CAPANA

Cincinnati Area PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association -CAPANA in founded in 1979 is one of the 6 districts of OPANA and has PeriAnesthesia nurse membership from the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area. Meetings with education CEs rotate between hospital sites -3rd Wednesday of month excluding Summer, December and January.

CAPANA Mission Statement: The Cincinnati Area PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association’s mission is to advance and promote the unique specialty of perianesthesia nursing through professional education, the exchange of knowledge, research and standards of practice.

CAPANA Officers for 2019-2020 welcome you to CAPANA District News/updates:

President: Diane Thompson

Treasurer: Debby Niehaus

Secretary: Stefanie Long

Past Pres : Sharon Gallagher

Membership/Awards: Marylou Rigdon

Newsletter/Flyers: Sheila Hoff

Scholarship: Missy Dennis

Workshop Comm: Sharon Gallagher

Community Service Update: At CAPANA 2019 Workshop March 16th we collected cans and packages of soups, that was donated to the Matthew 25 Ministries of Cincinnati, for humanitarian and catastrophic relief.

Latest Edition and Archives- Newsletters Minutes and Updates 2011-19 

CAPANA May 16 Dinner Meeting Ed. Program, Awards, and Installation at Eddie Merlot's with dinner and program provided by Barb Howell from Merck: "Clinical Considerations in Neuromuscular Blockade Management" with Speaker Dr. Laura Clark from Louisville.

Board Members and Officers Installed for CAPANA 2018-2019 include L-R: Missy Dennis Scholarship, Debby Niehaus Treasurer, Sharon Gallagher, Past President/Nominating, Stephanie Long Secretary, Diane Thompson President and Mary Lou Rigdon Membership chair.

Top row pictures: Installation of Officers Diane, Sharon, Debby and Stefanie. Second row a BIG thank you to outgoing Treasurer Sue Tiemeier, to Certified CAPA Kim Vossler received her pin and ribbon and Shirley Raymond presented a check/ framed certificate from OPANA as "Recruiter of the Year"- recruited 3 new members.

Carolyn Hoenicke of TriHealth and CAPANA Member won 1st place for her Research Poster at the ASPAN 37th National Conference a very prestigeon honor. The poster title is" How Does Your Perioperative Leadership Fit Into Your Organizational"s Episode of Care Model Plan. This is part of the "Perioperative Home" that Dr Schantz spoke on in March and whose slides are attached as follows on this page. CONGRATS Carolyn!!!

Cincinnati Area PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association had their Spring Workshop and the "40th Year" Anniversary Celebration Luncheon on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Bethesda North Hospital Golder Room. A recap of the history of CAPANA 1979-2019 by Debby Niehaus along with President Diane Thompson recognized 21 Past Presidents in attendance.

Row 1, L to R: Sharon Gallagher, Susan Patton, Marty Stahl, Donna Seaman, Debby Niehaus, Sharon Theobald, Shirley Raymond.

Row 2: Cindy Zink, Janet Campbell, Martha Clark, Jane Booth, Mary Meister, Alicia Humphrey, Chris Stone, Deb Quallen, Ellen Alexander, Teri Morehouse, Sue Geary, Mary Lou Rigdon. Row 3: Diane Thompson, Barb Berling. Each President received a rose.