Associate Professor
University of Kentucky
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Dr. Jan Odom-Forren, PhD, RN, CPAN, FAAN, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Nursing has been a staff nurse in PACU; clinical nurse specialist, perioperative services; nurse manager, PACU; and Director, Surgical Services. She received her PhD in Nursing in 2009 from the University of Kentucky. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky, College of Nursing and a perianesthesia nursing consultant. She is an international lecturer on perianesthesia and sedation issues and has published extensively in journals and books. Her research area of interest is postoperative symptom management. Dr. Odom-Forren is a past president of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses and has served that organization in many capacities. She most recently has been a member of strategic work teams who developed ASPAN sponsored evidence-based guidelines on the management of PONV/PDNV and Perioperative Normothermia. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and is currently a Co-Editor of the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Her book, Practical Guide to Moderate Sedation/Analgesia, co-authored with Donna Watson was published in spring of 2005. Her 2nd book, Drain’s Perianesthesia Nursing: A Critical Care Approach (6th ed.), published in July 2012.