Boyd, Donald. “Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Working Conditions and Outcomes: A Review of the Literature.” AANA journal, 85(4), 2017. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Working Conditions and Outcomes: A R…: EBSCOhost.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists deliver the anesthetic medication to over 30 million patients nationwide every year. Yet, their work conditions and financial compensations remain far from desired, especially considering the additional stress associated with the job. This study provides a complex literature review that focuses on positive and negative outcomes of CRNA work, workplace burnout and general conditions in the field.
I found this article to be very informative due to its balanced look at the CRNA profession. The review covers a wide range of articles, ensuring the perspective in it is well-informed. The study does not overlook the unfavorable aspects of the CRNA profession, such as high levels of stress, lack of efficient communication mechanisms at the workplace and imperfect pay. However, it also elaborates on the advantages of the job, such as access-to-care-related benefits.
Gould, Wallena. “Historical Underpinning to Diversifying Nurse Anesthesia Programs: A Model of Success”. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 16(2), 2021, pp. 175-180. Elsevier BV, Web.
The article focuses on the necessity of diversifying the CRNA programs, that has been pressing in the American healthcare for a considerable time. As social and economic studies alike better account for diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds of the American patients, the need for nurses with various origins increases. The article then examines how the healthcare industry and its training facilities can best incorporate this need into its current practices.
From my personal point of view, this article is extremely useful to most of the soon-to-be healthcare professionals in the United States. It highlights the way inclusivity and diversity are now, deservedly, seen as a part of the quality medical care. Thus, it helps the future CRNA nurses to better prepare themselves for their workplace realities.
McMullan, Susan P., Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, and Maria R. Shirey. “Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Perceptions of Factors Impacting Patient Safety.” Nursing administration quarterly 41(1), 2017, Web.
This study compiles and analyzes the CRNA’s perspectives on the key factors impacting patient safety throughout treatment. It includes the viewpoints of 336 eligible candidates, selected at random. The aim of the study is to perfect the existing safety guidelines based on the experience of anesthetic nurses.
This article is, in my opinion, very useful for those who wish to fully understand the importance of the CRNA profession. It demonstrates, in each new perspective analysis, how the daily tasks of anesthetic nurses correlate with creating safe and recovery-inducing environments for patients. Additionally, the random sampling of the candidates includes reasonably high degrees of representativity, which improves the credibility of the work.
“Occupational Outlook Handbook”. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2021, Web.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a data base of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. It is a free resource that provides information on the nature of work, its conditions, training and qualifications, salary, and job prospects for most of the professions in the U.S. As such, it often updates, depending on the latest data available for the occupations in question.
I believe this resource to be invaluable to almost every American job-seeker, primarily due to its convenient structure. All of the information is stored on one web page and alphabetized for easy access. Additionally, a job-seeker can compare the characteristics of several positions they are considering by simply opening multiple tabs.
Ramsey, Brent K. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Satisfaction after Implementation of a Structured Anesthesia Handoff Communication Tool. Diss. University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2021, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Satisfaction after Implementation of a Structured Anesthesia Handoff Communication Tool – ProQuest.
This project examines the most frequent communicational issues that emerge during anaesthesia handoffs. It analyses the action scenarios CRNAs can take to avoid preventable medical adversities that happen due to communicational errors. The PATIENT protocol is used to evaluate satisfaction during handoff stages and elaborate on the weaknesses moving forward.
This project appears to me to be a grounded and relevant study of communication within the CRNA profession. It combines literature review with quantitative survey elements to identify the common issues and suggest plausible solutions. As such, it can be a valuable resource for me to get an idea of the challenges I am likely to encounter as a CRNA.