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Student Nurse Anesthetists vs. Anesthesiology Residents, 2007.
This paper looks at the Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement Difference Bill for student nurse anesthetists versus anesthesiology residents.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 0 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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In this article, the writer points out that in the U.S.A., anesthesiology or anesthesia care is generally provided by two specialized groups of people: certified registered nurse anesthetists, or CRNA, and anesthesiologists, or physicians. The writer then discusses the issue of Medicare reimbursement for student nurse anesthetists and anesthesiology residents. The writer mentions that one of the foremost problems is the failure to fund health care adequately, and the fact that Medicare and Medicaid have not kept up with the escalating costs and the rate of inflation. The writer concludes that no one knows today what the future direction of the Medicare or Medicaid Reimbursement Difference Bill for student nurse anesthetists vs. anesthesiology residents will take, and one can only hope that it does not exacerbate and aggravate the already existing nursing shortage in the country.
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"It is not surprising, said Hinchey, that there is a nursing shortage in the United States. New York would have a shortage of 12,640 RNs within a period of two years, and by the year 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the nursing shortage would most probably grow to one million nurses in the United States of America. One of the foremost problems is the failure to adequately fund health care, and the fact that Medicare and Medicaid have not kept up with the escalating costs, and the rate of inflation. For example, when statistics reveal that the costs of providing health care has increased by about 22.4 percent over the past few years, the Medicare reimbursements for nurses at one hospital had only increased by 7.2%, and this gap has serious consequences indeed for the nursing community. It must be stated that the health care system, therefore, needs an increased funding for Medicare and Medicaid from Washington, but the Republican leadership in Congress has not made any efforts to implement this."
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Nurse Anesthetists, 2007.
An analysis of the role of certified nurse anesthetists.
2,647 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 16 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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The paper discusses how the modern nurse has developed into a fully-fledged professional with extensive and far-reaching responsibilities and functions. The paper provides a brief history of advanced nursing and nurse anesthetists and examines the situation and status of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). The paper predicts a bright outlook for this professional specialization in the nursing profession.
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Introduction and Overview
Brief History of Advanced Nursing and Nurse Anesthetists
Situation and Status of CRNAs
Licensure and Legal Requirements
Conclusion
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"If one considers the historical development of nursing and particularly advanced nursing practices, it becomes evident that until fairly recently nursing was considered more as an adjunct to the medical profession and an extension of the healthcare environment than an independent profession. However the concept and reality of the nursing profession has undergone radical change in the last century. In the first instance nursing has become more holistic in nature and has also entered into more technologically orientated areas of medical expertise that were previously reserved for specialists."
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Nurse Anesthetists, 2006.
A discussion on the role of the nurse anesthetist
2,502 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 52.95
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This paper offers a detailed description of what is expected of the nurse anesthetist. It describes the nurse's role, the intricacies of the job and the severe pressure that the nurse is placed under in the operating theatre. The paper also mentions the malpractice cases that may be bought against such nurses.
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Nurse Anesthetist
References
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"Malpractices while administering anesthesia are responsible for a huge amount of cases of medical malpractice. Compensation emanating from errors of anesthesia is damaging, thus sometimes leading to lasting injury, intense damage of the brain or loss of life. Proving the carelessness of the anesthesiologist or the anesthesia personnel is complicated as well, since the plaintiff is sometimes in comatose condition or under the influence of medicines and untrustworthy accounts are sometimes the remaining sources of information. Whereas injuries related to anesthesia are in majority of the situations contemplated as happening inside the operating room, it can also happen in a broad diversity of environments, inclusive of pre-operative and recovery rooms, in any procedure rooms, during labor and delivery, at the time of medication in case of dental procedures, and also at the time of broad range of out-patient medical processes in surgical clinics and also in the offices of doctors. (White-Lief, 2006)"
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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, 2004.
This paper discusses the need for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) in rural health care.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 37.95
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This paper explains that, because of the lack of physician anesthesiologists in rural areas, the utilization of CRNAs in the rural health care setting is a perfect match. The author points out that the federal government through the Health Care Financing Administration has recently removed the federal requirement that nurse anesthetists be supervised by physicians when caring for Medicare patients. The paper stresses that CRNAs are a wise choice for medically under-served populations because they also can provide services outside of the operating room, such as pain management, obstetrical services, intubations, the initiation of intravenous lines, and lumbar punctures.
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"In the recent past, the Bureau of Health Professions in the Health Resources and Services division of the US Department of Human Services administered important programs, which were meant to help alleviate the problem of the shortage of trained healthcare professionals in rural America. These programs allowed for the recruiting and retention of qualified health professionals of all disciplines for practice in rural and classically underserved areas. It is therefore unfortunate that funding for the Health Professions acquisitions programs has decreased to the point where the programs were severely under-funded and unable to accomplish goals set in Title VII of the Public Health Services Act. In addition to the woeful under funding of health professions programs, entitlements were made subject to yearly review and justification and the inability of program administrators to adequately forecast funds made each position opened one of uncertainty, causing a lack of long term stability in the provision of quality health care."
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Agatha Hodgins: Nurse Anesthetist Pioneer, 2007.
This paper discusses the work and contributions of Agatha Hodgins, a pioneer in the field of nurse anesthesia.
1,385 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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This paper explains that, in the early years, until the use of certified specialty nurse anesthetists, many patients died or had severe complications during and after surgery because the person administering the anesthesia had little training and the physician had to divide his attention between the anesthesia and the actual surgery. The author points out that Agatha Hodgins did much more than teach nurses how to administer anesthesia under combat conditions because she also looked to the future of the profession and where it could go. The paper relates that, in 1939, Agatha Hodgins established the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, which lead to the first national certification exam in 1945 and continues today as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA), professional licensed nurses who have extensive training in nurse anesthesia required after obtaining a Registered Nurse (RN) degree.
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"During World War I, Agatha Hodgins served in France from 1914 to 1915. It was during this time that she helped train physicians and nurses from France and England in the administration of anesthesia. At this time the United States had not yet entered the war. Thank to the efforts of Agatha Hodgins and those she trained, nurse anesthetists have been the primary anesthesia administrators in combat areas. This has been the case in every war the United States has fought since World War I."
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Nurse Anesthetists, 2001.
An analysis of why nurses are so essential during surgery.
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 36.95
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This paper addresses the role of nurse anesthetists in administering anesthesia to patients, looking at their education and training as well as the care that they give to their patients.
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"It may be useful to begin with a definition of a certified registered nurse anesthetist. A nurse anesthetist must complete two to three years of a post-graduate program in anesthesia and have graduated from an accredited nurse anesthesia program. In addition she or he must have passed the national certification exam for nurse anesthetists.
Nurse anesthetists are qualified to administer any type of anesthesia that a patient may need during the course of treatment, including general anesthesia as well as spinal, epidural, regional, or local anesthesia. Certified registered nurse anesthetists now administer between 65% and 70% of the 26 million anesthetics given each year in the United States today. "
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Job Satisfaction Among Nurses, 2000.
A focus on nurse anesthetists. Includes definitions, stress and burn-out, health care delivery structure and control and supervision. Chart.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 22 sources, £ 66.95
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"Job Satisfaction Among Nurse Anesthetists
Introduction
This research reviews the issue of job satisfaction among nurse anesthetists. As anesthesia specialists, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), provide anesthesia for patients undergoing surgical, obstetrical, and diagnostic procedures. CRNAs administer medications to keep patients asleep or pain free during surgery and constantly monitor every important function of the patient's body (Bryan Memorial Hospital/University of Kansas School of Nurse Anesthesia, 1998).
Nurse anesthetists confront most of the same problems that are confronted by all professional nurses in relation to the issue of job satisfaction or job dissatisfaction. These problems include high levels of stress, heavy workloads, and job burn-out..."
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Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement, 2006.
A discussion regarding the unfair position of nurse anesthetists in-training.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses the recent controversy surrounding the passage of the Medicare Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006, which puts nurse anesthetists in-training at a funding disadvantage compared to anesthesiology physician residents. The paper briefly provides an historical and legal background of the current situation, discusses the consequences of such a bill on the specialty and outlines measures that must be taken to avert this.
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"The gradual overlap of some medical and nursing professions has sparked some controversies regarding professional boundaries, respective duties and responsibilities and their places in the health care system. In particular, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement for students - nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists in-training - has become a bone of contention for several reasons. Recently, the introduction of H.R. 5246 and 5348 in Congress and S. 2990 in the Senate (Medical Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006) aims to address the inadequate compensation and funding of anesthesiology trainee programs in order to bolster the decreasing ranks of anesthesiologists (U.S. Congress, 2006; U.S. Senate, 2006)."
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Advanced Practice Nursing, 2005.
This paper defines advanced practice nursing, its core competencies and scope of practice.
845 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper explains that advanced practice nurse are registered nurses including nurse practitioners, nurse-midwifes, nurse anesthetists and clinical nurse specialists, who hold authorization from a board to practice, based on the completion of a recognized advanced educational program. The author points out that core competency of advanced practice nurses include the application and adaptation of advanced skills in unstable and complex environments, the ability to apply advanced clinical reasoning including the use of advanced complete assessment, the acceptance of referrals and consultation from other health care professionals and team work with other health care providers. The paper relates that an advanced practice nurse is supposed to diagnose a patient and recognize the underlying problem and then provide adequate treatment, which includes the prescription of medicines as well as administering anesthetics.
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Introduction
Definition
Core Competencies
Scope of Practice
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"Further, their nature of practice further includes research work and the utilization of research within the scope of their practice. They are allowed to admit patients to hospitals and the authority to refer patients to other healthcare professionals like licensed physicians and dentists. Additionally an advanced practice nurse also gives consulting services to other healthcare providers. They have professional autonomy and independent practice which also includes management. Moreover they are to manage the physical and mental illness status of the patient with regard to nursing care."
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The Future of Nursing, 2004.
A look at the future of nursing in a technological era.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 15 sources, APA, £ 66.95
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This paper discusses the technological changes that have taken place in medicine in the last few years - in diagnostics, treatments, instrumentation, and data transmission, and how these have impacted the traditional roles in nursing and will continue to impact nursing roles in the future. The paper also looks at the emerging roles of advanced practice nurses such as nurse anesthetists.
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"Today doctors are dwarfed by the number and variety of other healthcare workers with overlapping boundaries among the licensed domains of individual healthcare professions. As well as the regular nurses, there are advanced practice nurses, physician assistants psychologists, social workers, optometrists and podiatrists."
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Adverse Anesthesia Outcomes, 2007.
An analysis of the article "Preventable Adverse Patient Outcomes: A Closed Claims Analysis of Respiratory Incidents" by S.L. Larson and L. Jordan.
854 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 20.95
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The paper analyzes the article "Preventable Adverse Patient Outcomes", which states that since 1995 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) have been doing closed claim analyses on adverse anesthesia outcomes from cases supplied to them by insurance companies. The paper examines how, by doing this analysis, a board of eight certified nurse anesthetists found that of the cases they studied thirty-eight percent of CRNA-related claims involved a respiratory incident as the primary cause of the negative patient outcome. The paper discusses how, by attaining this information, the research assists in ensuring that hospitals, clinics and surgical centers are made safer.
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"The article also states that errors in clinical judgment and failure to adhere to standards of practice and/or recommended protocols also were identified as patterns in practitioner behavior that contributed to the negative outcomes. Also stated was the importance of identifying patients before the procedure, who might have a higher risk of aspiration."
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Alice McGaw: Mother of Anesthesia, 2007.
An overview of Alice McGaw's contribution to the field of nurse anesthesia.
1,188 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper examines how the field of nurse anesthesia would not be as advanced today but for the achievements of certain women in the field. One of these women was Alice McGaw, who worked tirelessly to perfect the specialty of nurse anesthetist. It looks at how it was her advancements in the application of open drop inhalation anesthetic that paved the way for others to follow. It also looks at how it was the showcasing of her methods to others that encouraged them to use what she had learned in their own practices.
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"Alice McGaw went on to publish five papers total on the subject of nurse anesthesia. The paper in 1906 published in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics was titled "A Review of 14,000 Surgical Anesthetics". It noted that in the 14,000 surgical procedures for which she had been the anesthetist, there had been no complications or deaths attributed to problems with the anesthetic or its application. This was a milestone in the field of nursing anesthesia."
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Helen Lamb Frost, 2005.
This paper discusses the historical impact of Helen Lamb Frost on the profession of anesthesia.
1,330 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 30.95
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This paper relates the accomplishments of Helen Lamb Frost, who revolutionized anesthesiology by establishing the School of Anesthesia in St. Louis, Missouri in 1921 (AANA, 2005). The author points out that School of Anesthesia (1) introduced a new organization to anesthesiology's medical and academic significance in the field of medicine, (2) assisted the emergence professional organization such as the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists or AANA and (3) developed the standards for using anesthesiology in the field of medicine. The paper stresses that Lamb 'humanized' anesthesiology as a science by Lamb, in order making it patients safer thus making them more receptive to the use of anesthesia before undergoing a crucial medical procedure or operation.
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"AANA's study on patient safety in the office setting is one such example. Hornsby, in his article entitled, "Anesthesia's New Frontier: Ensuring Patient Safety in the Office Setting," focused on introducing the new method of conducting "office-based surgery." This new concept is presented as a new way in which medical practitioners adapt to the changing lifestyles and environments that people find themselves in everyday. As in the case of most people who work inside offices, Hornsby and the AANA delved on the possibility of promoting safe "surgical and anesthesia care" in the office setting to people who find themselves unable to commit themselves to caring for their health and illnesses for fear of missing out on work."
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