Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

JUNE 3, 2024

There are four classes of APRNs: certified nurse midwife (CNM), clinical nurse specialist (CNS), certified nurse practitioner (CNP), and certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). Though all APRNs undergo extensive training to achieve their advanced degree, each type obtains a different skillset, with CRNAs focused on anesthesia care.

Nurse Practitioner

PANA

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Her first shadow experience was in 2012 at her local hospital, where she met Dr. Wallena Gould, Ed, CRNA, FAANA, FAAN, founder & CEO of Diversity CRNA who actually encouraged Brown to pursue nurse anesthesia. She also looks up to best friend and peer Ryan Davis, MSN, CRNA , a recent graduate of Columbia University.

Nurse Anesthetist

PANA

APRIL 21, 2023

Advanced Practice Provider Spotlight: Certified registered nurse anesthetist shares perspective on caring for diverse patients Posted April 11, 2023 by ,Penn State Health News Prolung Ngin , a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) at Penn State Health Milton S.

Nurse Anesthetist

The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The regulation of the number of MD residency and CRNA training positions, and the duration of time required to train new professionals, impede the ability to rapidly increase the supply of clinicians entering the workforce. Specific trends have led to the anesthesia workforce supply–demand relationship.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 25, 2021

On March 28, 2021 the anesthesia world in the United States was rocked by the headline: “ Wisconsin Hospital Replaces All Anesthesiologists With CRNAs. “ The hospital was Watertown Regional Medical Center, located in Watertown, Wisconsin , population 23,861, midway between Milwaukee and Madison. A doctor or a nurse?

Anesthesiologist

Concordia Anesthesiology

AUGUST 30, 2021

Without a doubt, the operating room (OR) brings in the lion’s share of a hospital’s revenue, amounting to as much as 70% or more. So, why aren’t hospitals developing and expanding the OR? Still, with the OR a prime revenue-generator for any hospital, its operation should be scrutinized to see where cost-savings might be implemented.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 25, 2022

The data was from a retrospective matched cohort study of major noncardiac inpatient surgical procedures performed from January 1, 2010, to October 31, 2017, and was conducted in 23 academic and private hospitals in the United States. In this study, the reported average yearly salary for a CRNA was $202,000, and they worked 40 hours per week.

Operating Room

EARN Cares

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Behavioral health RNs who provide home health care services may visit patients on a regular basis or they may provide one-time services after a patient is discharged from the hospital. Outpatient care is provided at clinics or other medical facilities, and patients typically do not stay overnight.

CRNA

The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2016

One model is having a CRNA do the anesthetic independently without any physician anesthesiologist present. At the current time, in my home state of California, independent CRNA practice is legal, but the penetration of this model in the marketplace is very minimal. Veteran’s Affairs (VA) hospital anesthesia groups.

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2017

An innovative new medical staffing company named BlocHealth has entered the business of matching anesthesia candidates with client hospitals/healthcare systems. You’ll have access to easy-to-view hospital profiles. You can directly message hospitals with interest. The BlocHealth process is unique. It’s a quicker process.

Anesthesia

PANA

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Dawn Bent, DNP, MSN, CRNA , didn’t choose to be a nurse anesthetist as much as the profession chose her. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. She was working as an ICU nurse for eight years when one of the anesthesiologists that she worked with told her: “I think you would be a great nurse anesthetist.”

Nurse Anesthetist

The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2016

The current market leader for hospitals is Epic, a ponderous, expensive system that does little to make the pertinent information easier to find in medical charts. This group would cover a hospital or several hospitals along with nearby surgery centers and offices. The goal is improved patient care with decreased costs.

Anesthesiologist

Triage Staffing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You can choose short-term or long-term contractual assignments and pick from various settings, from small-town clinics to large teaching hospitals and everything in between. Today’s L&D nurse might work in a hospital L&D unit, a physician’s office, or a maternity or birthing center. an hour.

Nurse

SpecialtyCare

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The team consisted of two surgeons, an anesthesiologist, a CRNA, an internal medicine physician, four registered nurses, an instrumentation/implant rep, and myself (IONM).” I also had help from one of the representatives from the World Pediatric Project, the organization who funded this trip.

Operating Room

The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

To aid you in visualizing yourself in the hospital, I’m substituting the pronoun “you” instead of “I” in the narrative below. You complete your morning bathroom and breakfast routines, and leave your residence at 0630 hours for the hospital. Your hospital contains multiple operating rooms, and today you are in room #10.

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2018

Anesthesiologists still work in hospital operating rooms, but their expertise is also needed in other places, including invasive radiology, gastrointestinal endoscopy, electrophysiology and more. Regarding the #1 job, physician anesthesiologist , the article states, “the breadth of the profession has dramatically expanded in the last decade.

Anesthesiologist

Nurse Jess

JANUARY 25, 2022

Happy CRNA Week 2022 It’s 2022 and we are entering our third year of the pandemic. At my hospital, we haven’t completely stopped surgical cases. In California, it is mandated at every hospital to have a certain nurse to patient ratio depending on the type of care rendered. Omicron is ravaging the country. Thanks for reading.

CRNA

The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The paramedics are onsite, the patient has been reintubated, and the patient is being transported to a nearby hospital. The oxygen saturation then climbed to 100%, and they transported the patient to the hospital. The number of patients admitted to a hospital within 7 days of outpatient surgery was 9.08

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

Every hospital operating room is equipped with a computer connected to the internet. The EMR requires a computer terminal and screen in every operating room, and every hospital operating room must be connected to the internet. Since the development of the internet, anesthesia practice has changed forever.

Operating Room

The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

A typical hospital will have dozens of other anesthesia providers working in the same building. In an anesthesia care team, a physician anesthesiologist supervises up to four operating rooms and each operating room is staffed with a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). at a community hospital. Sound scary? Sound scary?

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2017

The anesthesia professional might be an MD, a CRNA, or both a MD and a CRNA might be involved. Some hospitals have an anesthesia preoperative clinic where patients are interviewed and examined one day or more prior to surgery. Are the majority of anesthetists MDs or CRNAs, or is the staff a mix of both? Peruse the list.

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 12, 2023

From the answers above, I’ll attest that if you’re an inexperienced anesthesiologist or certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) working alone, there is value having a resource like CHATGPT immediately available. Are there any notable errors in the CHATGPT answers? No, not really.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Let’s examine five actual post-extubation scenarios that caused death, complications, or a near-miss: During my first month of anesthesia training at a county hospital in San Jose, California, I chose to try to wake up a healthy patient without the presence of my faculty member. She walked out of the hospital two days later.

General Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

He walked out the hospital alive and well. When a bad outcome like this occurs in a hospital or surgery center, a facility’s Quality Assurance Committee examines the details of the case—not to assign blame—but to identify flaws in patient care systems which must be improved in the future.

Post-Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It was Johnny’s first day of school and my first day to report to the local hospital. I needed to be at Hibbing General Hospital before 7:30. The hospital was a three-block hike from Dom’s house, so it made sense to leave the battered BMW on the curb and walk to Hibbing General. The kitchen was quiet as a library. I was miffed.

Nurse Anesthetist

PANA

JANUARY 24, 2025

Camilo Rubio, DNP, CRNA , is the Chief CRNA at the VA hospital in Pittsburgh.Born and raised in Colombia, Camilo's story of becoming a CRNA and his commitmentto healthcare and mission work is impressive.Camilo has workedas a flight nurse and has completedmission trips in Nicaragua, Colombia and Guatemala providing anesthesia in those underserved (..)

CRNA

PANA

JANUARY 24, 2025

Camilio Rubio, DNP, CRNA , is the Chief CRNA at the VA hospital in Pittsburgh.Born and raised in Columbia, Cam's story of becoming a CRNA and his commitmentto healthcare and mission work is impressive.Cam has workedas a flight nurse and has completedmission trips in Nicaragua, Columbia and Guatemala providing anesthesia in those underserved countries. (..)

CRNA

PANA

JANUARY 20, 2025

20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) are usually the last person a patient sees before a surgical procedure begins, and the first person they awake to when it ends. As the hands-on providers of anesthesia, CRNAs are with their patients throughout the entire medical procedure. HARRISBURG, Pa.,

CRNA

OR Manager

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Last November, two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, reportedly had to cancel several hundred procedures—nearly all nonemergency surgeries—due to a shortage of anesthesia providers. This incident is just one More » The post The anesthesia staffing crisis: How we got here, what hospitals can do appeared first on OR Manager.

Anesthesia

The CRNA Chase

JANUARY 13, 2025

The post Unlocking Faster ICU Recovery: Introducing the ABCDEF Bundle first appeared on The CRNA Chase. Register now for the webinar on January 24, 2025, at 1 PM EST, and join us on the journey to better care.

Nurse Anesthetist