Ohio PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association (OPANA)
CAPANA-Cincinnati Area PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association
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.
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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 2018-2019 welcome you to the CAPANA District News and Update page:
President: Diane Smith
Treasurer: Debby Niehaus
Secretary: Stefanie Long
Past Pres: Sharon Gallagher
Membership/Awards: Marylou Rigdon
Newsletter/Flyers: Sheila Hoff
Scholarship: Missy Dennis
Workshop Comm: TBA
Community Service Update: At our CAPANA Workshop we hosted March 17th we collected 169 cans and packages of soups, 45 cans of vegetables, pasta, peanut butter and canned meats; that was donated to the Matthew 25 Ministries of Cincinnati to be used for humanitarian and catastrophic relief.
CAPANA Newsletter Latest Edition and Archives- Newsletters Minutes and Updates 2011-18
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Diane Smith-Thompson, 2018-2019 President
Besides canned goods, a $55.00 cash donation was collected. Delivery to the Drop Off Center-Kenwood Road by Debby Niehaus who is holding the CAPANA sign presented to the center with our donation. Thank you to our members for giving.
October 18, 2017 we had a Dr. Maynard speak at Bethesda North Hospital talk on robotic surgery for pancreatic cancer. He brought the DaVinci robot and two OR technician and nurses so we all could play and maneuver the robot arms around. This was our best ever attendance at over 65! We had 8 student nurses accept our invitations to attend the evening and especially enjoyed speaking to the student nurses from the local college program. Pictured are 4 of the attending student nurses.
Members at the Workshop March 17th requested Dr. Shantz Slides on the Surgical Home and we have attached the presentation. Thanks Dr Shantz for sharing.
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!!!
