Oral Cancer Awareness Month
Oral Cancer Awareness Month: CRNAs Provide Safe Anesthesia Care During Treatments for Oral Cancer By Cathy A. Harrison, DNAP, CRNA During April, Oral Cancer Awareness Month, the Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthesiologists reminds the public that the best prevention of oral health is early detection, but it’s also important to [...]
AA budget amendment update
We updated you previously that the Senate Finance Committee had acted under the cover of darkness to insert a line item into the budget that tasked the Board of Medicine with creating preliminary requirements for AAs later this year. We wanted to provide you with the latest information on what [...]
Why Our Children Deserve Safe Dental Anesthesia Care
By Cathy A. Harrison, DNAP, CRNA During February, National Children’s Dental Health Month, the Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthetists reminds parents that it is important not only to know how to keep your child’s teeth healthy, but also to ensure that they have access to safe dental care. I am [...]
CRNAs in Senate District 9: Your vote is needed in the Firehouse Primary on Feb. 26
This Sunday, Feb. 26, there will be a Special Election to fill Senator McClellan’s seat – Senate District 9 – in Virginia's General Assembly. Sen. McClellan will be vacating her seat as she was elected to represent Virginia’s 4th Congressional District earlier this week. We encourage residents of Virginia’s 9th [...]
Virginia CRNA PAC Update
As our Virginia CRNA PAC Challenge with TANA comes to a close, VANA is thrilled to report that we received a record-breaking number of donations in four short weeks! With more than 200 donations made, these dollars will be used to help further patient access to care and slow restrictive [...]
Take Action: Tell your U.S. Representative to eliminate supervision
Last week, U.S. Representatives Sam Graves (R-MO) and Jared Huffman (D-CA) reintroduced the “Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act” (H.R. 833). The AANA is thrilled to announce that this legislation now includes a provision that would permanently remove physician supervision of CRNAs under Medicare Part A conditions of participation. Endorsed by [...]
Outrageous sneak attack: AA budget amendment in the works
They’re trying to pull a fast one. We just learned that a budget amendment was added to Senate Bill 800 that instructs the Board of Medicine to develop preliminary criteria for licensure of AAs by Dec. 1, 2023. VANA’s leadership team is meeting to discuss next steps. We will be [...]
Remembering Goldie Brangman, the CRNA who helped save Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Note: This column originally published in the Richmond-Times Dispatch on Jan. 16, 2022. By Jean Snyder Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was at a Harlem event for the launch of his first book, Stride Toward Freedom, when he was stabbed in the chest with a letter opener by a mentally [...]
Action Needed to Stop AAs and End Supervision of CRNAs
We need urgent action from our Virginia CRNAs on legislation in the General Assembly. Please contact your legislators today and tell them to: Support HB 2287 - which ends supervision for CRNAs in Virginia! Oppose HB 1925 & SB 1342 - which allows AA's to practice in Virginia. We need [...]
Removing barriers to advanced practice nursing opens doors to better healthcare for all
By Angela Mund, DNP, CRNA As a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, I proudly represent nearly 59,000 members of one of America’s most trusted professions, according to Gallup: advanced practice nursing. Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), including CRNAs, nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, [...]