CBSPAN’s Successful Practices
The
dedication and commitment of our founding
CBSPAN members laid the groundwork for the development of our
component. Their vision has continued
throughout the years, as we have followed in their footsteps, we have grown into
the strong organization we are today.
Our members,
who have taken the step to become involved on the National level, are an
inspiration to the membership. As a
component we are proud and celebrate their accomplishments.
Wining and
Dining Members
- Host
Institution provides refreshments at monthly meetings
- Hold
dinner meetings sponsored by vendors
- Members
discount for dinner meetings
- Vendors
provide speakers for dinner meetings
Retention/Recruitment
- “Bring
a guest campaign” – member and guest entered in drawing for 1 year ASPAN
membership, incentives for bringing in new members
- Scholarship
programs – sponsor members to attend Component and National events, CPAN
and CAPA certification (for new and/or renewal) based on point system
- “Hot
Topics” with CEU offerings at monthly meetings
- Promote
and support certification
- Encourage
members to become involved through committees and special projects
- Goals
set at the beginning of each year
- Special
projects – encourage representation from each district
- Post
card reminders sent to members for meeting dates and location
- Newsletter
to members twice a year
Recognizng
Excellence
- PANAW
Celebrations – corsages, gifts to certified nurses, tote bags sponsored by
vendors, distribution of PANAW posters to area hospitals
- Nominees
for Excellence in Clinical Practice
- “Kudos”
page on CBSPAN Web site
- Award
“Hail, Honor, Salute” to recognize members for contributions to
PeriAnesthesia Nursing
CBSPAN Web site
- Powerful
tool for communicating information
- Resource
for members
- Provides
a connections between the districts of our component
- Links
to other components and ASPAN
- Education/Clinical
Corner(articles and reports)
- Awareness
of component history
- Photos
allow members to put a face with a name
- Framework
for each district to feed information to the webmaster