Beyond The Mask: Innovation & Opportunities For CRNAs

From the Bedside to the Ballot: Why Nurses Belong in Politics

Nurses spend their careers advocating for patients. But what happens when they take that advocacy beyond the bedside and into the halls of government? Recorded live at t

Airway Exchange – Ep 30 – What CRNA Students Wish Their Educators Knew

What would nurse anesthesia students tell their educators if they could speak completely openly? In this special Airway Exchange crossover with Grade 1 View, nurse anesth

How Norwegian Nurse Anesthetists Became Advanced Practice Leaders

One of the most valuable parts of IFNA is learning how providers around the world approach the same mission, delivering safe, high-quality anesthesia care to patients. To

Vaping and Anesthesia: The Risks You Can’t Ignore

realize. From airway reactivity and wound-healing concerns to unknown additives and changing drug trends, clinicians may be dealing with far more than nicotine. In this

Grade 1 View – S2, E22 – Preparing for Pediatric & Cardiac Anesthesia Rotations

In this episode of Grade 1 View, hosts Kelsey and Levi welcome Chrissy Massaro, CRNA, MSN and Kate Freedman, CRNA, MSN from Confident Care Academy to talk about what they

What Makes a Great CRNA Preceptor?

Clinical preceptors do far more than supervise students in the operating room. They help learners connect classroom knowledge to real patient care, develop clinical judgm

Airway Exchange – Ep 29 – One Year Into CRNA Academia: Was It Worth It?

Moving from clinical anesthesia to the classroom sounds like a natural next step. But what happens when the workload becomes so overwhelming that you consider walking awa

Incorporating POCUS and Regional Anesthesia into Clinical Practice

Ultrasound has changed the way anesthesia providers assess patients, perform regional techniques, and make decisions at the bedside. But for CRNAs who trained before thes

How to Use AI Without Losing Clinical Judgment

AI is already changing healthcare, but that does not mean every answer it gives should be trusted. For CRNAs, the challenge is learning how to use these tools without com

Grade 1 View – S2, E21 – The Military CRNA Path: Autonomy, Leadership & Service

In this episode recorded at AANA Congress in Boston, Levi and Mackenzie explore the military CRNA careers of Jan Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Col. (Ret), USAFR, NC, and Greg Collin

“We’ve Always Done It This Way” - Breaking Clinical Habits in Deep Sedation

Experienced clinicians often develop techniques that work and that can make change difficult. But “we’ve always done it this way” can also keep better tools and safer wor

Airway Exchange – Ep 28 – Making Time for Scholarship in Nurse Anesthesia

Scholarship can feel like one more impossible responsibility for busy nurse anesthesia educators, but it often begins with something much simpler: a question. Why are we

A Day in the Life of a Nurse Anesthetist in Spain

What does the nurse anesthesia profession look like outside the United States? At the IFNA Congress in Australia, Sharon and guest co-host Kevin Chem sit down with Toñi B

Welcome to Beyond the Ether – The Future of Anesthesia Starts Here

Beyond the Ether is the new clinical series from Beyond the Mask, bringing together four experienced CRNAs to talk about the science, judgment, technology, and real-world

Grade 1 View – S2, E20 – How NARA is Building Community for Future CRNAs

Nurse anesthesia school can be demanding, isolating, and humbling, but it does not have to be experienced alone. The Nurse Anesthesiology Resident Association (NARA) is a

AANA President Tracy Young on the Year Ahead

One ​of ​our ​traditions ​at ​Beyond ​the ​Mask ​is​ sitting ​down ​with ​the ​new ​AANA ​President ​​to ​talk ​about ​the ​year​ ahead, their ​vision ​for ​the ​associat

Airway Exchange – Ep 27 – Preparing Students for the Emotional Impact of Perioperative Loss

Significant perioperative loss can affect CRNAs deeply, even when there was no error and nothing could have been done differently. Yet many clinicians are never taught wh

The Digital Didactic: Reimagining How We Teach Anesthesia with Richard Wilson

What happens when nurse anesthesia education moves beyond the traditional classroom? Recorded at the AANA Annual Congress in Boston, Sharon and guest co-host Tracy Castl

Grade 1 View – S2, E19 – CRNA Leadership, Advocacy & Entrepreneurship with AANA President Tracy Young

A career in nurse anesthesia does not have to follow one path. For Tracy Young, MSNA, MBA, CRNA, it certainly did not. His career has included clinical practice, entrepre

What Nurse Anesthesia Looks Like in Finland

What does nurse anesthesia practice look like in Finland? That question is at the center of this episode of Beyond the Mask, recorded at the International Federation of