Nancy McGushin – Perianesthesia Nurse Certification – CPAN & CAPA Exam Prep

Nancy McGushin – Perianesthesia Nurse Certification – CPAN & CAPA Exam Prep

The Certification Exam Prep Course Includes:

• Immediate Online Access to Video Sessions providing a comprehensive review of key areas of study (total of 5 hours, 58 minutes)

• CAPA®/CPAN® Course Manual (PDF format)

• CAPA®/CPAN® Flash Cards to help with memorization of important facts (PDF format)

• Additional Study Tools including audio seminars and articles to complement course videos and  reinforce key areas of study

• Online Practice Test to assess your readiness to sit for the actual exam

• Online CE Test Access — complete the entire course and earn 12.5+ CE hours

• Collaboration with other online students to help with problem solving and to keep you motivated!

• Unlimited Access to all videos and materials online for 12 months, plus you can download all resources to own forever!

This innovative course follows the CAPA®/CPAN® outline for the current exam!

Video Sessions Cover:

• Standards of Care to Guide Perianesthesia Nursing Practice 
• Pharmacodynamics 
• Stages of Anesthesia 
• Regional Anesthesia
• Preadmission and Preoperative Process
• Phase I Care
• Common Post Anesthesia Complications
• Needs of Special Patient Populations
• Elements of Certification Testing
• Critical Thinking

Featuring Speaker and Expert Certification Coach
NANCY MCGUSHIN, MSN, RN, CNL, CPAN

Nancy McGushin has been a certified post anesthesia nurse (CPAN®) since 1994. She currently serves as the Perianesthesia Nurse Educator at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where she provides unit-based education and competency training for colleagues in the Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Preoperative Holding and Post anesthesia Phases I (PACU) settings.

Nancy worked for fourteen years in inpatient PACU settings and for nine years in pre anesthesia and post anesthesia care in a free-standing ambulatory surgery center. Her nursing career also includes experience in medical-surgical and neurosurgical critical care nursing, as well as staff development and nursing management.

She is an active member of the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses (ASPAN), a member of the Association of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and an affiliate member of the Ohio Nurses Association (ONA).

Disclosures:

Financial: Nancy McGushin is receiving a fee for speaking at today’s educational activity.

Non-financial: Nancy McGushin has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.