America's Veterans Deserve High Quality Anesthesia Care
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- During Congressional testimony today, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) urged the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system to provide the same anesthesia care and services to our veterans as is in place in healthcare systems in 49 states. AANA President-Elect Jan Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC, in testimony before the House VA Committee Subcommittee on Health, defended Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists' (CRNAs') ability to deliver high-quality anesthesia care to all populations, including the complex needs of our nation's veterans, as a result of their specialized and detailed anesthesia training.
- Setnor stressed the need to allow CRNAs to apply this extensive training in delivering healthcare to our nation's veterans.
- The men and women who have selflessly served our nation deserve the highest quality of care and all scientific evidence and multiple independent groups have concluded that that is CRNA care."
- This decreases wait times, increases access to quality care and improves patient safety and satisfaction.
- All anesthesia providers do high acuity/complex cases and take call independent of each other.