PRESIDENTS ADDRESS

NAPAN(c) is a growing volunteer organization of over 800 R.N.'s in 8 jurisdictions with contacts in the remaining provinces and territories. JOIN US as we work together for the bright future of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Membership in your jurisdiction entitles you to NAPAN(c) membership. Click on the "Contact Us" icon for more information.

Laura Van Loon- President

Please contact Melanie Connors at if you are interested in being part of the Standards working group. A draft of the standards will be available to you at your local level soonl. Please contact your provincial rep as to when this presentation is being done.

'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'. Florence Nightigale

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THERE'S STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR THE FANTASTIC CONFERENCE IN WINNIPEG- MAY 23-25TH, 2008. EDUCATE, CONNECT AND HAVE A GREAT TIME IN BEAUTIFUL WINNIPEG!!!

Check out these websites

CNA100

NURSE ONE

In the March issue of the CNA Journal there is a synopsis about NAPAN(c), Joan Toms- 100/100 awards and an article about Nurse Anesthetists

Updated news from each group is in green type and old news is in blue.

NEWS from across the COUNTRY

New Brunswick, P.E.I

PANNB/PEI

Executive: President: , President-Elect: Tanya Lavigne, Secretary: Deborah Eckstein, Treasurer: Heather Kennedy, Education Coordinators: Sharon Peabody, Lori Hubbs-Murphy

Nova Scotia

ANSPAN Association of Nova Scotia PeriAnesthesia Nurses
President: , Past President: Marion Power , Secretary:Sandra Newton, Treasurer: Maureen Landry, Education: Gill MacKenzie

Quebec

AIPAQ-QPANA- Membership representative-

L'Association des infirmieres et infirmiers en soins perianesthesiques du Quebec (AIPAQ) a tenu sa 15 conference annuelle le 3 mai 2008 avec un nombre record de plus de 100 participants. Pour la premiere fois, la conference a ete tenue dans la ville du Quebec, une ville qui celebre ses 400 ans d'histoire. Tout a fait historiquement aussi, les membres de l'AIPAQ ont vote par la grande majorite pour joindre l'Association nationale des infirmieres et infirmiers en soins perianesthesiques du Canada (ANIPAC). Cet evenement a ete temoigne par la presidente de l'ANIPAC, Mme Laura Van Loon, qui etait la pour assister a la conference.

The Quebec PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association (QPANA) held its 15th annual conference on May 2, 2008 with a record number of over 100 attendees. For the first time, the conference was held in Quebec City, a city that is celebrating its 400 years of history. Quite historical as well, QPANA members voted overwhelmingly to join the National Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses of Canada (NAPANc), witnessed by NAPAN(c) president Mrs. Laura Van Loon, who was there to attend the conference.

Ontario
OPANA- OPANA's Standards Committee is currently working on a 6th version of their Provincial Standards, which will be in print by the end of 2008! Please watch for this new publication on our website: OPANA

Please visit for more information on upcoming events. The Ontarion rep for NAPAN(c) is .

For those of you who arent familiar with OPANA, they are a vast group of nurses spread across a very large province. Their executive consists of their President, President-elect, and Past President as well as their secretary and treasurer. As well there are eight provincial area directors and Advisory Council.

OPANA hosted their 22nd annual conference in Toronto last October 20-21. Our largest conference ever, with an outstanding attendance of 370 PeriAnesthesia Nurses from all over Ontario and as far away as Alberta and Manitoba! Topics included Pandemic Preparation, Anesthesia Care Team and Nursing in the Year 2020.

The conference planning committee is well under way planning another exciting conference for October 18-19, 2008. Watch for the conference updates on our website. For questions regarding membership, standards, newsletters, conferences or how to purchase our "OPANA Wear", please email: We will respond within a day or two! All registrations, purchases and applications are now handled electronically, by logging onto our website and choosing the category of your choice. No more mailing cheques unlesss you choose to.

Also, please visit our OPANA blog www.opana.org , choose the link "OPANA Blog" and blog on. PeriAnesthesia nurses from across the province have already started to discuss topics, share ideas, policies and practises. JOIN IN !!

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Manitoba
MAPAN has a lending library of PeriAnesthesia specific material for members. There is an Education fund and annually present a Recognition Award. Education sessions are planned throughout the year . For more information contact or . Membership to MAPAN includes membership to NAPAN(c)- The conference team is hard at work getting ready for the big weekend May 23- 25th, 2008. Register now!!

Treasurer- , Education-, ,

Saskatchewan

For info please email - PANGS

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AlbertaWe are unique in that we are represented by two separate groups under the Peri-Anesthesia Nurses of Alberta Northern and Southern Chapters. This was done quite a few years ago due to the fact that the groups members were focused around Edmonton and Calgary.

PANA-NAC PANA-NAC (Northern Alberta Chapter) Our AGM was held Feb. 23, 2008. The executive will remain the same with the addition of Jo-Anne Hamilton- our new Education Coordinator. We welcome and thank Jo-Anne for her commitment to our group. It is membership renewal time so send in your forms as soon as possible. Stay tuned for upcoming education events.

Please contact with any questions about PANA-NAC you may have. Please join us!



PANA-SAC If you are interested please contact for information regarding the southern Alberta group.

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British Columbia
PANBC was founded in 2002 by a group of passionate and dedicated PACU nurses. For information please contact (604)328-8406

Feb.22, 2008- PANBC executive is experiencing great difficulties sustaining the organization, and for this reason, we, the executive, need to announce that PANBC will be dissolving, effective immediately.

Laurel Magri will continue to be the contact person for PANBC up to and including the National Conference in May, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Please see above for contact information

I would encourage all British Columbia PeriAnesthesia Nurses to stay connected with NAPAN, our National Association, once the dissolution process is finalized. One way to remain affiliated would be to connect with our neighboring province. Lynn Buchannan is the president of Alberta South Chapter (PANASAC) and Ruth Sutton is the president of the Alberta North Chapter Both Lynn and Ruth would be happy to hear from any British Columbia PeriAnesthesia nurses who may be interested.

Also, in addition, for anyone who may be interested in possibly starting up PANBC, in the upcoming year, to bring the province back into association status, please contact the current president of NAPAN(C), Laura Van Loon

Newfoundland
Hi from St. John's NL. I am presently a member of the working group organizing an Atlantic Chapter of NAPAN(c) and as the only NL. representative, I would welcome assistance from any PACU within the province . I can be reached at We have selected our participants from the Health Sciences Centre for the upcoming NAPAN(c) conference and are hoping to have a total of six nurses from three St. John's Hospitals attend this year.

Linda Sullivan

Yukon and NWT representatives

is the Yukon contact . Stay tuned for future information.

Maryann Slade is the NWT representative. Email contact coming.