Nurse anesthetist mobilized to NYC to assist in COVID-19 response
By Maj. Michael Meyer | Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System | 5-12-2020
As the nation celebrated National Nurses Week in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis has magnified the critical role nurses, both civilian and military, play in the battle against the virus.
It has been well documented for many weeks that New York City is quantifiably the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with more than 118,000 confirmed cases and nearly 11,000 deaths.
Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (SRNAs) play a significant role in our nation’s health care system, particularly in rural settings where they work alongside Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and often serve as the community’s only option for administering anesthesia during medical procedures. In Iowa, for example, CRNAs are the sole provider of all anesthesia services in 88 of 117 community hospitals in the state.
Iowa’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) is a part of the national network of Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) programs funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration. Iowa’s chapter of this national program, (ILEND), provides long-term, graduate level interdisciplinary training.
Iowa Board of Nursing Associate Director of Practice and Education Jimmy A. Reyes, an alumnus of the University of Iowa’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program, was recently inducted as a fellow of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s (NCSBN) Institute of Regulatory Excellence (IRE).
Dr. Cormac T. O’Sullivan, PhD, MSN, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) from Coralville, Iowa, was recently selected as Program Director of the Year Award by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).
University of Iowa Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student Brittany Hamm, BSN, RN, has been selected as an American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) Board of Directors Student Scholar.
Millions of Americans are affected by mental health conditions every year. Iowa’s citizens are certainly not immune; however, University of Iowa College of Nursing Professor Virginia (Ginny) Conley is doing her part to improve the health care provision and lives of those with severe mental illness (SMI) such as a psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder.
Assistant Clinical Professor Larry Newman, DNP, RN, AGPCNP-BC, director of the college’s Adult/Geriatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program was recently bestowed with the Outstanding Faculty Practice Award by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF).
University of Iowa College of Nursing Adjunct Clinical Professor Carol Watson, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN, has been named one of the American Organization of Nurse Executives’ (AONE) inaugural fellows. This fellow designation recognizes a nurse leader's sustained contributions to the specialty of nursing leadership, commitment to service, and influence in shaping health care.
