Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists (TxANA)

The Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists (TxANA) goals include facilitating cooperation between nurse anesthetists and the medical profession, hospitals, healthcare providers, and other agencies interested in anesthesia. The membership is limited to Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and Nurse Anesthesia Students who are members of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).

Nurses were the first professional group to specialize in and provide anesthesia services in the United States in the 1880s. Today, over 56,000 CRNAs are practicing throughout the United States, of which more than 5,000 are in Texas. CRNAs are advanced practice nurses registered by the Texas Board of Nursing (BON).