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During Congressional testimony today, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) urged the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system to provide the same anesthesia care and services to our veterans as is in place in healthcare systems in 49 states. AANA President-Elect Jan Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC, in testimony before the House VA Committee Subcommittee on Health, defended Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ (CRNAs’) ability to deliver high-quality anesthesia care to all populations, including the complex needs of our nation’s veterans, as a result of their specialized and detailed anesthesia training.

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High rates of firearm injury among urban Black men in the U.S. can lead to long physical and psychological recovery times, worsened by limited access to mental health services.

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An analysis of 10 years of health data showed that risk factors for needing mechanical ventilation changed for patients with newly diagnosed sepsis as more time passed after onset.

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Dru Riddle, PhD, DNP, CRNA, FAAN, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), and resident of Fort Worth, Texas, recently took office as the 2023-2024 president of the nearly 61,000-member American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA), headquartered in Rosemont, Ill.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) Foundation presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Clare Golden, DNP, CRNA, APN, with the Janice Drake CRNA Humanitarian Award during the AANA 2023 Annual Congress, held August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) Foundation posthumously awarded Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Virginia A. Gaffey, CRNA with the Rita L. LeBlanc Philanthropist of the Year Award during the AANA 2023 Annual Congress, held August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) Foundation presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Brooklyn A. Castilla, CRNA, with the Advocate of the Year Award during the AANA 2023 Annual Congress, held August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Mary Scheuermann, MNA, CNP, CAE, with an Honorary Membership during its 2023 Annual Congress, Aug. 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Jim Carney with an Honorary Membership during its 2023 Annual Congress, August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Luis A. Rivera, MBA, CAE, with an Honorary Membership during its 2023 Annual Congress, Aug. 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Lisa J. Thiemann, PhD, CRNA, APNP, FNAP, FAANA, with the Program Director of the Year Award during its 2023 Annual Congress, August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Randy J. Cima CRNA, with the Clinical Instructor of the Year Award during its 2023 Annual Congress, August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Courtney Brown, PhD, CRNA, CHSE, with the Didactic Instructor of the Year Award during its 2023 Annual Congress, August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Michael MacKinnon, DNP, FNP-C, CRNA, FAANA, with the 23rd Ira P. Gunn Award for Outstanding Professional Advocacy during its 2023 Annual Congress, August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Susan McMullan, PhD, CRNA, CHSE, FAANA, FAAN with the 44th Annual Helen Lamb Outstanding Educator Award during its 2023 Annual Congress, August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Susan Newell, DNP, CRNA, with the 37th Alice Magaw Outstanding Clinical Anesthesia Practitioner Award during its 2023 Annual Congress, August 18-22, in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) presented Janice Izlar, DNAP, CRNA, FAANA with the Agatha Hodgins Award during its 2023 Annual Congress, August 18-22 in Seattle.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) unveiled the new innovation lab – Rm8 during its 2023 Annual Congress in Seattle, August 18-22.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has launched its new interactive career exploration platform, MOTION, to assist each of AANA's nearly 61,000 members in making informed career choices.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has received two Power of Associations Awards from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE): a gold award for its successful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative and a silver accolade for its achievements in state advocacy efforts.

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Nurses who care for neurologically impaired patients must have the knowledge, skill and time to confidently perform comprehensive neurological assessments to identify changes and evaluate trends that require quick diagnosis and intervention by the multidisciplinary team. Article in Critical Care Nurse provides an overview of methods to assess patients with altered level of consciousness.

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Two decades ago, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index was published to measure the nursing practice environment. Although the instrument's use has resulted in advances in science and quality improvement efforts, its potential may be limited by the availability and quality of translations into different languages.

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Nine members of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) have been selected to join the 2023 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. These Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are among the largest cohort to date to be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing.

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The state of Oregon took a significant step towards streamlining anesthesia care for patients with the signing of House Bill 3425 by Governor Tina Kotek on July 18. This landmark legislation repeals redundant provisions and provides clear guidelines for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) practicing in the state.

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A Senate Bill was introduced by U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), joining more than a dozen Representatives who are sponsoring the House version of the ICAN Act. If passed, the ICAN Act would remove practice barriers for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) by allowing them to provide more comprehensive healthcare services to patients across the country.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has named Amy Sherwood, CAE to serve as AANA’s Chief Membership Officer. She will report to Chief Executive Officer Bill Bruce.

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An initiative at Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s hospital campus in Gainesville created a hospital culture that values organ donation as a standard of care for patients and families, leading to a sustained increase in referrals, donors and transplanted organs.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has named Ladan Eshkevari, PhD, CRNA, L.Ac.,FAAN to serve as AANA’s Editor-in-Chief of The AANA Journal.

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A unique collaborative study on hospital clinician wellbeing by teams at 60 of the nation’s best hospitals, defined by Magnet Hospital Recognition, was published today in JAMA Health Forum. The study found that physicians and nurses, even at hospitals known to be good places to work, experienced adverse outcomes during the pandemic and want hospital management to make significant improvements in their work environments and in patient safety. The solutions to high hospital clinician burnout and turnover, they say, are not resilience training for clinicians to better cope with adverse working conditions but organizational improvements that provide safe workloads and better work-life balance.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has been recognized by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) with a 2023 Gold Circle Award in the Membership Retention category. The Gold Circle competition is the premier association marketing, membership, and communications award that recognizes excellence, innovation, and achievement in association/nonprofit marketing, membership, and communications campaigns and activities.

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Older adults with Alzheimer disease and related dementia who were admitted to an ICU were much less likely to be discharged home and faced almost twice the risk of dying soon after discharge and within the 12 months afterward.

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Angela Mund, DNP, CRNA, president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) issued the following statement in response to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) adopted policy recommending that Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and other advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) be regulated on the state level by both the board of medicine and the board of nursing.

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Delaware patients now have increased access to safe, affordable anesthesia care. The state is the latest to opt out from federal regulations that require physician supervision of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs).

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An updated version of "AACN Scope and Standards for Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice” is now available. It delineates the acute care CNS scope of practice, standards of practice, and standards of professional performance.

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Today the U.S. healthcare system faces workforce shortages and expanding costs, but new legislation will allow advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to work at the top of their education and training to give patients across the country access to vital healthcare services.

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The PICU bereavement/wellness committee at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed a tailored debriefing process to allow time for reflection and communication after critical patient events. The process was designed as a hot debriefing to be completed during the current shift, with all staff members who were involved in the event invited to participate.

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Indiana dental patients now have increased access to safe anesthesia care with the enacting of Indiana Senate Bill 273. The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) applauds the new law, as it expands the scope of practice for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), allowing CRNAs to administer moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia to a patient in a dental office, under the direction of and in the immediate presence of a physician.

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A newly released practice alert from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses aims to standardize how nurses care for patients undergoing prone positioning therapy for extended periods of time. It summarizes expected nursing practice to reduce the risk of complications related to manual prone positioning.

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Recently, Wyoming partially opted out from federal regulations that require physician supervision of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) reports that the governors of 23 states and Guam have exercised such exemptions for either full or partial opt-out.

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During National Nurses Week, AANA and others are honoring and recognizing the vital contributions of nursing professionals. Nurses have been at the forefront of healthcare during the pandemic, providing the highest quality care. However, there are some regulatory changes occurring at the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11 that might adversely impact patients’ access to that high quality of care overnight.

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Mentors can help RNs navigate into new roles as acute care nurse practitioners with confidence and help them evolve as clinicians and grow into leadership roles. Article in AACN Advanced Critical Care offers specific strategies for mentors to support novice ACNPs as they move into advanced practice roles.

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Despite breastfeeding being recommended for at least two years, only 36 percent of all infants are still breastfed at their first birthday. Black/African American mothers are least likely to initiate breastfeeding with initiation rates of only 74 percent compared to 90 percent of Asian mothers with a national average of 84 percent. Given the disparities in breastfeeding initiation, there are likely to be equivalent disparities in breastfeeding duration.

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According to new data released today by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the number of students in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs decreased by 1.4% last year, ending a 20-year period of enrollment growth in programs designed to prepare new registered nurses (RNs). With declines also recorded in master’s and PhD programs, collective action must be taken to strengthen pathways into nursing to ensure the nation’s healthcare needs are met. Despite the decrease in enrolled students, nursing schools turned away thousands of qualified applicants last year due largely to a shortage of faculty and clinical training sites.

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An experiential educational program led to sustained improvements in nurses' skills in mindfulness, resilience and competence in confronting ethical challenges. In the study, more than 95% of the 245 participating nurses reported confronting ethical challenges in their workplace, but only 15% had previously received formal ethics training.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) will honor the New Mexico Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NMANA) with the Excellence in State Government Relations Advocacy Award at its Mid-Year Assembly, held in Washington, D.C., April 29 – May 3.

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As the distinguished Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars (FNS) program ends, a special section of an issue of the journal Nursing Outlook offers an in-depth review from University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) leaders about the program’s success and its long-lasting impact on nursing scholars, faculty, and institutions.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) will recognize U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL) as the winner of its National Health Leadership Award for 2023 at its Mid-Year Assembly, to be held in Washington, D.C., April 29-May 3.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) will recognize U.S. Representative Brett Guthrie (R-KY) as the winner of its National Health Leadership Award for 2023 at its Mid-Year Assembly, to be held in Washington, D.C., April 29-May 3.

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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) will honor Kris Rohde, CRNA, with the 2023 Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director Award during the AANA Mid-Year Assembly, held April 29-May 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Rohde, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), is a staff CRNA at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha.

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The Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (HR 2713) was reintroduced by U.S. Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), and Ann Kuster (D-NH) on April 19. If passed, the ICAN Act would remove practice barriers for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) by allowing them to provide more comprehensive healthcare services to patients across the country.