The resolution, “Recognizing the roles and the contributions of America’s Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists,” highlights the role CRNAs play in rural healthcare, especially when they are the only anesthesia providers at a facility.
“Today, nearly 61,000 CRNAs deliver anesthesia to millions of patients, in traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms, critical access hospitals, ASCs, pain management facilities and in our nation’s military service,” Dru Riddle, PhD, DNP, CRNA, president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, said in a Jan. 23 press release. “We are appreciative of the recognition the House of Representatives’ resolution brings to the profession and for all CRNAs who work tirelessly to provide the highest levels of patient safety in anesthesia care for our communities.”
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