CRNAs Center Stage

In 2024, Eva Hardin, MSN, MBA, CRNA, became Tennessee’s second nurse anesthetist certified in nonsurgical pain management (NSPM). Her achievement marked an important milestone in an effort to grow the nurse anesthesia profession’s presence in the pain management (PM) field. Eva’s motivation for taking her career in that direction was, however, far more personal. “The […]

Sheila McCarley, DNP, CRNA, has never spent much time thinking about what her life would be like if she had become a schoolteacher or flight attendant, two career options she weighed at one time or another. Instead, she joined the U.S. Army Reserves, eventually rising to the rank of Colonel, and became a CRNA and

If member engagement in professional associations is truly in decline as the ASAE* suggests, then somebody forgot to let TANA’s Jordan Hollinshead, DNAP, CRNA, APN, in on the secret. Just four and a half years after graduating with her doctorate from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, the 32-year-old cardiac anesthesia specialist recently

      The Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists congratulates Patricia Juoza-Clark, EdD, CRNA, and Jim Alberding, DNP, CRNA, on being inducted as Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists during the AANA Annual Congress in San Diego. AANA Fellows are recognized in their field for being outstanding practitioners, educators, researchers, and advocates. Acceptance

TANA congratulates Maisen Conley, BSN, CCRN, RN, SRNA, for being chosen as the 2024 recipient of the Patty Cornwell Stewardship and Advocacy Scholarship! Maisen is in her second year at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Nursing Nurse Anesthesia Option and expects to graduate in 2026. The fourth recipient of the

Dr. Lisa Lucas, the Chief Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist (CRNA) at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MVAMC), has devoted her career to providing compassionate, high-quality anesthesia care to military veterans. On Aug. 3, during the Annual Congress of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiologists (AANA), Lisa’s exceptional dedication, leadership, and caregiving earned her the

              During her inaugural medical mission this past April, Crystal Aycocke learned first-hand that there’s nothing comfortable, routine, or easy about providing healthcare in austere conditions like those found in the mountainous, jungle terrain of Chiriquí Province, Panama. She also knew it was one of the most amazing experiences

  When the youth leaders at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Knoxville asked if anyone in the congregation would be willing to share information about their jobs at a career day for boys and girls ages 11-18, Mick Ellis, SRNA, seized upon the opportunity. “The youths had about 10 minutes at