Mike O'Dell didn't feel fulfilled spending his entire workweek as a nurse anesthetist. He was a creative and a risk-taker — not exactly qualities that mesh well with anesthesiology, he said on ...

Nurse anesthetists have been pursuing autonomy in Florida for years. Anesthesiologists argue against it based .on patient ...

(Wellcome Images/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News ... “People shouldn’t be scared of it,” the third nurse added, as the anesthetist arrived. “Who’s scared, of what?” asked the anesthetist, a ...

Removing the requirement in Florida would go a long way toward helping patients’ access and lower costs, according to Laura Molina, a nurse anesthetist and president of the state association ...