Internal (facility) issue and questions

[Powertrip]

I wanted to get some CRNA's take on this as it was a bit troubling to me since I am about to start CRNA school. I have decided I might run into the same issue one of my collegues and would like to know how you would handle it. So, the situation I speak of is this. According to my collegue, a CRNA, a change is occuring at the hospital where he works. He is reporting to me that MDA's are making sure to get to patients first and tell them that he will be putting them to sleep, and the "Nurse" (used in a derogatory manner) will be monitoring you. He also reported to me that they will be changing the CRNA's badges to only read "RN". There will also be a change in that hospital as to what CRNA's are allowed to do (undetermined as of yet). I know this seems somewhat trivial, but I fear it will lead to further restrictions on the autonomy of CRNA's in the area. I also feel like it is a lack of respect to make a CRNA make his badge to only say RN as the badge is something that depicts who we are to people who do not know. I just wanted to get some CRNA's from different regions opinions on this. Have you seen this happen in your facility? If you did how would/did you handle it? Thank you for your responses in advance.

[loveanesthesia]

I would ask the risk management department at the hospital for an opinion. I think they would want everyone in the building to be accurately identified.