“For the past decade it has become an annual ritual for the nursing lobby to push for scope expansion that would allow nurses to provide anesthesia services without physician supervision,” Dr ...

General anesthesia is a combination of medications that a person breathes through a mask or receives through a catheter in a vein to cause a person to fall asleep. In contrast, regional anesthesia is ...

Florida nurse anesthetists are advocating for legislation to remove physician supervision, arguing it would increase healthcare access and address shortages. Anesthesiologists oppose the ...

Nurse anesthetists in Florida are not giving up their quest for autonomy. Anesthesiologists are fighting back, arguing patient safety. Florida Rep. Mike Giallombardo, R-Cape Coral, has filed a ...