Board Questions – 2023 Winter Newsletter
A 32-year-old female patient is undergoing general anesthesia with propofol, rocuronium, and remifentanil for an appendectomy. During the general anesthesia, carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements have started to be recorded even […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Consider this path: CRNAs in the Military
This month, we spoke with Jan Setnor, MSN, CRNA, who serves as Chief Anesthetist at an all CRNA practice in Reston, Virginia. Jan served in the United States Air Force […]