It seems that CRNA's are not utilized in Canada, the UK and elsewhere. This perplexes

[Roland]

me given the fact that nurses PIONEERED anesthesia. In other words nurses predominated in anesthesia until maybe the 1940's or sometime there abouts. What happened in the US that didn't in the other countries? Were physicians more aggressive in legislatively "gobbling" professional turf? I would think that the socialist type medical systems that these nations utilize would if anything place a HIGHER premium on cost saving innovations like CRNA's. What happens if a CRNA in the United States decides to move to Canada, do they become a regular ICU nurse (always assuming they HAVE an ICU specialty)?

[globalRN]

Yes, a CRNA would be out of work in Canada.

In several provinces, a NP would also be out of work.

A PA would be out of work in Canada.

Call it backwoods/backwards.

[fergus51]

Maybe finding out how they developped in the US would explain why they didn't in other countries?

Although the government is looking at increasing the role of NPs, it isn't the most important thing to most nurses (mainly because most nurses are not advanced practice nurses). I have known people who think that CRNAs are only used to increase profits in the US and are a "step down" from anesthesiologists. That's if they even know what a CRNA is....