Nurse Anesthesia: No Longer Nursing’s Best Kept Secret

Activity Summary

If you are interested in becoming a nurse anesthetist but are unsure of the next steps, this talk sheds light on what nurse anesthetists do and how they operate as part of a healthcare team. Additionally, we discuss some foundational anesthesia content and how you can jumpstart your journey to becoming a nurse anesthetist. Whether you want to better understand nurse anesthesia or you want to pursue a career in anesthesia yourself, the content provided is useful for the critical care nurse at any level.

Objectives

Understand the role of the nurse anesthetist within the critical care/healthcare team.
Review foundational concepts and how critical care and anesthesia are related.
Discuss the process of graduate nursing education, certification and licensure specific to Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs).

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.