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  • TxANA Comments on VA Proposed Rule

    Tuesday, December 27, 2016

    TxANA submits comments related to VA proposed rule. The AANA announced that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved a final version of the VA’s proposed rule to grant full practice authority to APRNs except CRNAs. All members are encouraged to submit comments through AANA


  • 2016 Winter Newsletter

    Tuesday, December 20, 2016

    The Winter Edition of the Quarterly TxANA Newsletter is available.


  • Registration for the 2017 Business of Anesthesia and Governance Summit is available!

    Saturday, November 12, 2016

    Registration for the 2017 Business of Anesthesia and Governance Summit is available! This event will be held in Austin, TX (January 22-23rd, 2017). TxANA collected member feedback and structured the agenda with these ideas in mind. Join us and learn more about the business side of anesthesia on Sunday and listen to lobbying advice for your profession at the Texas Capitol on Monday, all while earning 10 CEs!


  • 2016 Fall Newsletter

    Tuesday, September 13, 2016

    2016 Fall TxANA E-Newsletter is now available!


  • Summer Newsletter

    Wednesday, June 01, 2016

    The latest newsletter is now available, and we hope you find the time to view it.


  • In Memoriam: Janice M. McMasters

    Tuesday, May 24, 2016

    Janice M. McMasters, CRNA, (69) died Friday, May 6, 2016.


  • In Memoriam: Kenneth Crane

    Tuesday, April 26, 2016

    Obituary for Kenneth Crane Kenneth Ray Crane , 65, of Longview passed away November 7,2015 after a short illness. He was born to Aubrey Crane Sr. and Emma Lee Haney Crane in Kirbyville, Texas on April 6, 1950. Kenneth graduated from Kirbyville High School. He attended Mary Hardin Baylor School of Nursing and graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He worked at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas. In 1981 he left to attend Nurse Anesthesia School and received his CRNA license. In 1990 he accepted a position at Longview Regional Hospital where he just started his 26th year of employment on October 8th. Kenneth had been a member of the Anesthesia Department for all 26 years.


  • 2016 Spring Newsletter

    Wednesday, March 02, 2016

    It’s Springtime here at TxANA! The latest newsletter is now available, and we hope you find the time to view it.


  • In Memoriam: Douglas Patrick Hobbins

    Thursday, February 04, 2016

    Douglas Patrick Hobbins, 56, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 9.


  • In Memoriam: Catherine “Cay” Sanders

    Thursday, February 04, 2016

    Catherine "Cay" Sanders, CRNA, 73, of Bryan, Texas passed away peacefully Saturday December 19, 2015.


  • In Memoriam: Colonel Janet M. Connolly

    Thursday, January 07, 2016

    In Memoriam: Colonel Janet M. Connolly