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American Association of Nurse Anesthetists www.AANA.com

What is a Nurse Anesthetist?

State Associations:

New England Assembly of Nurse Anesthetists
Connecticut Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Maine Association of Nurse Anesthetists
New Hampshire Association of Nurse Anesthetists
New Jersey Association of Nurse Anesthetists
New York Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Rhode Island Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Vermont Association of Nurse Anesthetists

New England Assembly of Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists

NEASRNA Student Support Site

Navy CRNAs
www.navycrna.com

Nursing Information:

Dear Colleagues:
On behalf of Jean Pontikas, Director, Division of Health Professions Licensure, and Rula Harb, MS, RN, Executive Director, Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, are announcing that
the Massachusetts Division of Health Professions Licensure has implemented a new on-line licensing system.

To access the new system,

visit www.mass.gov/dph/boards and use the link under On-line Services.

MNA News and Events Page

Massachusetts Nurses Association

Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
Division of Registration
239 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114

www.state.ma.us/reg/boards/rn/
(617) 727-9961
FAX: (617) 727-1630

Massachusetts General Law Regarding Advance Practice Nursing
Massachusetts Rules and Regulations Governing Nurses in the Expanded Role CMR 244-4.0

Massachusetts Center for Nursing

Recertification Information
http://www.aana.com/council/recert.asp

Nurse Digest
http://www.nursedigest.com/

Massachusetts Peer Assistance: http://webapps.aana.com/Peer/directory.asp?State=MA

AANA Peer Assistance Hotline (800) 654-5167

The goal of AANA Peer Assistance is to provide resources and consultation to CRNAs and SRNAs with substance abuse and chemical dependency issues. This is done through volunteer State Peer Advisors (SPAs) chosen by the state associations. The SPAs respond with state specific referrals to calls received from practitioners or students and employers or families seeking information or help. SPAs also provide education to support the wellness activities of CRNAs and SRNAs located in their state with such programs as the AANA State Travel Wellness Exhibit.

Please check your state’s listing in the online Peer Assistance Directory to ensure that a current SPA is in place. The AANA Peer Assistance Advisors (PAAs) can help with any questions or provide assistance in choosing a SPA or forming a state wellness committee. We can also help with defining your state wellness referral mechanism (an AANA essential element for state organizations).

Anesthetists in Recovery
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/airforsobriety/

Being involved in an adverse medical event can be a devastating experience for care providers. Help is available. Follow this link. http://www.mitss.org/clinicians_home.html

Nursing Schools/Continuing Education:

Nursing Education Scholarship Program
There are awards of $2,500 each for both current and prospective nurses. You can find more info at http://www.bestnursingdegree.com/scholarship
Deadline for applications is April 15th, 2010

Being involved in an adverse medical event can be a devastating experience for care providers. Help is available by following this linkhttp://www.mitss.org/clinicians_home.html

Northeastern University / US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing
http://www.neu.edu/bouve/programs/armyprograman.html

Boston College, William F Connell School of Nursing
www.bc.edu/schools/son/graduate/masters/crna

Continuing Education For You
www.ceu4u.com

Nurse Anesthesiology Pain Education Seminars
www.napeseminars.com

Society for Pain Practice Management - They offer cadaver courses in interventional pain management
http://161.58.50.58/KC04mtg/SPPMmtngs2.htm

The Virtual Anesthesia Machine: A transparent reality simulation
http://vam.anest.ufl.edu/reviewventilation.html

Resource site for regional anesthesia by Andre' Boezaart, MD of the University of Iowa RASCI center
http://www.raeducation.com/index.html

CE Education website
http://www.anesthesiologyonline.com

New York School of Regional Anesthesia
http://www.nysora.com/techniques

Regional Anesthesia Study Center of Iowa
http://www.anesth.uiowa.edu/rasci/

Nursing Scholarships & Grants
http://www.nursingscholarship.us

Patient Safety:

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
http://jcrinc.co.mansellgroup.net/UM/T.asp?A2557.25634.1623.1.63602

Medline Plus
http://jcrinc.co.mansellgroup.net/UM/T.asp?A2557.25634.1623.2.63602

National Patient Safety Foundation
http://jcrinc.co.mansellgroup.net/UM/T.asp?A2557.25634.1623.3.63602

AHRQ Patient Safety Network
http://psnet.ahrq.gov

Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety Publication The Center for Patient Safety Update is a monthly newsletter for healthcare professionals.
http://www.ccforpatientsafety.org

Employment:

iConnect2Anesthesiology
http://www.ic2a.com

iHireNursing
http://www.ihirenursing.com

Articles of Interest/Other:

http://www.mass.gov/
Massachusetts Govt. Website

Toolkit to Reduce Medication Errors
http://www.macoalition.org/Initiatives/RMToolkit.shtml

Incidence, Patterns and Prevention of Wrong-site Surgery http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
American Heart Association 2005 Guidelines for CPR and ECC http://circ.ahajournals.org

Articles on Propofol:
http://www.asahq.org/publicationsAndServices/standards/37.pdf
http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/2003/os07/rns_pushing_propofol.php

Public Service on Patient Safety
www.anesthesiapatientsafety.com

The Addicted Brain
http://www.sciam.com

Medicine's Turf Wars: Specialists without M.D.s are pushing for more medical power. Are they ready-- and are you? http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/050131/health/31turf.htm

Prevalence of Substance Abuse by Health Professionals http://www.medscape.com/viewpublication/71_index
National Patient Safety
www.npsf.org

The Frontier(TM) II biventricular pacemaker is approved by the FDA for the application of biventricular pacing in a post-AV nodal ablation patient population. Learn more:
http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/eoNS0KRV1Z0D2P0GJsG0EE

MANA is providing these links as a service to our members. When you click on any link, you will be leaving the MANA web site. MANA is not responsible for the content of other web sites