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Medical College of Georgia, Nurse Anesthesia Program Targeted to Close!
On March 1, 2010 it was announced that the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) Nurse Anesthesia Program
was targeted for closure on June 30, 2010. The Medical College of Georgia made a unilateral decision to
close the program in response to the demand by the Georgia Legislature and Board of Regents to cut 25.6
million dollars from the MCG budget. MCG decided to cut the program in its entirety as opposed to “across
the board” budget cuts that would have been more desirable and fair. As a result, the students currently
enrolled in the nurse anesthesia program would have to transfer to another program (if possible) to
complete their education. This would have a profound impact on our students, GANA members, our
profession and most of all our patients and in particular our patients in rural areas.
Oklahoma CRNAs Traditional Scope of Practice Threatened
Oklahoma state legislature - Senate Bill 1133, would remove certified registered nurse anesthetists’ (CRNAs) ability to provide chronic pain services, making Oklahoma the first state to prohibit CRNA's from providing chronic pain management.
Relying on physician referral, CRNAs chronic pain practice was not viewed as the unauthorized practice of medicine, according to a 2008 Oklahoma Attorney General Opinion.
Don Mordecai and Victor Long representing the Oklahoma Association of Nurse Anesthetists, clarified their position in a Guest Opinion on Edmondsun.com, "...Oklahoma’s nurse anesthetists aren’t asking for an expansion of their responsibilities as has been the case with other health care providers in the past. Nurse anesthetists simply seek to provide the care they are trained and qualified to provide and have been providing for decades to the public’s benefit...". See March 3, 2010 Edmondsun.com
