What ASPAN does

ASPAN (American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses) is a New Jersey-incorporated nonprofit professional nursing association representing approximately 60,000 nurses across the United States who specialize in preanesthesia and postanesthesia care, ambulatory surgery, and pain management. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors with a rotating presidency (Ronda Dyer, MSN, BSPA, RN, CPAN, CAPA, FASPAN, serves as 2026-2027 President) and operates from a national office at 90 Frontage Road, Cherry Hill, NJ. ASPAN functions as the standards-setting and continuing-education body for the perianesthesia specialty, issuing the Perianesthesia Nursing Standards, position statements, and clinical practice guidance, and supporting preparation for the CPAN and CAPA specialty certifications.

ASPAN's core offering is a portfolio of publications, competency-based orientation curricula, and an online learning platform (ASPAN Learn at learn.aspan.org). Publications include the Certification Review for PeriAnesthesia Nursing (5th Edition with 800+ review questions and an interactive online Review Tool), Ambulatory Surgical Nursing, Mosby's Orientation to Perianesthesia Nursing (an online institutional course), the PeriAnesthesia Nursing Core Curriculum, Redi-Ref for Perianesthesia Practices, and the peer-reviewed Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing (JoPAN). Membership benefits also include a quarterly Breathline newsletter, research grants, abstract/poster programs (CSPP, ASPAN Insights), and an annual National Conference (46th edition scheduled April 30 – May 3, 2027 in New Orleans, LA). State and regional component chapters (e.g., FLASPAN, TAPAN) extend the operating model.

Revenue is generated through four streams: individual and group membership dues (subscription/recurring), publication sales (one-time/license, distributed in part through Elsevier's website and hospital e-learning systems), national conference registrations and exhibitor/sponsor fees (transaction), and ASPAN Learn live webcasts, seminars, and on-demand video modules earning nursing contact hours (subscription/recurring). The organization is currently undergoing a disclosed Reorganization with an accompanying Membership Dues Update, and operates an active Member-Get-A-Member campaign. No proprietary AI/ML technology, no public funding events, no acquisitions, and no public revenue disclosures are present in the source material.

Name

ASPAN

Legal name

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

Website

https://aspan.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

ASPAN is a New Jersey nonprofit professional nursing association serving 60,000 perianesthesia nurses across the U.S. with specialty standards, certification review, competency-based orientation curricula, the ASPAN Learn online education platform, publications, and an annual national conference.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cherry Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues from individual and group membership programs serving perianesthesia nurses
2. Publications Sales: Sale of nursing publications including Perianesthesia Nursing Standards, Certification Review, and other educational materials through Elsevier
3. National Conference: Registration fees for annual national conferences including exhibitor and sponsor opportunities
4. Education and Seminars: Live webcasts, seminars, and on-demand video modules through ASPAN Learn platform for nursing contact hours

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ASPAN is a nonprofit professional nursing association that delivers specialty education, evidence-based clinical practice standards, certification preparation resources, and continuing professional development to nurses working in preanesthesia, postanesthesia, ambulatory surgery, and pain management settings. It monetizes its membership community through individual and group membership dues, publication sales (sold directly and via Elsevier), annual national and regional conference registrations, and paid continuing-education programs delivered through the ASPAN Learn online learning platform.

Product overview

ASPAN is a professional nursing organization representing 60,000 nurses in preanesthesia and postanesthesia care, ambulatory surgery, and pain management. The organization provides a portfolio of publications, educational resources, and certification preparation materials for perianesthesia nursing professionals. Key offerings include the Perianesthesia Nursing Standards (core clinical guidelines), certification review materials (Certification Review for PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 5th Edition), competency-based orientation programs for RNs, UAP, and PEDS, and Mosby's Orientation to Perianesthesia Nursing online course. ASPAN also maintains the ASPAN Learn learning management platform (learn.aspan.org), publishes Breathline newsletter and JoPAN (Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing), and organizes the annual ASPAN National Conference and PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week. The organization does not appear to offer a technology product in the traditional SaaS sense, but rather serves as a professional membership association providing clinical standards, education, and professional development resources for perianesthesia nurses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ASPAN Membership

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ElseviercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorElsevier serves as the primary publishing partner for ASPAN's educational publications. Select ASPAN publications including Certification Review for Perianesthesia Nursing, Ambulatory Surgical Nursing, and Mosby's Orientation to Perianesthesia Nursing are sold through Elsevier's website and distributed via Elsevier's clinical e-learning systems for hospital-wide use.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Emergency Nurses Association (ENA): ENA is a specialty nursing association for emergency nurses with a comparable operating model: membership dues, annual conference, peer-reviewed journal, certification programs, and clinical practice resources. Highly analogous to ASPAN in structure and revenue mix.
• American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN): AAACN serves nurses in ambulatory care settings, directly overlapping with ASPAN's ambulatory surgery nursing scope. Operates a similar specialty-association model with publications, CE, and a national conference.
• American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA): AANA represents nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and overlaps with ASPAN at the anesthesia-care interface. While AANA covers a more advanced anesthesia provider role, it competes for the same perianesthesia continuing-education, conference, and standards-setting mindshare.
• Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN): SVN is a smaller specialty nursing association with a similar member-dues-plus-certification-and-conference operating model. Comparable in structure and scale to ASPAN though in a different clinical specialty.
• American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA): ANNA is a specialty nursing association for nephrology nurses with a closely analogous operating model — membership, specialty certification (CNN, CDN), annual conference, clinical practice resources, and a peer-reviewed journal.
• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN): AACN is the leading specialty nursing association for critical-care nurses, mirroring ASPAN's membership-association-plus-CE-publication model for a different acute-care specialty. Both monetize individual memberships, certification prep, conferences, and clinical standards in analogous ways.
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN): AORN represents perioperative/surgical nurses and publishes clinical standards, guidelines, and CE programs for the OR setting — a directly adjacent specialty that overlaps with ASPAN's surgical and ambulatory surgery focus and competes for the same institutional training budgets.

Broad incumbents

• National League for Nursing (NLN): NLN is a broad nursing-education organization providing CE, faculty development, and accreditation support. It competes for institutional nursing-education dollars but is not specialty-specific like ASPAN.
• American Nurses Association (ANA): ANA is the largest, broadest professional association for all U.S. nurses. It overlaps with ASPAN on membership, CE, and advocacy but at the generalist level rather than ASPAN's perianesthesia specialty focus.

Others

• Sigma (Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing): Sigma is a global nursing honor society that publishes research, offers CE, and runs conferences. It overlaps with ASPAN on professional development and publishing but is an academic/honor organization rather than a clinical-specialty body.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ASPANorg

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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