crna supervision

What is the intersection of the right to practice during medical direction? I expect that in the event of a lawsuit, the "team" would be held to the standard of the anesthesiologist. Anyone have any experience on this? Does anyone have any experience?

Most physicians, whether procedural or clinical, can scale their practices. Surgeons can hire surgical PA and clinic PAs to operate and see more patients. Psychiatrists can employ a dozen NPs and therapists to significantly increase revenue and sign charts from a beach. Do anesthesiologists...

As a long-time SDNer, I wanted to make this new account to post this. I have long been set on medicine (actually have applied this cycle), but I have come to realize that I am not sure that I want to make the sacrifices necessary spending time away from my husband and children. With that being...

I'm trying to find a guideline for when a hands-on provider should call the attending anesthesiologist. Does anyone have something that they can share with me? Acute Blood Loss Surgeon Concern for coagulopathy - Coag/TEG Studies sent Hemodynamic instability requiring an increase in...

The VA nursing handbook appears to be moving forward to MANDATE independent practice of all APRN's (including CRNAs) without supervision by a physician in the VA. We have 60 days to make public comments about why we disapprove of our veterans getting a lower standard of care. Recognize that as...