MNDAKSPAN Board of Directors

President:

Gerrie Maslowski, RN, CPAN

Contact: Rochester, MN

505-634-7804

E-mail:

justgerrie@aol.com

Past President
Deb Greenwell-Plafcan, RN, CAPA
Contact:

Sartell, MN

320-529-8815

E-mail: deborahgp@clearwire.net

Bio: I have been in Nursing over 30 years, PACU for the last 8 years. I have worked in New Jersey, Missouri and Minnesota ( glad to be back home) I have been on the Perianesthsia Practice Comm, Policy/Proceedure Comm, QI at my hospital and was the Director of Education for MNDAKSPAN.

Bio: Graduated from St. Mary's in Minneapolis. She has worked as a PACU Nurse for 25 years, both inpatient and outpatient facilities. Currently she is the Education Coordinator and Unit Preceptor at the St. Cloud Surgical Center in St. Cloud, MN. She is also a Nurse Research Consultant, Flight Nurse for Wings of Mercy, and has served in Guatemala as a PACU Nurse for HELPS International.

MNDAKSPAN Board Of Directors Documents and Files

Nomination Acceptance Form (PDF) Nomination Acceptance Form (Word)
Reimbursement Form (PDF) Reimbursement Form (Word)

MNDAKSPAN Willingness-to-Serve From (PDF) MNDAKSPAN Willingness-to-Serve From (Word)

Stationary Template (Word)

Director of Publications

Teresa Neuzil

Contact: Rochester, MN

507-635-5859 (H)

507-266-7223 (W)

E-mail: neuzil.teresa@mayo.edu

Director of Governmental Affairs

Beth Markham
Contact:
E-mail:

Bio:

Bio: I have been a nurse since 1993 my specialty-pediatrics. working on the Float Team at Minneapolis Childrens until choosing to work in PACU in January 2001. I fell in love with the patients, staff and the challenge of the dynamic environment. That love helped me to pursue certification-CPAN in 2004 and CAPA in 2007. I have a degree in English from Mankato State University, an AD in Nursing from Anoka Ramsey Community College and my MSN from the University of Phoenix. When I completed my certifications and came near to the end of my Masters I chose to pursue a leadership opportunity with St. John's Hospital. My hope is that I can help encourage bedside nurses to pursue certification and help raise the bar for care in the area of perianesthesia nursing. There are huge amounts of best practice happening everyday and I look forward to helping people share that information so our patients-no matter where they receive care-get nothing but the best. On a personal note-I live a quiet life with my dog. When I have time I love all kinds of crafts.

Director of Education

Mary Starkman, RN, CPAN
Contact: Duluth, MN

(218)786-2467-work
(218)724-4565-home

E-mail: mstarkman@smdc.org;
starkmanmary@hotmail.com

Director of Certification

Benjamin Tempel RN, CPAN

Contact: Hayfield, MN

507-365-8775
E-mail: tempel.benjamin@mayo.edu

Bio: Graduated from College of St. Catherine in St. Paul in 1985. Have worked in Phase I PACU since 1991. Previous experience SICU at St. Mary's and general med/surg. at VAMC in Mpls. I am currently the Assistant Head Nurse of Pre-op Holding and Phase 1 PACU at St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. Responsibilities include direct patient care, orientation/precepting of new staff, education and competency completion of all Pre-op/PACU staff, including CNA's, HUC's, LPN's and RN's. Member of house -wide ICU, Trauma Nursing and Patient Care Management committees, as well as unit-based Practice Committee. Obtained CPAN certification in 2005.

Bio: I received my BSN from St. John's University in 1999. Since then, I have worked at Mayo Clinic's St. Mary's Hospital. I started my career on a general medical floor and then transferred to the PACU where I have now been for 5 years. I have been involved with many committees including unit council, continuous improvement, charge nurse and pediatric practice. I look forward to working on the board and getting more perianesthesia nurses to obtain certification.

Treasurer

Kay Padilla, RN, BSN
Contact: Rochester, MN

507-288-3644
E-mail: Padilla.Kay@Mayo.edu

Director of Membership/Marketing: Cheryl Tveit, RN, BSN, CAPA

Contact: Maplewood, MN 651-726-2849

E-mail: cheryltveit@yahoo.com

Bio: Kay received her BSN from Viterbo University in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Her background includes respiratory surgical ICU (9 years), Emergency room (18 years), and PACU, preop, outpatient and regional block nurse (10 years). Kay has previously served as the MNDAKSPAN secretary. She is currently on the quality improvement committee at her workplace where she is involved with daily audits.

Bio: Graduated from Century College in 1999 with ASN. Graduated from Bethel University with BSN in 2007. I have worked in the PeriAnesthesia department at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul for the past 6 years. Prior to this I worked in the PICU and also on an Adult Med/Surg Unit. I am currently the charge nurse for PreOp, PreAnesthesia and Phase II Same Day Surgery Unit. I am involved with the MN partnership for Health Literacy and have chaired the Patient Education Commitee at Gillette for the past three years.

Vice-President/President Elect

Contact:

E-mail:

Secretary

Karen Peterson-Rucker, RN, MSN, CPAN

Contact: Rochester, MN

507-255-5264

E-mail: petersonrucker.karen@mayo.edu

Bio:

Bio: Karen received her BSN through the University of WI - Eau Claire and her MSN through the University of Phoenix. Her background includes Surgical Cardiac Intermediate Care (4 years), Neurosurgical ICU (5 years), and PACU, Preop, Outpatient surgery, Regional Block nurse. I have been at Mayo for 18 years, 9 of them in perianesthesia nursing.