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 during inhalation. What is the most appropriate action to take? Increase the fresh gas flow rate. Ensure that the inspiratory [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Reserve for 26 years and retired as a Colonel. If you’ve heard her name, it’s likely because Jan is currently [...]