Item Descriptions

A Competency Based Orientation and Credentialing Program
for the Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
in the Perianesthesia Setting – 2007 Edition
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The intent is to provide an orientation packet that can be utilized again and again for future orientees.  
Included are twenty (20) chapters for the learner, related to questions, answers, and competency statements 
in a format which meets Joint Commission requirements.  User-friendly, 3-hole punched pages can be placed into
 any binder for individual use, allowing you to add your own information pertinent to your unit.

The chapters in the original 2001 edition were updated and six (6) new chapters have been added. 
 The new chapters include:

•	Patient Rights, Confidentiality, and Communication Skills
•	Basic Infection, Prevention and Control Practices
•	Preoperative Testing
•	Pain Assessment and Management 
•	Care of the Patient Requiring Antiembolism Devices
•	Assisting with Ambulation

Compe Competency Based Orientation Credentialing Program – 2002 Edition [order]

The ASPAN Competency Based Orientation and Credentialing Program is a comprehensive guide to competency and skill development for perianesthesia nurses.  Written by perianesthesia experts, the manual can be used to orient the new perianesthesia nurse, or select chapters can be used for audited skills and annual updates for the entire perianesthesia nursing staff.  The goal is to provide perianesthesia nurses a framework of essential performance criteria.  These unique performance criteria establish basic competencies needed to practice in diverse perianesthesia practice settings.

The chapters are written in easy to use format, with competency statements, criteria, rationale, test questions, references, and tables to check off each nurse when criteria are met.  User-friendly, three-hole punched pages can be placed into any binder for individual use, allowing you to add information pertinent to your own unit.  

Standards of Perianesthesia Nursing Practice 2006-2008

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The 2006-08 edition of the Standards of Perianesthesia Nursing Practice integrates principles of evidence based practice through a thorough literature review and update of references and resources. These Standards also reflect changing healthcare environments which include various levels of care, a variety of environments of practice and emerging patient safety issues. Lastly, recognizing the wide applications of the principles of diversity as related to patients and caregivers alike, the 2006 edition will include a new Position Statement on Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity.

Following an extensive application of ASPAN's Evidence Based Research Model, we are pleased to offer the first EVIDENCE BASED CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR MANAGEMENT OF PONV/PDNV. This publication also supports flexibility in response to emerging issues and technologies in health care, patient safety, and the delivery of perianesthesia nursing through Standards, Resources and Position Statements.

Standards of Perianesthesia Nursing Practice – 2004 Edition [order]

The Standards of Perianesthesia Nursing Practice 2004 edition further defines the levels of care that are delivered regardless of the practice setting. In addition you will find a new Resource for Sedation and a Resource for Safe Transfer of Care from the perianesthesia settings.   Thermoregulation guidelines that were developed as a result of a multidisciplinary research endeavor headed by ASPAN will provide you with an in-depth look at this important aspect of our practice. The book contains ASPAN Standards, Resources and all available Position Statements that identify, define and support our practice.