"In 1975, few educational opportunities were available for the recovery
room nurse. Responding to this educational need a group of nurses organized a
seminar for recovery room nurses. Held in June in 1975 in Rochester, Minnesota,
the conference was sponsored by St. Mary's Hospital. The response to the seminar
was tremendous. Nurses from Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Minnesota
attended."
"Following the seminar Connie Nosbisch, RN organized a meeting to form
the Minnesota Association of Recovery Room Nurses (MARRN). The infant
organization boasted thirteen members and later met in Minneapolis to form the
first Board of Directors and elect Nobisch as the first president."
"The first official MARRN seminar was held at Mercy Medical Center in
Minneapolis on May 1, 1976. The plans were to have a spring seminar in the
Minneapolis/St. Paul area, and a fall seminar in an outstate area to benefit
nurses all over the state."
"Also in 1979, MARRN joined the newly organized American Society of
Perianesthesia Nurses (ASPAN). Mary Lou Barnett, RN from Minnesota was on the
original founding ASPAN Board." "The spring of 1987 brought a name change from
Minnesota Association of Recovery Room Nurses (MARRN) to Post Anesthesia Nurses
of Minnesota (PANOM)."
"Responding to educational needs of nurses in the neighboring Dakotas
the membership voted to incorporate North and South Dakota into the Minnesota
PANOM organization. This occurred in 1994 with the formulation of the new
organization, the Minnesota-Dakotas Society of Post Anesthesia Nurses
(MnDakSPAN)."
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