Welcome to the New York State PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association website.

If you are reading this message you can share in my joy at finally getting NYSPANA back on the web.  I must admit that it was a great deal of work and I must thank our board of directors for fielding all the requests and Steven Palmer for putting it all together.  If you have suggestions please let me know. 

Our education calendar is complete till June 2008.  I hope you are able to attend at least one event.  If you have other educational events that you would like added please send them along. 

In May ASPAN will host the 27th National Conference in Grapevine, Texas.  We’ll be working on component night and a NYS dinner get together at our board retreat in March.  Stay tuned; now that we have the website we can post information so you can plan your leisure activities.

It is an honor to serve as your president. We have a very dedicated board of directors that will do their best to meet your expectations.  Please do not hesitate to communicate your needs.

Susan Russell, RN, BSN, CAPA

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Highlights of NYSPANA Activities during Presidential Term April 2005 to August 2007
By Wanda Rodriguez, RN, MA, CCRN, CPAN

• We provided 60 educational programs throughout the state of which 18 were ASPAN Seminars.
• We provided 30 scholarships to members throughout the state to assist in attending our National Conference, State Conference, ASPAN Seminars, and CPAN or CAPA certifications.
• We changed our election process and terms in order to better service our members. The Vice-President office became the Vice-President/President Elect for 1 year only. This provided the commitment to serve as President for 1 year and Past- President for 1 year for a total of 3 years with full voting rights.
• We officially got our named changed from New York State Post Anesthesia Nurses Association to New York State Perianesthesia Nurses Association.
• We changed our policy and procedure manual from paper format to electronic format.
• We reconfigured our 8 active districts in order to capture all non- active areas where peri anesthesia nursing is practiced. We also, kept all the same district numbers so as to avoid confusion among our present members.

District 1: Nassau/Suffolk
District 6: New York City (all Boroughs)
District 8: Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Duchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Orange
District 9: Stuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Tioga, Cortland,     Broome, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango
District 10: Albany, Schenectady, Rennsalaer, Greene, Columbia,  Warren, Saratoga, Washington, Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie, Essex, Hamilton, Franklin, Clinton
District 13: Cayuga, Onondaga, Madison, Oswego, Oneida, Jefferson,   Herkimer, St. Lawrence, Lewis
          District 14: Monroe, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Livingston
District 15: Niagara, Orleans, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Chautaugua, Cattaraugus, Alleganey
           We look forward to a challenging and productive year as we continue the journey of striving toward excellence in perianesthesia nursing throughout the New York State.

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Don’t forget to register for National Conference in Grapevine, Texas.
You can register on-line at www.aspan.org .