The anesthesiologist shortage is now ‘a full-blown crisis.’ Why aren’t Canadian nurses allowed to help?

The anesthesiologist shortage is now ‘a full-blown crisis.’ Why aren’t Canadian nurses allowed to help?

White Coat Black Art26:30Should Canada have nurse anesthetists?The effects of a shortage of anesthesiologists could be improved if specially trained nurses were allowed to provide anesthesia care — something they do in the United States, nursing advocates say. But physicians' groups

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