Welcome to TANA

The Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists (TANA) is a nonprofit association whose mission is:

Advancing patient safety and facilitating access to high quality anesthesia care for Tennesseans.

Vision: Supporting our Members--Protecting our Patients.

Ellen Wilhoite, FACHE, President/CAO of LeCONTE Medical Center with TANA President Carl Sisco, CRNA at the Tennessee Hospital Association Annual Meeting exhibition. Winner of an iPad2!	Mark Haffey, CRNA, TANA District III Director, and Lisa Bowler, TANA Executive Director, exhibiting at the Tennessee Hospital Association Show.

For Your Information: October 5, 2011

FTC Staff: Proposed Tennessee Legislation May Reduce Patient Access to Pain Management Services and Increase Prices: Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from Tennessee State Representative Gary Odom, stated that there may be reduced access to pain management services in the state, as well as higher costs for those services, under a bill proposed in the Tennessee legislature that would require on-site physician supervision of pain management services in some facilities.

Read Full FTC Letter.

Watch House-Health and Human Resources Sub-Committee Hearing Videos.

House Bill 1896

Senate Bill 1935

Highlights from the Boston AANA National Conference

Watch the video below to see Keith Scott and other members of TANA celebrating Tennessee to the theme of "Rocky Top" at the 2011 AANA Conference in Boston.

NBCRNA's Proposed CPC Program

For a report from Debra Malina, AANA President, on the proposed CPC program, please click here.

To view the message to TANA from Mary Anne Krogh, NBCRNA President, please click here.

Click here to contact TANA Peer Advisor Jack Edmondson.