Becker's Healthcare November 11, 2024
Claire Wallace

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow CRNAs to practice autonomously.

Military-certified registered nurse anesthetists, also known as nurse anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists, are the primary providers of anesthesia care in the U.S. military and sometimes the only providers of anesthesia at forward operating bases, according to a Nov. 11 press release.

CRNAs are the only advanced practice registered nurses in the VA without the ability to practice without physician supervision, according...

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