Nursing

A study by researchers at the Rochester School of Nursing, published in the November issue of Health Affairs, found that short-term contract nurses had equivalent education levels and only slightly less work experience than full time registered nurses.

Scientists from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital studied a hypothesis that anesthesia drugs bring about sedation by causing different parts of the brain to lose functional integration, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Marijan Jednacak, MD, joins the Medical College of Wisconsin as an assistant professor of anesthesiology, and he will provide care at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, according to Wauwatosa Now.

Valerie Collins joined Licking Memorial Health System's Licking Memorial Anesthesiology in Newark, Ohio.

Thirteen physician members of the Congressional GOP "Doctors Caucus" wrote the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in opposition of the proposal to pay nurse anesthetists for chronic pain management services, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, Fla., has named Dan Rogers, MD, as chief of pediatric anesthesiology.

Anesthesiologist Brian Bernhardt, MD, will now be practicing at Grand River Hospital in Rifle, Colo.

Luke Stoltzfus, MD, has joined St. Luke's Anesthesia Associates in Duluth, Minn., according to the Superior Telegram.

Anesthesiologist Kenneth Sauve, MD, joined Rutherford Regional Health System in Rutherfordton, N.C., according to the Shelby Star.

Denver-based private equity firm Excellere Partners has invested in PhyMed Management, a management services company to Nashville, Tenn.-based Anesthesia Medical Group, according to Herald Online.