Every year across the United States, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) also known as nurse anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists, safely administer more than 58 million anesthetics to patients. We are the Amberwell Anesthesia Services team in Atchison and Hiawatha and are proud to count ourselves among the nearly 78,000 CRNAs celebrating our profession during National CRNA Week, January 19-25.
Since 2000, National CRNA Week has brought attention to the important role CRNAs/nurse anesthesiologists play in improving access to safe anesthesia care. From collaborating for transformative wins in healthcare policy that advance patient care to providing patients with anesthesia care where and when they need it most, the unique expertise of CRNAs/nurse anesthesiologists helps ensure communities are safe and healthy.
This year’s theme “CRNAs: Exceptional Care. Innovative Leaders,” acknowledges our education and training that put patients first. These advanced-practice registered nurses have a well-deserved reputation for providing safe, effective, efficient, and compassionate care. For more than 150 years, CRNAs have enjoyed rewarding careers providing anesthesia care to patients nationwide.
CRNAs safely deliver anesthesia to millions of patients, in traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, Veterans Affairs hospitals, pain management facilities, and in our nation’s military service. As members of one of America’s most trusted professions, CRNAs have served on the front lines of patient care from the beginning, and we continue to answer the call to help keep patients healthy and safe.
Please join us in recognizing our providers of exceptional care and their work as innovative leaders as we celebrate National CRNA Week!
David Hart, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C
Robin Alexander, CRNA
Andrew Durbin, DNAP, CRNA
Paige Knudson, DNAP, CRNA
Cari Meats, DNAP, CRNA
Micah Reece, DNP, CRNA
Lane T. Young, DNAP, CRNA
