PACU Nursing Minutes provides on-demand perianesthesia courses, covering everything from “The Basics” to advanced CAPA® & CPAN® certification prep.
PACU Onboarding Ed.
- PACU Nursing Basics
- Pediatric Surgery & Recovery
- Airway Complications Post-Op
Certification Ed.
- Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CAPA®)
- Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse (CPAN®)
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Aim for Certification Spring of 2025!
Solid
97% Pass Rate!
Join the CAPA®/CPAN® ranks
93 RNs Certified!
Since Course Launch!
About Cathy Zuniga, BSN, RN, CPAN
Nurse Cathy has spent over three decades working in healthcare, education & nursing are her two main passions. In 2021 PACU Nursing Minutes (PNM) was founded. PNM is dedicated to paying it forward by sharing clinical specialty nursing knowledge with the next generation!
Her clinical background includes:
- CNA@15, LPN@17, BSN in 2000 then ICU!
- SICU, MICU, CCU, and Neuro ICU
- Former Travel ICU RN, East & West Coast
- Current Alumnus CCRN- Obtained in 2012
- Clinical Educator for Arctic SunTM Teaching TTM 2006-2009
- Body & Neuro Interventional Radiology 2009-2015
- Perianesthesia Nurse since 2016
- CPAN® Certified in 2019, Re-tested for recert. in 2022
- YouTube Nursing Innovator/Creator
- PACU Nursing Minutes Channel, Est. 2000
- Nurse Entrepreneur
- PACU Nursing Minutes LLC., Est. June 6th, 2021
- Certification Course Launched May 23rd, 2022
- Current Perdiem, RN- ASC in WA State
- Current PALS, ACLS, & CPAN
- Lifelong Certified Bedside RN
- CAPA®/CPAN® Certification Coach
- Virtual Clinical Nursing Specialty Educator
- Author- E-StudyGuide, TBA 2025 (In Peer Review Edit)
- Mother of 2 Boys- Yes! I have become a Soccer MOM!
- Married to a Flight MURSE of +14yrs!
CEP Provider Approved By The California Board Of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17622,
For All Contact Hours.
