PACU Nursing Minutes provides perianesthesia educational 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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About Cathy Zuniga, BSN, RN, CPAN
Nurse Cathy has spent over three decades working in healthcare. Education and 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 of nurses!
Her clinical background includes:
- Began as a CNA in 1994, LPN in 1996, BSN in 2000
- SICU, MICU, CCU, Neuro ICU, Code RN, Rapid Response RN in Level 1 trauma centers to community hospitals
- Former travel ICU RN, east & west coast
- Alumnus CCRN, obtained in 2012
- Clinical educator for Arctic SunTM teaching TTM 2006-2009
- Body & neurological interventional radiology 2009-2015
- Perianesthesia (PACU) nurse since 2016
- CPAN® certified in 2019
- Nursing innovator & creator
- PACU Nursing Minutes YT channel, est. October, 2000
- CEO, nurse entrepreneur
- PACU Nursing Minutes LLC., Est. June 6th, 2021
- Lifelong certified bedside RN
- CAPA®/CPAN® certification coach
- Author of multiple courses and companion study guide
- Mother of 2 boys, yes a soccer mom!
- Married to a flight nurse of16 years!
- God planted this business idea and made a way.
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