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Pennsylvania will celebrate "Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) Week" from January 22-28, 2006.

Ambulatory Surgery Reimbursement Update, January 18, 2006

Pennsylvania will celebrate "Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) Week" from January 22-28, 2006.

The Senate resolution dedicating the week summarized CRNAs' contributions by stating

  • CRNAs have provided anesthesia services in this commonwealth for more than 100 years
  • CRNAs are state-licensed, nationally certified advanced practice nurses having specialized graduate-level degrees in anesthesia
  • CRNAs are responsible for patient safety and comfort throughout procedures of varying complexity from the preanesthesia through the postanesthesia periods
  • Practice settings include hospital surgical suites, obstetrical delivery rooms, physicians' offices, ambulatory surgical centers, and United States Health and Human Services military and veterans facilities
  • More than 2,700 CRNAs ensure access to quality anesthesia care for residents of this commonwealth

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