PRACTICE SETTINGS

CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered.

• Traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms

• Critical access hospitals

• Ambulatory surgical centers

• The offices of dentists

• Podiatrists

• Ophthalmologists

• Plastic surgeons

• Pain management specialists

• U.S. military

  • Nurse anesthetists have been the main providers of anesthesia care to U.S. military personnel on the front lines since WWI. Nurses first provided anesthesia to wounded soldiers during the Civil War.

• Public Health Services

• Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities.