NBCRNA at the 2022 AANA Annual Congress
NBCRNA was well represented in featured events and in the exhibit hall during the 2022 AANA Annual Congress, the largest CRNA educational event in the country, August 12-16 in Chicago, Illinois.
At NBCRNA’s booth in the exhibit hall, representatives of NBCRNA provided guidance and answered questions to both students and CRNA’s about the CPC program, the CPCA, the NCE, and the SEE.
Friday, August 12, NBCRNA Board President and Associate Professor and Director, Anesthesia Nursing Program at the University of Iowa Cormac O’Sullivan PhD, CRNA, ARNP, provided an overview of NBCRNA’s recent activities and initiatives of interest, including CPC program updates, CPCA updates, CRNA communications, and progress of the longitudinal assessment (LA) research study.
Monday, August 15, NBCRNA hosted a nurse anesthesia student luncheon with hundreds of students in attendance. NBCRNA also recognized its volunteers, present at the Congress, with a reception in their honor.
Tuesday, August 16, NBCRNA Chief Executive Officer John C. Preston, DNSc, CRNA, FAANA, FNAP, APRN and NBCRNA Chief Credentialing Officer Christopher Gill, PhD, MBA, CRNA, gave a presentation about longitudinal assessment (LA), benefits of LA, and how LA may serve as a vehicle to measure CRNA knowledge.
NBCRNA will be at the next AANA Annual Congress in Seattle, Washington, August 18-23, 2023.