About OPANA
OPANA (Ontario PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association) is a nonprofit, professional nursing association dedicated to the promotion and advancement of PeriAnesthesia Nursing Specialty Practice in all affiliated health care environments. These areas include, but are not limited to:
- Pre-Admission Clinics
- Post Anesthetic Care Units (PACU)
- Day Surgery Units
- Affiliated Procedural Sedation Settings
- Endoscopy
- Cystoscopy
- Labour and Delivery
- Dentistry
- Any other area of health care where local, general or regional anesthetics or sedation are given to patients undergoing a wide variety of treatments or surgery
Vision, Mission, Values and Goals
- OPANA VISION:
- A provincial specialty nursing association, striving to achieve nursing excellence by guiding the future of PeriAnesthesia practice and leadership.
- OPANA MISSION:
- To recruit and retain motivated PeriAnesthesia nurses by promoting best practice and quality initiatives through collaboration, education, research and innovation to optimize patient care utilizing National Standards of Practice.
OPANA VALUES:
- Promote respect, positive communication and collaboration among all members of the patient/family/healthcare team
- Value excellence and integrity in all interactions
- Be accountable and ethical in our nursing practice through our actions and decisions
- Commit to excellence in nursing by promoting a culture of lifelong learning that integrates evidence-based practice, research, professional development and competence
- Demonstrate genuine respect for uniqueness and diversity
- Face our challenges through innovation, creativity, shared knowledge and experiences
- Collaborate with inter-professional colleagues to deliver the best quality of care
OPANA GOALS:
- To promote and subsidize research that leads to evidence-based best practices
- To provide venues to share education and learned experiences
- To build a data base of topics that influences PeriAnesthesia nursing practice
- To promote interconnectedness (universal oneness) with PeriAnesthesia nursing associations and related interest groups around the world (e.g. NAPANc, ICPAN, ORNAC, Ambulatory Clinics, Surgical Specialty Groups)
