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While the legislation establishes new licensing requirements for medical imaging professionals, PANA successfully advocated for language explicitly exempting CRNAs from having to obtain additional medical imaging licenses when performing procedures within their existing scope of practice.

Every day, CRNAs across Pennsylvania are doing incredible work — and we want to celebrate it!

Recent confusion surrounding student involvement in anesthesia care has created significant challenges for CRNAs, SRNAs, and health-care facilities. A new clarification from The Joint Commission helps resolve this issue.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the commonwealth issued a temporary blanket waiver that enabled advanced practice nurses, including certified registered nurse anesthetists, to practice to the fullest extent of their education and training to enhance the state’s response to the health-care crisis.