NBCRNA Roles Test 1 Questions and
Answers.
Sister Mary Bernard, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, becomes first nurse
to specialize in anesthesia -
\1877
Alice Magaw begins working as nurse anesthetist at St. Marys hospital in Rochester,
Minn. For Dr. Charles Mayo. He later gives her the title of "Mother of Anesthesia" for her
mastery of open drop ether -
\1893
Agatha Hodgins founds National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA) on June 17
in Cleveland, Ohio, the first national association of anesthesia providers in the U.S -
\1931
First annual meeting is in Milwaukee with 120 attendees; Agatha Hodgins elected
honorary president
o Report of first annual meeting of the NANA (which would become the AANA journal) is
published -
\1933
In Chalmers-Francis v Nelson, the California Supreme Court affirms the finding for
nurse anesthetist Dagmar Nelson in a ruling that confirmed the legality of nurse
anesthesia practice. AANA files its first amicus brief for this case. -
\1934
The AANA seal "The Watchful Care of the Sleeper by the Light of the Lamp of Learning"
is adopted -
\1941
AANA administers first nurse anesthetists qualifying (certification) exam to 90 women in
39 hospitals in 28 states, plus one in Territory of Hawaii -
\1945
The first issue of The NewsBulletin is published -
\1947
COL Mildred Irene Clark, CRNA, becomes first nurse anesthetist to serve as chief of the
army nurse corps -
\1963
The Agatha Hodgins award for outstanding accomplishment is first presented to Ruth
Satterfield, CRNA -
