| AACD/SNOMED |
American Association of Clinical Directors/Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine |
| AACN |
American Association of Critical Care Nurses |
| AANA |
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists |
| AASPA |
American Association of Surgical Physician Assistants |
| ACS |
American College of Surgeons |
| ANCC-COA |
American Nurses Credential Center-Commission on Accreditation |
| ANSR |
Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief |
| AORN |
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses |
| APSF-ASA |
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation – American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| ARIN |
Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing |
| ASA |
American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| ASC |
Ambulatory Surgery Center Association |
| ASF |
Ambulatory Surgery Foundation |
| AST |
Association of Surgical Technologists |
| BOD |
Board of Directors |
| CAPA |
Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse |
| CBO |
Competency Based Orientation and Credentialing Program |
| CD |
Computer disk |
| CPAN |
Certified PeriAnesthesia Nurse |
| CSPS |
Council of Surgical and Perioperative Safety |
| EBP |
Evidence Based Practice |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| GAC |
Governmental Affairs Committee |
| ICNP |
International Classification for Nursing Practice |
| ICU |
Intensive Care Unit |
| JCAHO → TJC |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations → The Joint Commission |
| JLSystems |
National Office Information and Technology company |
| JOPAN |
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing |
| NC |
National Conference |
| NDNQI |
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators |
| NIWI |
Nurse in Washington Internship |
| NO |
National Office |
| NOA |
Nursing Organization Alliance |
| NOAH |
ASPAN membership database system |
| NSNA |
National Student Nurses’ Association |
| PAI |
Performance and Improvement |
| PANAW |
PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week |
| PDE |
Perianesthesia Data Elements |
| RD |
Regional Director |
| REASN |
Resourcefully Enhancing Aging in Specialty Nursing |
| S&G |
Standards and Guidelines |
| SCIP |
Surgical Care Improvement Project |
| SGNA |
Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
| SPAQI |
Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement |
| SPG |
Specialty Practice Group |
| SQAD |
Strategic Query and Discovery |
| SWT |
Strategic Work Team |
| TIGER |
Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform |
| UAP |
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel |