Professional Practice Documents 

• Advisory Opinion 5.1: Patient Safety: Fatigue, Stress and Work Schedule Effects 
• Advisory Opinion 5.4: Patient Safety and CRNAs on Drug Therapy Regimen for Pain Management
  
  
• Anesthesia Record: PDF Format| Excel Format 
  To use the Excel format, please download file (right-click and save to your computer) and modify using MS Excel. PDF is read-only, or you can print it to use as a hard copy.
  Sample PreAnesthesia Evaluation Form (PDF)
  
  
• Code of Ethics for the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
• Considerations for Policy Guidelines for Registered Nurses Engaged in the Administration of Sedation and Analgesia 
• Considerations for Development of an Anesthesia Department Policy on Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders 
• Considerations for Policy Development Number 4.3: Unintended Intraoperative Awareness 
• Criteria for Recertification 
• Documenting the Standard of Care: Anesthesia Record 
• Guidelines for Core Clinical Privileges 
• Guidelines for the Management of the Obstetrical Patient for the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 
• Infection Control Guide 
• Informed Consent 
• Informed Consent form (English version) PDF format 
• Informed Consent form (Spanish version) PDF format 
• AANA-ASA Joint Statement Regarding Propofol Administration 
• AANA Latex Protocol 
• AANA Member Benefits 
• News: Needle & Syringe Reuse = Infection Risk 
• Nurse Anesthesia Education 
• Nurse Anesthesia Reimbursement 
• Postanesthesia Care Standards for the CRNA 
• Preoperative Interview Questionnaire 
• Quality of Care in Anesthesia 
• Scope and Standards for Nurse Anesthesia Practice 
• Standards for Office-Based Anesthesia Practice
• U.S. Pharmacopeia Chapter 797 and Anesthesia Practice

Position Statements 

• Position Statement 1.7
  Substance Misuse and Chemical Dependency  (PDF)
• Position Statement 1.9
  Nurse Anesthetists and Anesthesiologists Practicing Together (PDF)
• Position Statement 2.10
  Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists' Utilization of Invasive Monitoring Techniques (PDF)
• Position Statement 2.11 
  Position Statement on Pain Management (PDF)
• Position Statement 2.12
  Unintended Awareness Under General Anesthesia
• Position Statement 2.13
  Safe Practices for Needle and Syringe Use
• Position Statement 2.14
  Securing Propofol (PDF)
• Position Statement 2.15
  Safe Surgery and Anesthesia (PDF)
• Position Statement 2.2: 
  Qualified Providers of Sedation and Analgesia 
• Position Statement 2.3:
  The Separation of Operator/Anesthesia Provider Responsibilities (PDF)
• Position Statement 2.5 
  Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis Preparedness and Treatment (PDF); updated August 2009 
• Position Statement 2.6:
  Administration of Regional Anesthesia by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists  (PDF)
• Position Statement 2.8: 
  Provision of Pain Relief by Medication Administered via Continuous Epidural, Intrathecal, Intrapleural, Peripheral Nerve Catheters, or Other Pain Relief Devices 
• Position Statement 2.9: 
  Removal of Epidural Catheters (PDF)