The Profession of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

In my report I will explain what a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is and what they do. First off, you have to understand that there are Anesthesiologists which are doctors of Anesthesia and then there are Anesthetists which are nurses of Anesthesia. When anesthesia is administered by a nurse anesthetist, it is recognized as the practice of nursing when administered by an Anesthesiologist it is recognized as the practice of medicine. Forty-four percent of the nation's twenty-eight thousand CRNA's are men, versus approximately five percent in the nursing Profession as a whole.…