Who Writes the CAPA® and CPAN® Examinations?

Examination questions are written by practicing perianesthesia nurses who are also CPAN® or CAPA® certified. Interested in volunteering to write items/questions? Click here for more information on how to get invovled.

Research Basis for Examinations
Test Blueprints

Examination Construction Committee

2009-2010 Examination Review Committee Members:
Mike Adams, CPAN®
Seattle, WA

Bonnie Crumley Aybar, CPAN® (Chair-Elect)
Concord, NH

Graze Bautista, CPAN®, CAPA®
Owing Mills, MD

Lori Crosby, CAPA® (ABPANC Board Liaison)
Jamestown, NY

JoAnn DeSelms, CPAN®
Arvada, CO

Teresa Emmons, CPAN®
Coldspring, KY

Vonda Kay Fitch, CPAN®, CAPA®
Carlsbad, NM

Maria Gazy, CPAN®
Lilburn, GA

Valerie Gillis, CPAN®(Chair)
Redmond, WA

Michele Halat, CPAN®
Brick, NJ

Beverly Harrelson, CPAN®
Danville, VA

Elisa Haynes, CPAN®
Eden, NC

Toni Johnson, CPAN®
Buford, GA

Gail Kuhlman, CPAN®, CAPA®
Mason City, IA

Lori Ladd, CPAN®
Gainesville, FL

Ruth Joy Shiller, CAPA®
Houston, TX

Linda Smith, CPAN®, CAPA®
Asheville, NC

Sheila Smith, CPAN®, CAPA®
Tulsa, OK

Cindy Terwilliger, CPAN®, CAPA®
Phoenix, AZ

Mark Veazie, CAPA®
Sugarland, TX

Donna Wollman, CAPA®
Las Vegas, NV

CAPA® and CPAN® Item Writing Committee

Exam questions are written by practicing perianesthesia nurses who are also CPAN® or CAPA® certified. Interested in volunteering to write items/questions? Click here for more information on how to get involved.