OANA ACTIVITIES CALENDAR
OANA 2012 Fall Conference
September 29 & 30, 2012
Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
AANA Fall Assembly - Leadership Academy
November 16-18, 2012
The Broadmoor Hotel
Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Latest News (date posted)
We encourage members to discuss the lastest news on the OANA forum.
Go to the OANA Forum →Journal Anesthesiology Confirms that Anesthesiologist Supervision Often Lapses
Lapses in anesthesiologist supervision of CRNAs are common even when an anesthesiologist is medically directing as few as two CRNAs, according to an important new study published in the March issue of the journal Anesthesiology.
Read more →Editorial in response to the recent ad attacking SB544:
Senate Bill 544 (SB544) changes the wording of the nurse practice act regarding Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). SB544 replaces the word 'supervision' with 'collaboration.
Read more →No Harm Found When Nurse Anesthetists Work Without Supervision by Physicians
This study, which examined nearly 500,000 individual cases in 14 states that removed the federal physician supervision requirement for nurse anesthetists between 2001 and 2005.....
Read more →The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
Landmark findings from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) assert that expanding the role of nurses in the U.S. healthcare system will help meet the growing demand for medical services.
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