NEOPANA

NorthEast Ohio PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association -NEOPANA Welcomes members and guests to our site

NEOPANA Officers 2022-2023:

President: Debbie Wolff

VP Pres Elect: Sally Swartzlander

Secretary: Teri Siroki

Treasurer: Genie Chafe

Board Member: 2022-23 Pam Beard, Phyllis Mesko,

Marilyn Lowe, Sarah Sanor, Beth Cooper, Kim Bryan

District Rep: Beth Cooper

NEOPANA wishes to thank these long-time members

for their service: Claudia Williams, Susan Lohmeyer,

Jean Kaminski, Martha Steele, and Lisa Moyer.

NEOPANA 2022-2023 Meeting Schedule:

January 10, 2023 - Board Zoom Meeting - See NEOPANA Report for information below.

February 7, 2023- PANAW Celebration PANAW on February7, 2023, by having dinner at Mulligans Restaurant in Canton. The Board will pick up the tab for the night. This will replace the ‘NEOPANA’ bucks

raffle used in the past years.

March 2023- Service project TBA

April 28 - May 1: ASPAN National Conference -Denver, Colorado

April 2023 - TBA

May 9, 2023 - New Officer Dinner

Mission Statement: The Northeast Ohio PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association’s Mission is to promote the profes-sion of Perianesthesia Nursing and to enhance the quality of life for our members and the patients they serve."

NEOPANA Members volunteered on Saturday April 2022 as a Service Project at the Akron Canton Regional Food Bank. See members pictured to the right.

Other Service Projects planned for this year include: Safer Futures Woman Shelter, Portage County; Hope Outreach-Canton Soup Kitchen; and the Akron Canton Food Bank.

Debbie Wolff received the Kent State University (KSU) Barbara Donaho Distinguished Leadership in Learning Award. She was nominated by KSU students and faculty for providing effective leadership, demonstrating compassionate role modeling, and sound professional mentoring.

Recipients of this award are a select group who have greatly enhanced and contributed to the quality of care provided by the next generation of professional nurses.

University Hospital Perioperative Services Newsletter Aug 2021

UH Portage • UH Super Star - Beth Cooper RN CPAN CAPA

Beth demonstrates a passion for education and hopes to be a shining example for others of how to become more involved in the PeriAnesthesia Nursing specialty. She continues to further her own education, mentor, and coach those pursuing CPAN/CAPA certification as a Certification Coach and is a member of 2 National Strategic Work Teams for ASPAN. Not only do we want to shout out to Beth for being such an awesome and passionate member of our nursing team, but we want to help her spread the word about ways to engage in our specialty!