More than 1,500 members strong The Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists is a statewide professional organization of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) dedicated to promoting the profession of nurse anesthesia. Nurse anesthetists have been providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for nearly 150 years.
More than 90 percent of this country's nurse anesthetists are members of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA). Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are anesthesia specialists. CRNAs are anesthesia professionals who safely administer approximately 32 million anesthetics to patients each year in the United States, according to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2008 Practice Profile Survey.
CRNAs are the primary anesthesia providers in rural America, enabling healthcare facilities in these medically underserved areas to offer obstetrical, surgical, and trauma stabilization services. In some states, CRNAs are the sole providers in nearly 100% of the rural hospitals.
Click here to register for the 38th Annual Minneapolis School of Anesthesia Student Organization Educational Seminar on February 13, 2010.
