my husband. Couldn’t picture the weather being worse until I spent Saturday exploring the Philadelphia Zoo in a snowstorm! Well summer is finally

here, and the MASPAN and ASPAN conferences are fond memories. See the stories and photos from both events in this newsletter, and on the MASPAN website. Follow us on Face Book and Twitter.

ASPAN seminar

Now as we lazily surrender to the hot, hazy days of summer, don’t forget that MASPAN has a full agenda of upcoming events. On August 13th, please join us for the ASPAN Seminar on Pediatrics: Beyond the Basics in Burlington, MA. Registration is through www.aspan.org.

Certification review

We very pleased to announce that once again we will have Maureen

McLaughlin present her certification review program on September 10th at Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, MA. This is not to be missed if you are studying for certification, are new to our practice area and need a good general overview of perianesthesia nursing, or if you are looking for a review to refresh your practice. Regis-tration is currently open through Pay-Pal at www.maspan.org.

MASPAN Fall Conference Finally, as we deepen into the fall,

MASPAN is providing a very special fall conference to be held at Lombardo’s in Randolph, MA on Oc-

tober 22, 2016. Registration will open on September 10th via the MASPAN website www.maspan.org (after the registration for the certification review closes). Stay tuned for more details in the coming months.

A new arrival

On a personal note, on July 22nd my first grandchild was born out in California. Savannah Lee Menard arrived one month early, weighing only 4 lbs and 16 inches long. She is perfect in every way, healthy, did not require NICU, truly a miniature mira-cle!

Have a safe and joyful summer! Kathy

Letter From the Editor

Kathy Menard, PhD, RN-BC, CPAN, CAPA, Editor and Publisher of the Mayflower and Web Mistress for maspan.org. Kathy is the Perianesthesia Nurse Education Specialist at UMass Memorial Medical Center –University, Memorial, and Hahnemann campuses.

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President’s Message

Catching Up & Catching My Breath

MASPAN Interim President Anne Halliday BSN RN CPAN is a PACU nurse at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Anne has agreed to step in until MASPAN can reorganize and select a new president and president-elect.

Hectic year so far It’s been a busy and exciting

winter into spring for me and for MASPAN!

ANA-Massachusetts Forum

I was glad to have Chris Hill, MASPAN board member, attend the ANA in Massachusetts Forum at the Massachusetts Statehouse on Febru-ary 25. Chris has written about the excellent speaker and his effect on her practice in the Governmental Affairs column in this Mayflower issue. After the forum, Chris and I were able to go on a guided tour of the Statehouse. Neither of us grew up in Massachusetts so we learned a lot.

Proud grandparents On March 22, Robert Gregory

Halliday was born. He is called Bobby G and my husband and I are very proud grandparents. We try to see him whenever we can and really enjoy watching him grow.

Wonderful MASPAN conference

The Spring MASPAN confer-ence was April 2 at Lowell General Hospital. There were 60 attendees and the reviews of Dr. Sigman, Dr. Estella and Maureen Laughlin’s presentations were very favorable.

ASPAN Conference

The ASPAN National Confer-ence, April 9-14 in Philadelphia,

was special for the 50 MASPAN attendees this year because MAS-PAN’s own Katrina Bickerstaff was ASPAN VP/President-elect. Each year at national the MASPAN board arranges a “Meet and Greet” for MASPAN members and this year we were invited, along with ASPAN President Armi Holcomb’s MO-KANPANA members to the Presi-dent’s suite for a reception. A great time was enjoyed by everyone!

Katrina is ASPAN President

The component of the incoming President is responsible for decorat-ing the tables at the closing break-fast with something pertaining to the President’s theme. Katrina’s theme is “Energizing Generations, Racing to Distinction” which refers to the fact that her conference will be in Indianapolis next spring. Each of the

1300 guests received a small race car and a bookmark created around Katrina’s theme. Usually the com-ponent is responsible for decorating the tables but this year MASPAN was very grateful that the hotel staff was willing to do this for us!

Honored to provide introduction

Finally, it was my honor to intro-duce Katrina at the breakfast prior to her first speech as ASPAN Presi-dent. It was a moment I won’t for-get! As I said then, MASPAN wishes Katrina a successful ASPAN Presidency!

Anne Halliday

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Congratulations to Katrina Happy Summer! The awakening

of the flowers and trees in the spring brings optimism with the sunlight to a renewed sense of purpose. My re-newed energy was sparked at the 35th ASPAN National Conference in Philadelphia. The conclave of peri-anesthesia nurses brought an excite-ment for our specialty while network-ing and sharing best practices. It was VERY exciting to watch Katrina Bickerstaff from Massachusetts in-stalled as the 2016-2017 President of ASPAN! She has worked within AS-PAN on many committees and pro-jects and is ready to lead. Her ideas and platform support the uniqueness

of the younger generation of nurses. It should be an exciting year!

Election news

Along with the educational ses-sions one of the most important parts of the conference is the Representa-tive Assembly (RA). The RA, which is made up of two members of each component, votes on any bylaw changes and votes for the open Board of Director positions. The RA elected Susan Russell from Texas as the new Vice President/President Elect, so in 2017 Susan will become the ASPAN President. The RA also re-elected me to another two year term as Region 4 Director. Throughout the conference

ASPAN Update

there were working sessions of the ASPAN Board of Directors. This is a time that the Board gets to meet face to face and review progress on the strategic plan, goals of education, budget items, and the orientation of new board members. I would like to update the members of MASPAN on the new and exciting progress that ASPAN has made.

ASPAN vision

ASPAN’s four-year vision is to be recognized as the leading organiza-tion for evidence-based perianesthe-sia-nursing practice. This will be ac-complished in a variety of ways. One is to increase membership as this gives our organization the widest representation and variety of knowl-edge throughout the members. AS-PAN is looking to increase public

presence with social media to attract those members savvy with this me-dium. Look for more Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms from ASPAN.

Exciting new education products

Another goal of ASPAN to meet that four-year goal is to increase the utilization of ASPAN’s educational products. In order to be successful these products need to be current, up-to-date, and offered in a manner that members want them. The educational leaders will collaborate with the Clinical Practice Committee (CPC), Research Committee, and Evidence Based Practice Committee to explore topics that the members are inquiring about.

Amy Dooley, MS, RN, CPAN is a staff nurse at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center. She is also a clinical instructor at St Anselm College. Amy is our ASPAN Region 4 Director [email protected]

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ASPAN research focus The research arm of ASPAN is becoming

more active every year with expanding roles and interaction with members. The Johanna Briggs Institute scholars within ASPAN are working diligently on their projects to offer ASPAN members the best evidence-based in-formation. ASPAN has hired a librarian to as-sist with literature searches to support updated products, assist with new Practice Recommen-dations, as well as assisting with ASPAN re-search priorities. New this year were awards given to the research posters displayed at na-tional conference. Kudos to those active partici-pants, the posters demonstrated the wide vari-ety of research that ASPAN members partici-pate in this country and internationally. A jour-nal club is currently under construction and will support members’ active participation. Any new ideas for research are always appreciated.

Get involved! The lofty goal of ASPAN is to bring our

organization to the forefront for perianesthesia practice. It is an exciting time to be so involved with such a forward looking group. Every member of ASPAN can participate and that will make the organization stronger on every front. At whatever level of participation you are comfortable with, I am offering to assist YOU with getting involved. With your personal knowledge and skills, there is something you can contribute to the association. I await your email or call.

Amy L Dooley Region 4 Director ASPAN Board of Directors [email protected]

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ASPAN Development

Have you ever wondered what exactly ASPAN Development does? ASPAN Development supports perianesthesia scholarship and research. As a member, you can apply for academic scholarships, funding to attend national conference, ASPAN seminars, or certification/recertification fees. ASPAN Development also provides monies for research grants.

ASPAN Development relies upon members for financial support. The ASPAN Dream Walk at the national conference is one such fundraiser. Others include the Hail, Honor, and Salute! program. And the next time you renew your ASPAN/MASPAN membership, it is also the perfect time to support ASPAN Development with a contribution.

As both a scholarship and grant recipient, I can tell you how grateful I was for the support. Donate today!

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Congratulations to our newly certified nurses

MASPAN Volunteers

The following MASPAN members volunteer, do you?

Jayne C. Beaudet ~ Greater Boston Food Bank Suzanne M. Russell ~ Health care consultant for Room to Grow Pre-school (first aid, policy review, etc.); lectures at Salter School MA Program; assistant to athletic trainer at TMHS games and co-chair DMDC (dance company) Cindy Fisher ~ First Church UCC, Nashua, NH-nursery coordinator for church school pro-grams Kimberly Kopp ~ Volunteers to serve lunch at son’s school; volunteers at Harrington Hospi-tal for blood pressure screenings, glucose monitoring; teaches hands-free CPR; serves dinner at the monthly mercy meal @ local church (free meals for the elderly) Nancy Geljookian ~ Food pantry; disposable diapers for low income parents to reduce UTIs Tracy Rowe ~ Works as school nurse, volunteers with Board of Health, brings flu clinics to her school for students/staff/parents Mary Ellen Canty ~ Merrimack Valley Reserve Corps: flu clinic, health fairs, disaster pre-paredness Candace Beaulieu ~ Volunteers for the AHA, American Cancer Society, Mike Boyd Foun-dation Cindy Mullen ~ North Reading flu shots Ginnean Babbitt ~ Pan Mass Challenge medical tent

CPAN Candace Beaulieu, RN, CPAN

Lori Ann Haneffant, RN, CPAN, CAPA* Barbara Mack, BSN, RN, CPAN Elizabeth Meghan, RN, CPAN** Amy O’Boyle, BSN, RN, CPAN

Katharine Scanlon, MSN, RN, CCNS-BC, CPAN Michelle Whitney, MSN, RN, CLNC, CPAN

CAPA

Alisha Canoa, BSN, RN, CAPA Debora Santos, ADN, RN, CAPA Jill Von Handorf, RN, CAPA** Marguerite Zinck, RN, CAPA

*dual certified

**not a MASPAN member

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Ah-ha moment Politics is deciding "who gets

what", politics directs how tax money is dispersed. Healthcare money is divided between the Af-fordable Care Act, health care costs, expanding coverage for the uninsured and Medicare. We all want access to healthcare, quality care and to keep the cost down. They all affect each other and there are tradeoffs. There are three (3) parts of Obamacare: private insur-a n c e , M e d i c a i d , and transformation of delivery of care. Mr. McDonough talked about the part of the law that holds hospi-tals financially accountable for re-admissions of Medicare patients within 30 days. After hearing his

explanation about reimbursement I had an "ah-ha" moment.

Impact on personal practice

I am the Quality Representative for my department. One of our ma-jor PI priorities is discharge ap-pointments. The goal is to have 100% of discharged patients leave with a scheduled follow-up ap-pointment with a PCP, a specialist or both. Those patients without a PCP will be assigned one. By mak-ing sure these patients have a fol-low-up appointment they do not end up falling through the cracks and being readmitted to the hospi-t a l soon a f t e r d i scharge . The hospital could be penalized for a high rate of readmissions. I real-

MASPAN board member Chris-tine Hill is the guest columnist for Governmental Affairs for this is-sue. Christine is a nurse at Lowell General Hospital -Drum Hill Sur-gery Center in Lowell, Massachu-setts.

ANA Massachusetts Forum

On February 23, 2016 I had the privilege of attending the ANA of Massachusetts 2015 Health Pol-icy Committee Legislative Forum1 with Ann Halliday. In addition to being the MASPAN President, Ann is also the Governmental Af-fairs representative.

Keynote speaker The keynote speaker was John

E. McDonough DrPH, MPA. He is a Professor of Public Health Prac-tice in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Har-vard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Director of the HSPH Center for Executive and Continued Professional Education. He gave an excellent overview of the National Health Reform or Affordable Care Act (ACA), “Obamacare” He was part of the team that wrote the bill. No matter your political affiliation, the ACA, Obamacare is changing healthcare.

American Nurses Association Massachusetts:

2015 Health Policy Committee Legislative Forum

Anne Halliday, BSN, RN, CPAN, Interim MASPAN President, is also the MASPAN Governmental Affairs Chair. She is employed at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Boston.

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ized that even as bedside nurses we are part of the transformation of healthcare.

Get to know YOUR legislators

The other take home message from the forum was to know your legislators. Legisla-tors like to hear from the people in their own districts. They need to know about your is-sues. Be polite and non-argumentative as you discuss your position. There often is an ef-fective and achievable solution to the issue. If not, they have a persuasive method of moving the issue forward for action. Some of the topics the legislature is working on are safe patient handling and nursing staffing ratios. You can access your legislators at https://malegislature.gov.

Submitted by, Christine Hill, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA

Reference 1. American Nurses Association Massachu-

setts 2015 Health Policy Committee Leg-islative Forum. Available at: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.anamass.org/r e s o u r c e / r e s m g r / H e a l t h _ P o l i c y /HP_Forum_Agenda_2016_UPDATED.pdf. Accessed June 10, 2016.

Governmental Affairs (continued)

Pediatrics: Beyond the Basic August 13, 2016

Burlington, Massachusetts Register at www.aspan.org

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MASPAN Spring Conference April 2, 2016

Lowell General Hospital

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MASPAN spring conference

Wonderful speakers, great conference What a fascinating conference, did you

learn something new, I sure did! Dr. Scott Sigman led off the morning with his discus-sion on “The Multifaceted Impact of Opioids: Understanding the Opioid Burden on the Patients, Healthcare, & Society-at-large.” He provided an eye-opening over-view of the opioid abuse epidemic and how we helped to create it through the broad strokes of pain as the 5th vital sign. When I was at the bedside, I was an advocate of controlling pain for my patients. I cringe now at the amount of narcotics I would ad-minister because at the time multimodal approaches weren’t available. How much time did we spend reassuring patients that they wouldn’t become addicted from the amounts we were giving them and for the short term they would be using the opioid. We now know this is not true, and over-prescription and underuse result in excess medication falling into the wrong hands.

Among the alternatives to opioids he discussed were use of peripheral nerve blocks to treat pain at the source of pain, the use of multimodal protocols, the role of IV acetaminophen, and the use of Exparel liposome bupivacaine. DepoFoam© re-

leases the bupivacaine over time peaking at 24-36 hours.

Next Dr. N. Estella informed us about

the history of hysterectomy, including the timeline of procedure advancement and postoperative pain management. She stressed preparing the patient on expecta-tions. She emphasized the need to educate our patients on the changes since their older relatives had hysterectomy surgery, includ-ing changing the perception of walking and exercising. Older women may have experi-enced recommendations for prolonged bedrest and immobility.

As always, Maureen McLaughlin, MSN,

RN, CPAN, CAPA was a wealth of knowl-edge as she discussed “Safe to Leave: The Value of Discharge Criteria.” She dis-cussed patient readiness for discharge and how do we determine our patient is ready to go. She also discussed the history of postanesthesia scoring systems and the benefits vs. shortcomings of various op-tions. Maureen ended our conference with a discussion of unexpected postoperative complications using a case study approach. Eye-opening! Kathy Menard

The Patient I was Never Able to Thank Melanie Hughes, RN, CPAN

Mayflower Fall 2015

Placenta Accreta ~ Postoperative Care Kim Williams, RN, CPAN Mayflower Summer 2015

MASPAN Newsletter Awards

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ASPAN National Conference April 10-14, 2016

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MASPAN Representatives at RA

CPAN CAPA Luncheon

MASPAN Meet and Greet in the Presidential Suite

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President’s Reception

Final Breakfast—Katrina’s Inauguration

. . . And a fabulous time was had by all, taking care of ASPAN business, dining,

dancing, celebrating Katrina’s wonderful achievement and our very special

PeriAnesthesia Practice!

On to Indianapolis to celebrate the great year Katrina will have as ASPAN President!

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LOVE your topic! Kathleen J. Menard PhD, RN-BC, CPAN, CAPA shares her experience as a graduate student in this article.

Personal viewpoint

I’m stepping in as guest columnist for this issue. Dr. Kathy DeLeskey has written many excellent articles on the foundations for research and evi-dence-based practice (EBP). She has raised awareness of how exciting and fulfilling research can be. I’d like to add some personal notes and share with you what I feel is the most im-portant aspect of research.

Graduate studies

Are you considering returning to school for an advanced degree? I often hear nurses state because they hate research, they won’t return to

school. Regardless of the degree you choose, research and evidence-based practice will be involved, but there are so many choices, and so many directions to pursue. Whether you seek the research-heavy PhD, or choose to translate research into evi-dence-based bedside practice through the DNP, or even at the master’s level, where you read and study re-search articles, there will be research involved. Is this a bad thing? My answer would be a resounding “no”. We need nursing research to grow our practice and our profession. Whether you are generating it or im-plementing it, you are using nursing research whenever you provide care. How deeply you become involved will depend upon the path you choose.

Never too old Another comment frequently

heard, is that one is too old to return to school. Speaking from experi-ence, you are never too old. I re-turned to graduate school in my early 50s, almost 30 years from when I completed my BSN. I com-pleted my PhD just before I turned 62. This was a personal choice for me, something I had always wanted to accomplish. Will the return on investment ever be realized, proba-bly not, but for me, it is the self-satisfaction and sense of accom-plishment that mean the most.

Love your research topic

Lastly, you must LOVE your research topic! Many wise profes-

sors told us this throughout graduate school. Many disregarded this ca-veat and were among the unhappiest graduate students I knew. Choosing a topic for ease of completion (doing secondary analysis of prior data), or for lack of a burning ques-tion, or allowing your committee to steer you into a topic, leads to dis-satisfaction and unhappiness.

My passion

I felt blessed to research a topic I was passionate about, Obstructive Sleep Apnea. I knew from the first night in the late 90s when I was told that we must keep all patients with OSA overnight in the PACU that I wanted to know more. I knew from the first day of graduate school my

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Kathy DeLeskey, DNP, RN, CNE, JBI-f also serves as MASPAN Director for Research. She is a Joanna Briggs Scholar

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topic would be OSA, I wasn’t sure where I would go with it, but I could see so many possibili-ties and I wanted to learn more. I was well into my program, mull-ing over OSA education, comfort theory, perianesthesia effects, when I read the article that changed my life.1 Reading about gender differences in OSA changed my focus to women’s experience with OSA. As women are considered a minority in OSA research, this opened up many avenues of grant funding. A secondary point here would be to follow the money available from grants when choosing an area of study. But back to the love: you will spend all of your

time immersed in your topic, lit-erature searches, creating matri-ces, and reading, reading, read-ing. You will live, eat, breath, and dream of your topic in the little time you sleep. It will con-sume you, but the results will be your reward. Graduate school IS a lot of work, but it will be less-ened if you LOVE your topic.

KathyMenard References 1. Ye L, Pien GW, Weaver T.

Gender differences in the clinical manifestation of ob-structive sleep apnea. Sleep Med. 2009;10:1075-1084.

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You will live, eat, breath, and dream of your topic in the little time you sleep.

Nominations

MASPAN currently has the position of secretary open to nomination

Ever thought of serving? Secretary is a good way to become involved in MASPAN

Contact Anne Halliday [email protected] or Kathy De-Leskey at [email protected] if you wish to be placed in

nomination. Deadline for nominations is September 1st

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Sheila Agosto, BSN, RN Paula Bolton, MSN, RN, ANP

Dawn Brundage, BSN, RN, CPAN Jessica Bruno, MSN, PNP

Alisha Canoa, BSN, RN Kathryn Davis, BSN, RN, CAPA

Diane Deyak, BSN, MA, RN Karen Dowler, MEd, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN

Mary Ellis, BSN, RN Damaris Feliciano, RN

Julie Fitzgerald, RN Kimberly Gamache, BSN, RN

Barbara Gouzie, RN Katherine Grzyb, BSN, RN

Eileen Hanson, RN Rosemary Hart, RN, CPAN Jennifer Hogan, BSN, RN

Henry Hom, RN Sarah Isenberger, BN, BS, RN, CPAN

Kathleen Laramie, BSN, RN, CPN Susan Lepito, RN, TNCC

Christine Lloyd-Cavallo, MSN, RN Laurie McManus, BSN, RN

Julie Mills-Sprague, RN Eleanor Mowbray, BSN, RN

Isaura Oliviera, RN Jill Powell-Artus, BSN, RN

Amy Rapoza, BSN, RN, CPAN Deborah Regan, RN

Susan Repucci, BSN, RN, CPAN Kathleen Reynolds, BSN, CCRN

Nancy Rinehart, RN Ann Robichaud, RN

Maureen Sullivan, RN Jessica Swanson, ADN, RN Jean Tavener, BSN, CCRN

Anne Travierso, BSN, RN Bernadette Villalpando, RN, CPAN

Brenda White, RN Carrie Wilkins-Sheahan, ADN, RN, BHS

Janet Willemain, BA, RN, CSRN

East Hartford, CT Belmont Milton Medford Belchertown Longmeadow Lakeville Sharon Braintree Southbridge Chelmsford Stafford, CT Ipswich Lowell North Providence, RI Salem Centerville Framingham Tyngsboro Andover Amesbury Duxbury Pelham Salem Los Angeles, CA Danvers Bernardston Marion Pelham, NH Newburyport Lynn Milford Milford Nashua, NH Brewster Winchester Dracut Tewksbury Danvers Swansea Belchertown

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MASPAN Fall Conference Saturday

October 22, 2016 Lombardo’s

Randolph, MA

For details visit www.maspan.org

Register online with PayPal Registration will open September 10th

Food for thought An article in my local town

newsletter The Reminder gave me food for thought to share with all perianesthesia colleagues and friends. The article, “Is your com-munity a happy one?” gave me rea-son to pause and ponder if I should ask our MASPAN members, poten-tial members and even non-members similar questions about MASPAN.

Happiness criteria

To begin with, the author listed specific criteria within a survey used to measure the 20 happiest places in Massachusetts. They in-cluded income, education, employ-ment, commute, cost of living, family, home ownership and pov-

erty rate. I reacted just like every other reader and rapidly scanned the paper looking for Hampden -a small town in northwest Massachu-setts that I have called home for the past 40 years. After a gasp of dis-belief, I stopped to reread the items of importance once more. I then had to honestly admit that we were deficit in a few areas even though we are not a major city or hub. In fact, it was Longmeadow (a town close by to Hampden) as well as Wellesley, Belmont and Newton that were among the chosen.

Candid questions

Of course, as far as this survey is concerned, there was an opportu-nity to ask myself some candid questions. Do I feel happy about

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Happiness Defined

where I live? On a scale of one to ten, am I constantly “singing my town’s praises?’ What am I using as criteria to measure happiness? Is it shopping venues, sports fields, top-rated restaurants, museums, mountains to climb or trails to blaze? Even more importantly, how is public safety handled? Are there enough dedicated law en-forcement officers to keep the drug overdose rates low and the volun-teer ambulance drivers available for emergency calls? At the end of the day, I would have to voice a strong yes! I am happy about my town and intend to stay put.

How can this apply to MASPAN

I then moved along to thoughts about MASPAN and my happiness rating with my professional nursing

organization. If I used certain cri-teria like, long-lasting friendships, mentoring opportunities, sound financial practices, overwhelming interest in education, clinical prac-tice and research events, then the score would be top-notch. If I men-tion that it was within MASPAN that I had the chance to meet nurses, who had earned advanced degrees who gave me the courage and support to return to school after a 28 year hiatus, then the happiness quotient goes up by many degrees. If I mention that it was my es-teemed MASPAN colleagues who were the strong foundation when I made my successful bid for AS-PAN President in 2005, then the price of my happiness within AS-PAN is indeed priceless!

Meg Beturne, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA is MASPAN Chair of Strategic Thinking. Meg is employed at Baystate Orthopedic Surgery Center in Springfield, MA. Meg is a past President of ASPAN and MASPAN. Meg is very involved in mentoring.

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Meg Beturne, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA is MASPAN Chair of Strategic Thinking. Meg is employed at Baystate Orthopedic Surgery Center in Springfield, MA. Meg is a past President of ASPAN and MASPAN Meg is very involved in mentoring

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Professional happiness So, back to the questions that I wish to ad-

dress to MASPAN present and future members. Are you happy at your current work setting? Does it support your educational opportunities? Does it recognize and value the certifications of CAPA and CPAN? As a perianesthesia nurse, are you satisfied with the manner in which you receive critical information relative to your spe-cialty? Do you desire a more in-depth under-standing and awareness of these issues? Have you always wanted to know how to write an article, create a poster or present a lecture? Have you always wanted to attend ASPAN Na-tional Conference but felt overwhelmed? Are you in need of a mentor, friend, and/or advisor to open the doors and windows of opportunity for you? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then perhaps it is time, to click on our web site, ask for information from a MAS-

PAN member that you know or desire to know, look for component conferences and meeting dates in the Mayflower, send us your contact information and begin the journey to a higher level of competence, caring and collaboration.

Become involved, raise your happiness score

I can promise you this much. The next time you receive a survey requesting your satisfac-tion (happiness) score with regard to your pro-fessional organization and the opportunities it has given you, you will be pleased to score MASPAN high if you took the first step in be-coming involved! As Helen Keller so aptly said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

Meg Beturne

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Have you or your facility won any awards?

Do you volunteer?

Please let MASPAN know

We will be happy to publish your achievements in the Mayflower

MASPAN Scholarships are available! Academic

ASPAN National Conference or MASPAN conferences

ASPAN or MASPAN Seminars

Information and applications are available on the

MASPAN website

www.maspan.org

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MASPAN Recruiter Standings

Recruit new MASPAN members

You will be in the running for awards for recruiting from ASPAN as well as from MASPAN

Be sure that the person you recruit provides your name when completing the application for membership

1 - Jayne Campbell Beaudet, RN, CPAN, CAPA 1 - Janet A Beaudoin, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA

1 - Claire Frances Bresnahan, RN, CPAN, CAPA 1 - Pamela D Caropreso, RN, CPAN

1 - Kimberly L Kopp, RN 1 - Maureen F McLaughlin, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA

1 - Kathleen J Menard, PhD, RN, CPAN, CAPA 1 - Julia Motti, RN, CPAN, CAPA

1 - Linda Nelson, RN 1 - Maureen Schnur, DNP, RN, CPAN

1 - Julianne Souza, RN, CPAN, CAPA, MSN/Ed 1 - Ellen Sullivan, BSN, RN, CPAN

1 - Suzanne J Vieira, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA 2 - Cidalia J Vital, MS, RN, CNL, CPAN

Check out ASPAN recruiter standings at www.aspan.org Under Members: ~MGM homepage

~2016 Recruiter Standings ~ MASPAN

Please welcome our newest members to MASPAN the next time you see one!

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MASPAN Committee Reports Finance Maureen McLaughlin, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA Interim Director of Finance We continue to run our special membership promotion, nonmember attendees who join ASPAN the day of conference have the MASPAN portion of their dues paid by the component. Remember, you must be a NEW member, not renewing a past membership! Governmental Affairs Anne Halliday, BSN, RN, CPAN Governmental Affairs Chair See report on pages 8-9 Nominating Committee Kathleen DeLeskey, DNP, RN, CPAN Immediate Past President Nominating Chair Director of Finance, Secretary and President-elect currently open to nomination By-Laws Updated by-laws are published at www.maspan.org Policies and job descriptions are now on the MASPAN website Strategic Thinking Meg Beturne, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA Strategic Thinking Director See report on page 18-19 Research Committee Kathleen DeLeskey, DNP, RN, CPAN Research Director Report on page 14-15 Publications Kathleen J. Menard, PhD, RN-BC, CPAN, CAPA Director Publications Visit the website for updated photos and information New website is here! Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter Membership Memos Ellen E. Sullivan, BSN, RN, CPAN Director Membership and Scholarship Current membership stands at 465 Keep on recruiting and encourage friends whose membership has lapsed to re-join MASPAN Scholarship forms are available online at www.maspan.org

Please consider joining us at the next MASPAN Board of Directors meeting!

The CPAN® and CAPA® Certification ex-aminations are taken on computer at Promet-ric testing centers located throughout the country. There are more than 100 sites in Re-gion 4. The online registration date for the fall examination begins on July 11, 2016. See the table below or www.cpancapa.org for more information.

There are 11,650 CPAN and CAPA certified nurses (overall growth of 5%)

7,020 CPAN certified nurses 4,630 CAPA certified nurses

576 CPAN and CAPA dual certified nurses

CPAN® and CAPA® Certification Examinations

CPAN® / CAPA® Certification is Growing!

Dates and Deadlines for the Fall 2016 examination period are:

Registration Window – Online July 11—September 6

Examination Administration Window October 3 – November 25* *Not all Prometric Centers are open Saturdays

Deadline for Rescheduling or Cancelling Appt. with Prometric

31 calendar days before scheduled test date - no charge. 3-30 calendar days before scheduled test date - $69.87 Less than 3 days - not allowed by Prometric

Examination Fees

ASPAN member* $314

Non-ASPAN Member $424

* In order to receive the ASPAN member discount, you must already be an ASPAN member at the time that you apply online and provide an active ASPAN membership number

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All information provided from the ABPANC website: www.cpancapa.org

Region 4 ABPANC Representative

Cidalia Vital MS, RN, CNL, CPAN

Ludlow, MA

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ABPANC News

ABPANC Advocacy Award Have You Considered Nominating Someone?

The winner of the 2016 Advocacy Award for promoting excellence in perianesthesia nursing is Nancy Carr Atkinson, RN, CAPA. Nancy was recognized for her valuable contributions in promot-ing and practicing quality patient care in perianesthesia nursing. Nancy works at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in the outpatient surgery center in Edgewood, Kentucky. The award consists of a Lladro nurse statue, a framed certificate, and funding to cover her next recertification fee. In addition, the winner’s PACU received a check for $350 to be used for certification fees, continuing education, books or study guides. Nancy Maushart, RN, CPAN, CAPA, who nominated Nancy for the award, also received a $100 award. Please visit www.cpancapa.org to read Nancy’s story.

NEW!! Free Study Question of the Week Visit the ABPANC website at www.cpancapa.org to see the free CPAN and CAPA study question of the week. They are posted weekly on Wednesdays at 6 am on the website and Facebook page. The correct answers with at least one study reference are posted the following week. You may also opt to receive the questions via e-mail. Contact hours available for new practice exams ABPANC is offering 3.67 contact hours for the practice exams. You must complete a brief evalua-tion after taking the practice exam to receive your CE certificate. Great deal! CPAN and CAPA practice exams are Buy One/Get One Free! They include the correct answers and study references.

ABPANC Practice Exam News

ABPANC Website Upgrade

NEW!! Mobile-friendly ABPANC website The ABPANC website has a new mobile-friendly format with updated navigation. It is more inter-active and readable on phones and tablets now.

All information provided from the ABPANC website: www.cpancapa.org

MASPAN www.maspan.org August 13, 2016 ASPAN Pediatric Seminar in Burlington MA Register at www.aspan.org

September 10, 2016 Certification Review with Maureen McLaugh lin at Lowell General Hospital. Register at www.maspan.org

October 22, 2016 MASPAN Fall Conference at Lombardo’s in Randolph, MA. Registration opens September 10th at www.maspan.org

CSPAN www.ctspan.org FLASPAN October 28-30, 2016. 47th Annual Conference. www.flaspan.org

MeSPAN www.mespan.org

NJBPANA www.njbpana.com NYSPANA October 21-22, 2016 NYSPANA State Conference in Al-

bany. Contact [email protected] www.nyspana.net PAPAN October 1-2, 2016 PAPAN Pride XXIIV Conference at Mohegan

Sun Pocono in Wilkes-Barre, PA www.papanonline.org

RIAPAN www.riapan.org

VT/NH APAN October 22, 2016 ASPAN Seminar: "Pain Management in the PeriAnesthesia and Critical Care Settings" Bedford, NH Register at www.aspan.org

www.vtnhapan.org

Upcoming Conferences

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Can’t attend a MASPAN conference, need contact hours? Look to our neighboring components!

Save the Date!

Board of Directors

Meetings

Brief meeting after the Fall Conference

Lombardo’s Randolph, MA

MASPAN Fall Retreat Saturday November 11, 2016

Courtyard Marriott Marlborough, MA

Contact

Anne Halliday

if you have any interest in attending a BOD meeting

[email protected]

It’s HERE!!

A NEW

MASPAN website at

www.maspan.org

Save the date!

ASPAN’s 36th National Conference

April 30 – May 4, 2017

Indianapolis, Indiana

Please take the time to join us at a MASPAN Board meeting. Find out how you can become more involved in your MASPAN!

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MASPAN Mayflower

Catherine Daignault Robin Sirois

Missing E-mail Addresses

If you know these individuals, please ask them to contact me with their preferred e-mail addresses at [email protected]

Remind them they are missing out on many MASPAN benefits like the newsletter and MASPAN announcements

Mission Statement The Massachusetts Society of Perianesthesia Nurses,

as a component society of the

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses,

advances nursing practice through

education, research, and promotion of ASPAN Standards

Vision Statement As the Massachusetts Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses,

our vision is to be the pre-eminent component organization

for quality in the perianesthesia specialty,

providing exceptional professional development.

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