Ep 183: CRNA Manpower – The History of Shortages and the Studies That Followed (Part 1)
Beyond The Mask: Innovation & Opportunities For CRNAs · Jeremy Stanley
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Show Notes
Over the past five decades, quite a bit of attention has been paid to the challenges facing the CRNA workforce, especially when numbers dropped significantly in the 80s and 90s. The lack of manpower pushed Congress, the AANA, and other organizations to study the reasons behind the lack of graduates and determine what solutions might exist. Nancy Bruton-Maree, CRNA, and Sandy Ouellette, CRNA, join us today to take us back through the history of these shortages and the studies that followed in part one of this two-part series.
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Today's Key Topics:
2:40 – Trends from 70s and 80s
5:40 – The reductions at Wake Forest
9:02 – The major factors that led to this issue
10:52 – Factors in the 80s
13:18 – Study on Program Closures
17:05 – CRNA manpower study in 1990
19:20 – Obstacles to achieving the study’s recommendations
26:39 – Steps the AANA has taken
30:49 – Anesthesiology training in the 90s
37:04 – Supply and Demand study in 2003
40:13 – Economic impact on the profession
42:35 – 2006 study
46:59 – Key points from 2009 study
48:59 – Cromwell study