American Society for Pain Management Nursing
Northern Virginia Local Chapter

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON

Please click for National Membership Information or Local Chapter membership form. Reduced rates for conferences available to ASPMN members.  Check it Out!

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Interested in National Certification? - This is where you expand your career in Pain Management!  The National ASPMN Conference offers a Pain Certification Review Course to help you get started.

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"Relieving Pain in America"
The Institute of Medicine Report Highlights
Release from ASPMN

On June 30, 2011, the Institute of Medicine’s blue ribbon Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care and Education issued what is unquestionably the most comprehensive report on pain in America ever produced. Its findings and recommendations are dramatic and unequivocal:

  • Pain represents a public health crisis of epidemic proportions;
  • There is a moral imperative to address this crisis; and
  • Solutions will require a cultural transformation in the way pain, particularly chronic pain, is understood, assessed and treated.                                                 ... Read More                  ***************************

    Risk Evaluation and Mitigation                      Strategy (REMS)                               

compiled by 

Regina Stiles, BA, RN-BC

 

  
"REMS” is a term you have undoubtedly heard about and will continue to hear often in the months ahead. Here is a breakdown to help with understanding the concept and terminology. Read More

 

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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES


22nd National Conference
in our own backyard!

JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND THE WORLD!

SEPTEMBER 12 -15, 2012

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Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Course - 2 days only
Not affiliated with ASPMN or NoVA ASPMN
Please click HERE for additional information
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CHRISTINE RUPPRECHT, MSN, RN REIKI MASTER/TEACHER


Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that promotes healing. This class will change your life. Attendance is limited to eight special 

people. Please feel free to share this flyer with those 

you love! 


Contact: Christine Rupprecht at                 ruppcol@yahoo.com


ANNUAL CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Jan. 2012 - Dec 31, 2012 $20.00

We are changing our membership calendar year to be
      Jan 1 - Dec 31.

Please join us in the new year for opportunities to grow, share and explore.





WOULDN'T  YOU LIKE TO BE ON THE BOARD OF YOUR AWARD WINNING CHAPTER?

2012 ELECTION RESULTS:
PRESIDENT 2012-2013
Gerry Higgins MSN, CNS-BC, OCN

PRESIDENT ELECT 2012-2013
Regina Stiles BA, RN-BC

SECRETARY 2012-2013
MAry Beth Smith BSN, RN-BC

TREASURER 2012-2013
Florence Mooney-Cotter MSN, CNS-BC









Business Meeting
Executive Board Meeting
Nov 6, 2011

Conference Call
Please contact us through the "Contact Us" page for information on how to join us.



Community Outreach Program

"Pain 101: The Basics of Managing Your Pain"

Would you like to put your education to the test?  How about your hands?  We are always looking for volunteers to assist in the community out reach programs to offer community based education to local groups in the Northern Virginia area. Would your group be interested in having us join them for a few hours?


NOVEMBER 9, 2011  7:00PM

St. John Neumann Church
11900 Lawyers Road
Reston, VA 20191
703-860-6149 

CLICK HERE for Presentation Outline.  J
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