VANA By The Numbers
Here’s a quick look by the numbers at some of the action VANA members have been up to recently: 86 VANA members registered to attend the December 18 legislative update webinar! The webinar was hosted on Zoom and simulcast to our private Facebook group. The event provided critical legislative updates [...]
Where in the World are VANA CRNAs: Mary O’Hanley
This month, VANA spoke with Mary O’Hanley, a nurse anesthetist from North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) about her experience volunteering abroad with World Pediatric Project. If you have volunteered abroad and would like to share your story with VANA, please reach out to the Sarah Lazcano at [email protected]. [...]
Meet a New SRNA: Jena Conway
This fall, VANA had the opportunity to speak with Jena Conway, an SRNA from Mary Baldwin University. If you’re a student interested in speaking to The Monitor about your experience, please reach out to the communications committee. Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I’ve been [...]
ICYMI: Preparing for the upcoming General Assembly session
Thank you to all who attend the December 18th legislative update webinar with Maria Hirsch and Meredith Joyner. We were grateful to have so many of you in attendance eager to learn about the upcoming General Assembly session. Just in case you missed anything, or were unable to attend, we [...]
Incoming AANA President: Jan Setnor
This month, VANA spoke with Jan Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Col (Ret) USAFR, NC, incoming president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) about her election, experience testifying before Congress, and the year ahead. Let’s start by talking about your AANA election and why you felt it was so [...]
Board Questions – Summer Newsletter
In which location is a split S1 most likely to be heard? Tricuspid area Mitral area Pulmonic area Aortic area Does the autonomic nervous system coordinate one of the following? High-level cognitive function Balance and affect. Internal organs of the body Emotions and behavior Which monitoring technique should you use [...]
Get Involved! Join a VANA Committee Today!
We need VANA members to make their voices heard in our committees! Looking for a way to get more involved with VANA and advance our profession? Join a committee to help make VANA even better! Look through the committees below and see which one sparks your interest. Contact the committee [...]
VANA By the Numbers
Here’s a quick look by the numbers at some of the action VANA members have been up to this year: VANA is social! Throughout 2023, VANA social media content has been seen more than 135,000 times with more than 12,600 engagements taking place. What’s an engagement? People sharing, liking, commenting or clicking [...]
Recent Graduate Spotlight: Rahbekah Tran
Rahbekah Tran graduated from Old Dominion in May of 2023 and recently started work at Southampton Memorial with Southampton Anesthesiology Associates, after spending her summer working at Virginia Eye Consultants with Goodwin and Snyder. As a recent graduate from Old Dominion, much of my summer has been spent reflecting on [...]
Where in the World Are VANA CRNAs: Olivia Baker
This month, VANA spoke with Oliva Baker, a CRNA at HCA Chippenham in Richmond about her time serving and practicing abroad. Olivia graduated in May 2022 from Georgetown. This past April I had the opportunity to travel to Belize on a pediatrics plastics trip for a week. Primarily, we worked [...]