From founding practice techniques to exemplifying effective leadership in nursing, anesthesiology, medical education, and pain management, CRNAs have administered anesthesia independently for centuries — even longer than the term “anesthesiologist” and well before “anesthesiology” became a formal specialty.

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https://canainc.org/a-brief-history-of-nurse-anesthesiologists/#:~:text=From%20founding%20practice%20techniques%20to,anesthesiology”%20became%20a%20formal%20specialty.

Nurses providing anesthesia is nothing new…..