Jan Stewart Memorial Wellness Lecture Series

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Jan Stewart Memorial Wellness Lecture Series

Jan Stewart Speaker 2013 - CRNA Maria van Pelt

"The Aftermath of Perioperative Catastrophes: Our Voices are Finally Heard!"

Most anesthesia providers will experience a perioperative death of a patient or a major perioperative catastrophe in the course of their career. As the tenth speaker in the Jan Stewart series, van Pelt's lecture addresses the wellness topic of the emotional toll on CRNAs in the aftermath of an adverse event based on her recent doctoral research. She advocates for implementing procedures to give support and attention to the provider to reduce the potential dysfunctional behavior, which threatens personal well-being and patient safety, that may occur following an event.

Maria van Pelt, CRNA, MS, MSN is currently a PhD candidate in Nursing at Villanova University. Her research interest is the aftermath of perioperative catastrophes and the impact on patient safety and provider wellness. She has been lecturing and recognized nationally for her work within her research domain. Van Pelt (formerly Magro) is on the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Executive Committee, Board of Directors and the Committee for Education and Training. She has served on the AANA Wellness committee and is the current chair of the Massachusetts Association of Nurse Anesthetists Wellness Committee. Van Pelt has been selected as the 2013-14 American Hospital Association (AHA) National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Patient Safety Leadership Fellow.

Critical Incidents and Adverse Events Open Forum, Sunday, August 11, 2013

Also during Annual Meeting 2013 in Las Vegas, Maria van Pelt and AANA Senior Director Professional Practice, Lynn Reede, DNP, MBA, CRNA, will faciliate an open discussion on this topic. All are welcome to attend - you don't have to have experienced an anesthesia related traumatic event to join in sharing, or just listening.

Past Speakers in the Series

Annual Meeting	Speaker/Topic
2012, San Francisco	Chris Crowley "Younger Next Year" December 2012: New book Thinner This Year
2011, Boston	Martin Iguchi, PhD "How Goes the War on Drugs?"
2010, Seattle	Delancy Street Foundation "The Power to Change" conversation with Wellness Committee members Terry Wicks, CRNA, MHS and Patti Bright, CRNA, MS
2009, San Diego	Jeanne Stawiecki, CRNA "Ordinary to Extraordinary"
2008, Minneapolis	David Romanelli "Livin' the Moment"
2007, Denver	William Cope Moyers "Further Along the Broken Road to Recovery"
2006, Cleveland	Mark Therrien "Laughter is Contagious"
2005, Washington, D.C.	Michael Roizen, MD "Real Age: Getting Younger and Being Healthier"
2004, Seattle	Douglas Cook, MD "CRNA, An At Risk Provider"

Speaker Series

About Jan Stewart

Named after our respected colleague, 1999 - 2000 AANA President Jan Stewart, CRNA, ARNP, the Jan Stewart Memorial Wellness Lecture Series features speakers on wellness related topics at each Annual Meeting.

Link to more info:

Jan's achievements as AANA President
Jan's daughter Sarah speaks about her mother in the About Wellness video

To support speakers

Please consider a contribution to support the series speakers in this cause for awareness of the vulnerability of all CRNAs and student nurse anesthetists to chemical dependency.

See the AANA Foundation and specify "Jan Stewart Memorial Fund" on your donation.