Week 5 - History of Anesthesia Nursing Flashcards
Who is Agatha Hodgins?
Founder of the first national association of nurses anesthetists (NANA) – Founded the AANA
- pioneered nitrous oxide/oxygen anesthesia
- opened and led the Lakeside School
- main focus was on education
Who is Alice McGaw?
“The mother of anesthesia” who set the first standards for anesthesia nursing care
-refined the open drop ether method as well as the method for safely administering anesthesia to avoid the then all-too-common anesthesia disasters
Who is William T.G. Mortan?
Dentist who first demonstrated the use of ether for a surgical procedure
“Ether Dome”
Who is Ira P Gunn?
Pioneered the establishment of autonomous councils for accrediting programs and certifying graduates of nurse anesthesia
Who is John Garde?
Executive Director of the AANA in the 1980s who is credited for leading the way for CRNAs to be directly reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid
Who is Crawford Long?
Georgia physician who first used diethyl ether in surgery in 1842 but did not record his findings
Who is Charles Jackson?
Massachusetts physician who experimented with ether or nitrous oxide with Horace Wells
Who is Horace Wells?
Connecticut dentist who experimented with ether or nitrous oxide with Charles Jackson
Who is George Crile?
Chose Agatha Hodgins to be his anesthetist in 1908
- wanted to defend his nurses at Cleveland’s Lakeside Hospital and had legislation passes recognizing nurse anesthesia
- an amendment to that legislation made mention of physician supervision
Who is Gertrude Fife?
Took over the day-to-day affairs of the AANA when Agatha Hodgins died
Who is Helen Lamb?
The first Education Committee Chair of the AANA
-continued Hodgins’ passionate work to improve education
What was the name of the first anesthesia nursing association and what is it now?
The National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA)
It is now American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
What is the TEFRA act and its implications for CRNAs?
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
- the 1st federal effort to control anesthesia costs and accountability
- designed to control costs and “ensure that an anesthesiologist demonstrated that he or she provided certain services as part of a given anesthetic to qualify for payment
Adverse implications for CRNAs = the seven conditions were misconstrued by the ASA as standards of practice
- when the CRNAs were employed by the anesthesiologist, each service was billed as though the anesthesiologist had administered each case
- Effected CRNA billing
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?
Ensured that Medicare and Medicaid have paid directly for all CRNA services
-nurse anesthetists were the first nursing profession to be accorded that right
