Vital Volumes Indiana Society Of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
Inside this issue
INSPAN Officer info .................... 2
Clinical Practice .......................... 3
Research Corner ........................ 4
President’s message ................... 5
ABPANC Info.………………….……......5
INSPAN News ............................. 6
Committee Reports……………….…..7
Region 3 Report>>>…………………..8
Invitation .................................... 9
Committee Formation…………….10
ASPAN Info……………………………...11
President’s Message Sandra Evanoff ASN, RN, CPAN
Greetings INSPAN members, There are now four generations of nurses in the Indiana workforce, and it is important to know that each generation approaches the nursing profession with slightly different expectations. Generational labels are important in the discussion of the changing work force of nurses. We need to understand who is pushing for change and who is criticizing change. We as a group need to learn how to effectively build bridges amongst the different age groups of nurses and create programs that grow the transferable skills of the new nurs-ing generation. By accomplishing these tasks we will ultimately engage their entrepreneurial spirit, allow them to grow and progress in their careers and assume positions of leadership. We want to let them lead; empower them in order to promote willingness and embrace the change in their field. The most recent generation to join our workforce is the Millennials; nurses born between 1980-2000’s. By 2020 this age group will make up almost half of the nursing workforce. In 2013 Time magazine released an editorial charac-terizing the Millennials as the “Me, Me, Me” generation. This age group was raised in a very structured environment that was evident within their play, school, work and home schedules. This group is also incredibly online in just about every aspect of their lives with their smart phones, tablets, twitter and facebook. They’re optimistic, confident, pragmatic, and desire their work to be meaningful. These characteristics are vital when approaching work with different generations. These nurses are also the Baby Boomers own children. The other half of the generational spectrum is made up of older nurses or the Baby Boomers; nurses born between 1946-1964. With the economic crisis and concomitant drop in value of homes, pensions and retirement accounts nursing retirement dates are often being pushed further into the future. Many articles and nurses will tell you that this generation is on its way out and retiring or that the Millennials are calling for them to get out of the way as they enter the field with a new approach and education. If we do not teach the reward and value of being a part of the nursing field we risk the profes-sion dying out all together or morphing into something we do not recognize. Health care has been drastically changing since the implementation of the 2012 Affordable Care Act. Many hospitals have started cutting programs and resources for nurses. That is why I truly believe in the mission of INSPAN/ASPAN for Perianesthesia Nurses. There are a variety of ways to promote nursing and advocate for nurses through our professional organization. You can find INSPAN/ASPAN everywhere in your community from the state house
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December 2015 Volume 5, Issue 4
Vital Volumes Deadlines
February 15th
June 15th
October 15th
Please submit all articles by e-mail to
Charlotte West at
19324 Hamilton Boone County Road
Sheridan, IN 46069
Phone: 317-582-73335
fax: 317-582-8008
Cell Phone: 317-225-0751
Letter to the Editor
INSPAN loves to hear from YOU! Please
submit news from your district, hospital,
research projects and recognition of fel-
low associates to Charlotte West
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President Sandra Evanoff RN, CPAN
317-403-6583
Vice President/President Elect Kelly Kelley MSN-Ed, RN, CAPA
317-817-1142
Secretary Charlotte West BSN, RN, CPAN
317-225-0751
Treasure Carol Matthews BSN, RN, CPAN, CPN
Past President Ruth Boberg BSN, RN, CPAN
317-509-0769
Board Members at Large Susan Snyder RN, CCRN, CPAN
Brenda Toth MS, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA
Elizabeth Scales BSN, RN,
Annette Frette BSN, RN, CPAN
INSPAN Liaison Grace Walke BSN, RN, CPAN
ASPAN Regional Director Sylvia Baker MSN, RN, CPAN
Newsletter Co-Editor Charlotte West BSN, RN, CPAN
19324 Hamilton Boone County Road Sheridan, IN 46069 [email protected]
Phone: 317-582-73335 fax: 317-582-8008 Cell Phone: 317-225-0751
www.inspan.org
Vital Volumes
Is written by and for INSPAN members.
All rights are reserved.
Copyright 2014
Kelley Kelly MSN-Ed, RN, CAPA
Medication Shortages Most of us have been impacted by the frequent medication shortages and back orders. There is evidence that these shortages are affecting patient safety and our standards of care. Larkin (2011) noted that the most common shortages are propofol, succinylcholine, epinephrine, hepa-rin, and morphine. In an effort to acquire these medications, healthcare providers are forced to order through alternative distributors. Nontraditional distributors are referred to as the “gray market.” The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP, 2011) stated that these distributors obtain and resell medications for significantly higher prices. Manufacturing difficulties and regulatory issues may halt production due to compliance, in-spection, contractor problems, and facility closings. Raw materials for the medications become compromised leading to quality or contamination issues. Healthcare providers create problems by over ordering, hoarding, and stockpiling which leads to unnecessary product demand. As nurses, we have seen this impact our facilities. Medications that we routinely use suddenly go on back order and we must substitute unfamiliar drugs to treat our patients. This practice could lead to safety hazards since we might not be aware of all of the side effects or potential dangerous interactions. Increased prices of medications have caused some to be deleted from our formularies. This is somewhat frustrating especially when we have experienced improved therapeutic effects for our Perianesthesia patients during their recovery. We need to remain diligent in our efforts to be patient advocates and voice our concerns. For more information on medication shortages, check these websites:
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drugshortages/default.cfm http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/tag/drug-shortages/# References Gray market, black heart: Pharmaceutical gray market finds a disturbing niche during the drug
shortage crisis. (2011, August 25). Institute for Safe Medication Practices, 1-4. Larkin, H. (2011, February). Drug shortage may be worst in 30 years. Hospitals & Health Net-
works, 28-32. Retrieved from www.hhnmag.com.
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Clinical Practice Question
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Research Corner Kathy Jo Carter MSN, MBA, RN, CPAN
What does it take to participate in research / evidence-based practice for ASPAN? Let’s dive into the ASPAN website links. Go to Research, then EBP, and select Journal Club. This is an excellent way to take in the basics, terminology, and how it relates to what we read in journal articles. You don’t have to be involved in a study, or work in a university healthcare setting, to keep current. The Journal Club link contains two sections, plus and sample article to review, you can use to advance your understanding. In this newsletter issue, we’ll look at the first section.
The ASPAN EBP Education Module This first section delivers the foundation to develop the skills to evaluate best practice and research. The overview section is a Q&A and addresses:
How and why nurses can benefit from this process. Describes the differences between two ways we can evaluate a clinical question. What skills a nurse needs to be part of this process. Choosing the appropriate tool to use for a particular study. Overview of the different type of study to be reviewed. ASPAN method of ranking the evidence. Guidelines and questions to help the nurse critique a study. Explanations of validity and reliability. Resources available through ASPAN.
After you review the information in this module, take the link to the Journal Club article and use the tools provided to complete a critique. Compare your completed critique to the one from the ASPAN team. How did you do? If this captured your interest, consider joining me on our INSPAN Research Committee. Just send me an email at [email protected] if you want more information. Next Research Corner will talk about Literature Reviews: value and purpose. Until then, keep learning.
Reference:
Research Primer for Perianesthesia Nurses • 2nd Edition • 2009
When I’m a bedside nurse, I can only impact one person at a time, but if I’m good at research,
I can impact countless numbers of people. Everything I do is still framed as a nurse.
Everything I do in the lab has clear clinical applicability.”
-- Sharon Kozachik, ‘The American Nurse’ Book Includes Profiles of 19 Inspirational Health-
Care Workers in Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, December 19, 2012
(continued from page 1) to the state fair. We can interact and engage across many mediums of promotion and communication. Through our membership you have an opportunity to be a voice and professional image of for Perianes-thesia Nursing. You also have the chance to participate in legislative initiatives or professional develop-ment activities that will enhance not only your practice but the profession as a whole. Membership in an organization specific to your practice area gives you a way to do such things as connect with col-leagues from around the country, learn best practices, keep up with changes in your specialty area, par-ticipate in development of practice standards or benchmarks, and advocate for state or federal legisla-tion that enhances your work. Over the course of the next year I want to increase membership in INSPAN/ASPAN. I want to mentor the Millennials in order for them to take over our leadership roles and be passionate about their field. I will continue to update the website that Ruth Boberg, former President of INSPAN, designed and incor-porate the use of Facebook and Twitter (with the help of Susan Snyder, committee member, and Kelley Kelly, Vice President of INSPAN) in order to have current and accessible information for all of our members and followers. Kelley Kelly is planning our fall update for 2016. She will expand the web site to handle registration, payment processing and CE’s from the site. Our charity for this year will be Dress for Success which will help Indiana’s men and women have professional outfits for interviews in 2016. You will see flyers and information on the web site starting in January 2016 of how to be involved. With the new year fast approaching it is ever more poignant that it is time to engage the minds and hearts of Millennials and help them help us create Nursing’s future. We must consider the Millennial’s love of technology and better incorporate it into nursing, or lose them to other, more progressive, disci-plines. The technology is there and adaptation into the average clinical setting awaits. Perhaps Millenni-als themselves will aid our profession in the better use of technology in every clinical setting in the fu-ture. References and Resources • ISNA -Indiana State Nurses Association Bulletin Jan 2014 • Finding the Passion: Inspiring Professionalism in the New Generation’ Katrina Bickerstaff BSN, RN, CA-PA CAPN, ASPAN Vice President/President Elect LDI, September 2015 • Time Magazine- “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation” May 2
Spring Certification Testing
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February 1-7, 2016
PeriAnesthesia Nurses Awareness
Week is around the corner Feb-
ruary 1-72015. This is an oppor-
tunity for all the perianesthesia
units to promote and celebrate
our practice.
INSPAN will submit an application
to Governor Pence for a procla-
mation to honor Perianesthesia
Nurses throughout Indiana.
Nurses working in preanesthesia
and postanesthesia care, ambula-
tory surgery, and pain manage-
ment are dedicated to caring for
patients and their families. They
are passionate about what they
do as nurses. PANAW is an oppor-
tunity to educate nursing col-
leagues and the community
about the professionalism and
passionate care that is delivered
by perianesthesia nurses every
day. Plan to celebrate and recog-
nize your colleagues during PAN-
AW 2016!
Let INSPAN know of your ac-
tivities for the next newsletter.
Pictures would be great.
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PANAW INSPAN News
INSPAN Chapters
We have 2 chapters that have stepped up to meet and present an ed-
ucation offering for the members in the area. Would you like to have a
meeting a year or two and network with area hospitals. INSPAN would
like to help you form a Chapter in your area. Just contact one of the
officers for more information.
INSPAN Board Meetings
The INSPAN Board meetings are open to all INSPAN members and are
welcome to attend. The meeting will be hosted at Ortho Indy 86th
Street. Future meeting dates are:
March 12, 2016
June 11, 2016
PJ Mission
INSPAN’s service committee truly appreciated the dona-
tions our Perianesthesia Nurses and their Health Team Mem-
bers made to this statewide project. We collected 384 pajamas
which were distributed among three Indiana Homeless Shel-
ters:
1. Dayspring Center, Indianapolis
2. Caring Place Domestic Violence Shelter, Valparaiso
3. House of Bread and Peace, Evansville
Clients at these facilities were happy to receive the clothing
and for the committee personally delivering the articles. We
thank everyone for opening your
hearts!
Carol Matthews and Ruth Boburg
Congratulation to INSPAN Scholarship Recipients
National Conference Scholarship =$500 each:
Grace Walke; Beth Toth; Liz Scales; Charlotte West
Certification scholarship = $185:
Nancy Maggio
CPAN/CAPA education reimbursement =$25:
Jill Dillingham; Charlotte West
INSPAN Recruiter of the year receives a $25 education certificate:
Tamara A. Vukusich
Research Committee
Kathy Jo Carter MSN, RN, CPAN
INSPAN Past President
Working with ASPAN and members of INSPAN who are interested in Evidence based nursing
and research.
Bylaws/Policy & Procedures
Grace Walke BSN, RN, CPAN
Revised Bylaws are to be posted on the INSPAN website. Continue to update the Policies
Finance Report
Carol Matthews BSN, RN, CPAN
Treasure/Education Chair
Audit report completed September 25, 2015 with no discrepancies noted. Present balances at
the general member ship meeting are:
Checking Account $15,846.59
Money market $29,592.05
Total $45,438.64
Education Committee
Carol Matthews BSN, RN, CPAN
Treasure/Education Chair
Thank you for all the recipients that submitted application for scholarships.
Publications/Website
Charlotte West BSN, RN, CPAN and Susan Snyder BSN, RN, CPAN
New Website developed to improve communication. Please joint he Nursing Network to get
up to date news.
Did you know that INSPAN just started a new Twitter account? This is to
share information with followers about INSPAN activities and other health
news. Please follow us @INSPANnurses
Membership Memo
November membership = 223
Fall Update 2016
Kelly Kelley MSN-Ed, RN, CAPA
Look for a new look to the INSPAN educational offering in the fall. Save the date September
24, 2016. More news to come.
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INSPAN Committee Reports
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Region 3: Director’s Message
Sylvia Baker MSN, RN, CPAN
ASPAN Regional Director, Region 3
ASPAN CSP Coordinator
ASPAN Clinical Practice Team Leader
As of the publication of this newsletter, LDI is all wrapped up and great learning and networking
has been completed and extended. All of the Regional Directors worked hard this summer stimu-
lating our creative juices to make a fun learning experience for all attendees. I’d like to recom-
mend that all those who attended continue to nurture those seeds that were planted so that
your component will continue to grow and prosper.
ICPAN was also a success with many Perianesthesia Nurses meeting to network about patient
care during the Perianesthesia timeframe around the world. While this is a very young organiza-
tion, we all want to support and encourage its growth! Keep tuned to see how what you do in
your local world is like (or different) from Perianesthesia care in other parts of the world.
I will be attending a couple of Component Conferences as I continue to learn my role in support
of you, the grassroots member of this Region. Please let me know how I can assist you: whether
you are a member of your Component Board or a member providing that stellar care to the pa-
tients that need that loving touch as they emerge from their state of anesthesia.
In October, I will be (or have) attending/ed the Standards & Guidelines meeting. This four day
meeting is one where a great deal of hard work, updating and discussion of our Standards and
Practice takes place. Each time, we (as an organization) update our Standards, I gain a deep sense
of appreciation and pride of the work that we do with our patients (at the bedside) as well as the
work we do as an influential organization.
Please enjoy the upcoming changes of the seasons while continuing to provide the constant
vigilance of care and knowledge to those placed in your care!
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INSPAN’s Holiday Gathering
You are invited to attend a night of social networking; come and meet current INSPAN members and
potential members. INSPAN members are encouraged to bring a colleague.
An optional Christmas ornament exchange (value $5.00 to $10.00) will take place. Wear your holiday
sweater. Refreshments will be served.
Growth and development are vital to INSPAN. Learn the benefits of ASPAN/INSPAN membership.
Education: discounted registration fees to educational conferences; scholarships.
Publications: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing; newsletters.
Networking: State and National networking; Specialty Practice Groups
Advocacy: Governmental Affairs
Date: December 8, 2015
Time: 7:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
Place: Community Health Network North Campus
7250 Clearvista Parkway (North Shadeland Ave. and East 82nd St.)
Professional Building; Riley Board Room—2nd Floor; Indianapolis, IN
For more information contact: Carol Matthews
317-610-6234
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INSPAN Chapter Formation
INDIANA SOCIETY OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSES
GUIDELINES FOR CHAPTER FORMATION
1. Proposed chapter Coordinator submits application for chapter formation to INSPAN President.
a. The application shall include:
i. Proposed Chapter location and Perianesthesia facilities;
ii. Proposed Chapter Coordinator’s name and e-mail address
iii. Proposed Chapter Coordinator’s willingness-to-serve form.
b. INSPAN President shall submit a statement certifying that the proposed chapter meets the
Criteria for chapter formation:
i. At least five (5) INSPAN members living or working in the proposed chapter loca-
tion;
ii. purpose of the chapter is to meet the educational, research and leadership needs
of perianesthesia nurses living or working in the proposed location;
iii. INSPAN has the financial ability to assist the proposed chapter with expenses for
meetings, education, research, etc.
iv.
c. NSPAN President reviews application for completeness.
i. The INSPAN President may request that the INSPAN Treasurer verify that a mini-
mum of five (5) current members of INSPAN live or work in the proposed chapter
location.
ii. INSPAN President will propose chapter designee to correct application deficien-
cies, and resubmits application.
iii. INSPAN President places completed request for chapter formation on agenda for
next Board meeting.
iv. The INSPAN Board votes to grant or deny chapter status to the applicant.
v. The decision of the Board shall be communicated to the proposed chapter repre-
sentative.
vi. A formal announcement shall be made in the next issue of the Vital Volumes
d. Financial reimbursement criteria:
i. Speaker Fee
The Application will be posted on web site or e-mail [email protected]
for an electronic copy sent to you e-mail.
ASPAN National Conference
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Save the Date!
April 10–14, 2016
ASPAN's 35th National Conference
Philadelphia, PA
"Renew Perianesthesia Passion: Inspire Excellence"
More information coming soon.
More information coming soon.
Copyright © American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN). Reprinted with permission.