Your guide to passing the CAPA®/CPAN® Exams


Perianesthesia Nurse Certification (CAPA®/CPAN®) Exam Preparation for your whole team
Support your staff with cutting-edge certification preparation training
This comprehensive CAPA®/CPAN® Exam Prep Course will give your team the best possible preparation for certification.
This innovative online course covers all clinical and professional issues per the current CAPA®/CPAN® exam blueprints. Our in-depth review of systems and refresher on current practices will prepare your staff for success by reviewing key concepts and reinforcing them through realistic test questions. This course also includes valuable test-taking strategies and tips for maximizing your staff’s success and pass rate.
Presented by expert speaker and certification coach, Nancy McGushin, MSN, RN, CNL, CPAN, this dynamic course offers fast, comprehensive preparation for all your staff members seeking to earn certification as Paranesthesia Nurses.
Exam Prep Package with Practice Test

The Certification Exam Prep Package Includes:
- Unlimited Access to Training Sessions for every participant — includes a comprehensive review of key areas of study (total of 5 hours, 58 minutes)
- CAPA®/CPAN® Course Manual (PDF format)
- CAPA®/CPAN® Flash Cards (PDF format)
- Additional Study Tools including audio seminars and articles to complement course videos and reinforce key areas of study
- Online Practice Test to assess your readiness to sit for the actual exam
- Online CE Test Access — Your staff will be eligible to earn up to 12.5 complimentary CE hours
Exam Prep Package with Practice Test

This innovative course follows the CAPA®/CPAN® outline for the current exam.
Video Sessions Cover:
- Standards of Care to Guide Perianesthesia Nursing Practice
- Pharmacodynamics
- Stages of Anesthesia
- Regional Anesthesia
- Preadmission and Preoperative Process
- Phase I Care
- Common Post Anesthesia Complications
- Needs of Special Patient Populations
- Elements of Certification Testing
- Critical Thinking
Give your staff the best possible preparation to pass the exam and get CAPA®/CPAN® Certified!
Exam Prep Package with Practice Test

Featuring Speaker and Expert Certification
Coach
NANCY MCGUSHIN, MSN, RN, CNL, CPAN
Nancy McGushin has been a
certified post anesthesia nurse (CPAN®) since 1994. She currently serves as
the Perianesthesia Nurse Educator at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical
Center, where she provides unit-based education and competency training for colleagues in the Ambulatory
Surgery Unit, Preoperative Holding and Post anesthesia Phases I (PACU) settings.
Nancy worked for fourteen years in inpatient PACU settings and for nine years in pre
anesthesia and post anesthesia care in a free-standing ambulatory surgery center. Her
nursing career also includes experience in medical-surgical and neurosurgical critical care nursing, as
well as staff development and nursing management.
She is an active member of the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses (ASPAN), a member of
the Association of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and an affiliate member of the Ohio
Nurses Association (ONA).
Click here for information about Nancy McGushin.
Register for this intensive training course without risk. If you're not completely satisfied, give us a call at 800-844-8260. We’re that confident that you'll find this learning experience to be all that's promised and more than you expected.
Exam Prep Package with Practice Test
