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For Erin Newberry, a student registered nurse anesthetist (SRNA) at Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia, becoming a CRNA has always been about more than mastering a skill. This year, she took her work across borders, spending a week in Guatemala helping to provide care through Health Talents International, an experience she says shaped how she
Governor Bill Lee announced the appointment of three CRNAs to the Tennessee Board of Nursing this year, placing CRNA expertise at the center of the state’s most consequential nursing regulatory body at a moment when the decisions being made that impact Tennessee’s healthcare systems have never mattered more. Maria Ledbetter, Hope Ferguson, and Josh Baxter
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When most people think about how and where they interact with CRNAs, they picture an operating room. Bright lights, sometimes messy, and the efficiency of a well-practiced team. As patients, we can depend on the team in these operating rooms to keep us safe and make decisions in our best interest during some of the
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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
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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
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TANA member Christhian De Ochoa, DNP, CRNA, APRN, is a proud Mexican American with deep roots in Memphis. “I was raised in Memphis and earned my Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesiology from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2023,” she says. “I currently work for North American Partners of Anesthesia at
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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
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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