Leadership summit 2023

Ft Lauderdale, FL | October 20-22, 2023

Lead by example; learn CRNA-tested strategies for success! The most influential way to lead is by example. Join other state-level leaders like you to share successes, navigate losses and support one another. You’ll find common ground with CRNAs from across the nation as you forge meaningful connections and exchange knowledge with others who are eager to learn. Earn 13 Class A credits as you lay a strong foundation for elevating your own role in our profession.
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Become A CRNA

The miracle of anesthesia made pain-free surgery a reality. Nurse anesthetists, the first healthcare providers dedicated to the specialty of anesthesia, have their roots in the 1800s, when nurses first gave anesthesia to wounded soldiers on the battlefields of the Civil War. Today, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are advanced practice registered nurses with graduate level education who enjoy a high degree of autonomy and professional respect. CRNAs provide anesthetics to patients in every practice setting, and for every type of surgery or procedure. They are the sole anesthesia providers in nearly all rural hospitals, and the main provider of anesthesia to the men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

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AANA 2024 mid-Year Assembly

April 20 – 24:  It takes grit to drive positive change in U.S. healthcare — and that’s why CRNAs are ALL IN. Join your community of proud anesthesia experts in Washington, D.C., or online as we demonstrate our elevated advocacy skills on Capitol Hill. You’ll leave MYA 2024 with influential new connections, strategies to use back home, and a reinvigorated passion for our profession.

Drive change and be inspired at nurse anesthesiology’s largest advocacy event!

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AANA Annual congress 2024

Thank you for another great annual congress! Join us in San Diego in 2024 for nurse anesthesia’s largest educational event. Refresh your passion for your profession at #AANA2024. Click below to sign up for updates.

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The assembly of didactic and clinical educators (ADCE) 2024

Join us on February 15-18, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. The Assembly of Didactic and Clinical Educators (ADCE) is the premier educator-to-educator event for nurse anesthetists and nurse anesthesiologists. 

 

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Keep your U.S. Representative off harmful ASA Legislation
October 17, 2023

As we speak, the ASA is continuing to spread falsehoods on Capitol Hill – telling [...]

ATTENTION: CRNA’s LICENSED IN DC
October 12, 2023

All advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), including CRNAs, who are licensed in the District of [...]

Dru Riddle Begins Term as President of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
August 28, 2023

ROSEMONT, Ill., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — (AANA)—Dru Riddle, PhD, DNP, CRNA, FAAN, a Certified [...]

Ask your Senators to cosponsor the “ICAN Act” today!
July 20, 2023

Today, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the “Improving Care and Access [...]

CRNAdvocacy Alert: Oppose Senate legislation harming veterans’ access to anesthesia care
June 24, 2023

Thank you to the nearly 3,000 AANA members who contacted your U.S. Representative in opposition to the [...]

Fiscal Year 2024 AANA Board of Directors and Elected Committee Members Announced
June 3, 2023

Thank you to all the members who participated in this election and to all the [...]

Oppose legislation harming veterans access to anesthesia care
May 17, 2023

Yesterday, during the ASA’s annual legislative conference, Representatives David Scott (D-GA), Mike Turner (R-OH), Andrew [...]

Ask your Representative to cosponsor the “ICAN Act” TODAY!
April 24, 2023

Representatives David Joyce (R-OH) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) have reintroduced the “Improving Care and Access [...]

CRNA works to bring epidural anesthesia to Kenya
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Special Business Meeting
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The AANA Board of Directors has authorized an interactive hybrid meeting for the Aug. 19, [...]

In Memoriam: Col. Herb Watson, MEd, CRNA (1928-2023)
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Col. Herb Watson, MEd, CRNA, a legend in nurse anesthesiology education, died on March 7, [...]

AANA Position on CRNAs Teaching AA Students
March 3, 2023

The AANA Board of Directors has recently adopted a revised and updated AANA Position on [...]