Click on the name of the Component to link to their Web site:
Alabama Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ALAPAN)
State: Alabama
ALAPAN, as a component of ASPAN, strives to advance our specialty nursing practice through education, research, and promotion of ASPAN Standards.
State: Arizona
AzPANA's mission is to serve as a perianesthesia nursing resource to advance nursing practice within the community through professional and educational opportunities.
PeriAnesthesia Care Nurses of Arkansas (PACNA)
State: Arkansas
PACNA advances nursing practice through educational meetings and networking with other professional association’s societies, hospitals, universities, research organizations and governmental agencies in matters affecting the foregoing purpose of the association.
State: California
In collaboration with ASPAN, PANAC promotes the specialty of perianesthesia nursing.
States: Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC
CBSPAN's mission is to promote quality and cost effective care for patients, their families, and the community through public and professional education, research, and standards of practice.
State: Connecticut
CSPAN exists as a component of ASPAN to advance nursing practice through education, research and standards.
State: Florida
FLASPAN's mission is to provide education and to promote the professional knowledge, competence, and growth of all nurses working in all phases of PeriAnesthesia care, thereby enhancing the care rendered to people undergoing anesthesia and/or surgery, in hospitals and ambulatory care settings, or any in which I.V. sedation is administered.
State: Georgia
Rooted in education, the mission of GAPAN is to establish an organization for networking and advancement of PeriAnesthesia Nursing with an emphasis on continuing education, community service, and research.
State: Hawaii
HIPAN seeks to provide the PeriAnesthesia nursing community with the educational and professional resources necessary to promote the highest standards of care for Hawaii.
States: Illinois, Eastern Missouri
ILSPAN’s mission is to unite perianesthesia nurses to promote quality and cost-effective care for our patients, their families and the community through public and professional education, research and standards of practice.
Indiana Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (INSPAN)
State: Indiana
The mission of INSPAN is to promote quality and cost effective care through public and professional education, research and standards of practice.
Iowa Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ISPAN)
State: Iowa
As a component of ASPAN, ISPAN formally recognizes the purpose and mission of ASPAN. The Society is committed to maintaining and upgrading the standards of the specialty, and to the promotion of professional growth of its members.
State: Kentucky
KSPAN advances nursing practice through education, research and standards.
Louisana Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (LAPAN) (no Web site at the current time)
State: Louisana
State: Maine
MESPAN is an association dedicated to the promotion of the highest standards of professional practice in the perianesthesia setting. The Society promotes quality care for patients and their families through the sponsoring of professional education and by providing a statewide network of communication for nurses working in all phases of perianesthesia care.
State: Massachusetts
MASPAN, as a component society of ASPAN, advances nursing practice through education, research, and promotion of ASPAN Standards.
State: Michigan
MAPAN's mission is to promote high standards in Perianesthesia nursing, to provide progressive educational opportunities, and to increase community and professional awareness of our specialty.
States: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
MNDAKSPAN serves to promote the education and professional growth of nurses practicing in perianesthesia areas such as ambulatory surgery, pre-anesthesia, and post-anesthesia care.
Mississippi Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (MSPAN)
State: Mississippi
MSPAN’s purpose is exclusively educational, scientific, and charitable. As a component of ASPAN it strives to advance nursing practice through education, research, and adherence to standards.
States: Missouri, Kansas
MO-KAN PANA exists to promote quality and cost effective care for patients undergoing all types of anesthesia in all settings, their families and the community, through public and professional education, research, and standards of practice.
State: Nebraska
NAPAN exists as a component of ASPAN to advance nursing practice through education, research, and standards.
Nevada PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association (NevPANA) (no Web site at the current time)
State: Nevada
NevPANA advances nuring practice through education, research and standards.
New Jersey Bermuda PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association (NJBPANA)
States: New Jersey, Bermuda
NJBPANA, as a component society of ASPAN, advances nursing practice through education, research, and the promotion of ASPAN standards of practice.
PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association of New Mexico (PANANM) (no Web site at the current time)
State: New Mexico
In collaboration with ASPAN, PANANM advances nursing practice through education, research and standards.
State: New York
NYSPANA advances nursing practice through education, research and standards.
North Carolina Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (NCAPAN)
State: North Carolina
The purpose of NCAPAN is to: promote high standards for recognition of PeriAnesthesia care, to provide guidance for local districts of PeriAnesthesia nurses, and to provide opportunity for the continuing education of the PeriAnesthesia nurse through diversified educational programs.
States: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
NPANA exists to promote quality and cost effective care for patients, their families, and the community through public and professional education, research, and standards of practice.
State: Ohio
OPANA’s mission is to unite perianesthesia nurses to promote quality care for our patients and the community through the exchange of knowledge for public and professional education, research evidence, and standards of practice.
Oklahoma Society of Perianesthesia Nurses (OSPAN)
State: Oklahoma
OSPAN exists to promote quality and cost effective care for patients, their families, and the community, through public and professional education, research, and standards of practice for all perianesthesia nurses, including those in Phase I and Phase II PACU’s, Same Day Surgery units, Endoscopy Labs, Cath Labs, and all other areas where IV sedation is administered.
State: Pennsylvania
PAPAN exists to promote excellence in patient care by supporting perianesthesia nurses through education, the exchange of knowledge, research, caring and the respect for dignity and unique needs of the individual.
Rhode Island Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (RIAPAN) (no Web site at the current time)
State: Rhode Island
States: Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska
RMPANA exists to unite registered professional nurses of all phases of perianesthesia care to promote quality and cost effective care for patients, their families, and the community, through public and professional education, research, and standards of practice.
State: South Carolina
The mission of SCAPAN is to promote excellence in all aspects of perianesthesia nursing practice through education, specialty certification, nursing research and ASPAN standards in an environment that is respectful of others and adaptive to change.
State: Tennessee
TSPAN is dedicated to supporting the public and professional education, research, credentialing and practice standards programs of ASPAN. These programs promote quality and cost effective health care to patients, their families, and the community.
State: Texas
TAPAN, as a component of ASPAN, advances nursing practice through education, research, and standards.
Utah Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (USPAN) (no Web site at the current time)
State: UTAH
USPAN’s mission is to provide its members with a resource for perianesthesia education and knowledge through bi-annual conferences; to be an influential force for local perianesthesia safety and ASPAN Practice Standards; and to encourage local RNs to become nationally certified CPAN (Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse) and/or CAPA (Certified Ambulatory PeriAnesthesia Nurse).
States: Vermont, New Hampshire
VT/NHAPAN exists to promote quality and cost effective care for patients, their families, and the community, through public and professional education, research, and standards of practice.
State: Virginia
VSPAN exists to promote quality care for patients and their families by encouraging professional education, development of standards, research, certification, and specialization in all phases of perianesthesia nursing and by providing a forum for exchange of ideas between health care providers involved in perianesthesia care.
West Virginia Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (WVSPAN)
State: West Virginia
State: Wisconsin
WISPAN is committed to the promotion of perianesthesia nursing as a specialty and enhancing the professional growth of its members.