In the column, Jamie Eisenberg, APN/anesthesia, CRNA, president of the N.J. Association of Nurse Anesthetists, challenges information from N.J. anesthesiologists, including commentary in a recent op-ed column from Ervin Moss, MD, executive medical director of the N.J. State Society of Anesthesiologists, and provides background details on the qualifications of advanced practice nursing/anesthesia.
The N.J. Department of Health and Senior Services has proposed to eliminate, within hospitals, physician supervision of advanced-practice nurses who specialize in anesthesia. The proposed pieces of legislation are A2268 and S2218 and are sponsored by Assemblyman Vincent Prieto (D-Secaucus) and Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck).
Read the op-ed column from Jamie Eisenberg for The Times of Trenton about New Jersey anesthesia.
Read more about the anesthesia provision debate:
– 5 Thoughts on the Physician Supervision of Anesthesia Rule From ASA President Dr. Mark Warner
– 16 States That Have Opted Out of Physician Supervision of Anesthesia Rule
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