CHESPEAKE BAY SOCIETY OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSES

BOARD MEETING –July 8, 2006

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

ASPAN’S Communications:

· ASPAN granted honorary status to Marisa L. Wilson who is spearheading a PDE project for ASPAN. She will also be an honorary member of CBSPAN. Per Chris Price, Marisa will be working with Denise O’Brien on building a universal language for PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Marisa is from the University of Maryland and has just received her doctorate.

· Research Poster for National Conference in Anaheim due October 31^st

· Successful Practice for National Conference due November 15^th

· Pam Windle’s vision for excellence is to promote safety within perianesthesia practice. Seeking research and successful practice on promoting a safe environment for our nurses and patients.

· ASPAN has a new policy regarding seminars that they co-sponsor: they will contact the Component when members are requesting for a co-sponsoring seminar to see if there is a conflict of date with the Component’s annual seminar. The President will have five days to respond to this email.

· CPAN/CAPA Exam deadline September 3, 2006

· ASPAN Component Development Institute 2006 “Continuing Our Journey to Excellence: Through Writing for Publication, Research and EBP

September 15-17, 2006 at Bloomington, Minnesota.

CBSPAN UPDATES:

· Graze has taken over as CBSPAN interim Treasurer until an official

Ballot is mailed to the membership.

· Foundation donation given in Honor of CBSPAN members during the National conference Foundation Luncheon.

Respectfully submitted,

Joy Reece, BSN,RN,CPAN

CBSPAN President 2005 - 2007