For those who have read "Watchful Care: A History of America's Nurse Anesthetists you might remember the answer---- For those who haven't read it yet--GET BUSY! But I digress, Who is the (AANA) Outstanding Educator Award named for????
It is named the Helen Lamb Award.
Who was Helen Lamb?
First Chairman of the Education Committee of the AANA (in the 1930's), formulated the first educational standards for nurse anesthesia education,
PROGRAM DIRECTOR at Barnes-Jewish School of Anesthesia. Administered anesthesia for the first successful pneumenectomy!!
PS those first standards required a program to be 6 months in length (Recommended 12 months) Boy have things changed!