Newswise — PARK RIDGE, ILL. - Cheryl Nimmo, DNP, MSHSA, CRNA, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and resident of East Providence, R.I., takes office as the 2016-17 president of the 50,000-member American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) during the AANA Nurse Anesthesia Annual Congress, September 9-13, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
“We will continue to work on removing barriers to nurse anesthetists’ full scope of practice and increase patients’ access to care,” Nimmo said about the coming year. “It has been proven in study after study that CRNAs provide safe, high quality and cost-effective care to patients in all practice settings. Above all, the AANA will continue to promote, protect and advance the nurse anesthesia profession.”
Nimmo is currently assistant professor and assistant program director for the nurse anesthesia program at the University of New England, Portland, Maine. Hospitals in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Missouri have all benefited from Nimmo’s work as both staff and chief CRNA. In addition, she has worked in office-based orthopedics, surgicenters, coronary care, and as a locum tenens CRNA, clinical preceptor, and airway skills and pediatric anesthesia instructor.
A CRNA for more than 37 years, Nimmo has extensive administrative experience in managing multi-million dollar budgets, capital equipment, staffing and vendor contracts. The incoming AANA president also has served as clinical site coordinator and faculty member at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island School of Nurse Anesthesia, Pawtucket, R.I.
A long active member of her state and national professional associations, Nimmo has served in multiple capacities on various committees, boards of directors, and the AANA Foundation. Her leadership skills and intimate knowledge of the nurse anesthesia profession make her uniquely qualified for the position of AANA President.
“Being a CRNA is such a rewarding career,” said Nimmo. “I’ve had the privilege of taking care of patients at one of the most vulnerable times in their lives, offering comfort, pain relief and confidence, and bringing them safely through the anesthetic and surgery. The profession of nurse anesthesia is the first nursing specialty, and CRNAs are pioneers by nature. I look forward to helping our members achieve great things in the year ahead.”
Nimmo received her nursing diploma from Newport Hospital School of Nursing, Newport, R.I.; her Bachelor of Science degree, Biology, Evangel University, Springfield, Mo.; her certificate in nurse anesthesia, St. John’s School of Anesthesia, Missouri State University, Springfield; her Master’s Degree, Health Service Administration, Salve Regina University, Newport, R.I.; and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice, Northeastern University, Boston.
About the American Association of Nurse AnesthetistsFounded in 1931 and located in Park Ridge, Ill., and Washington, D.C., the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) is the professional organization representing more than 50,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and student registered nurse anesthetists across the United States. As advanced practice registered nurses and anesthesia specialists, CRNAs administer approximately 43 million anesthetics to patients in the United States each year and are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America. In some states, CRNAs are the sole anesthesia professionals in nearly 100 percent of rural hospitals. Additional information about the AANA and CRNAs is available at www.aana.com and www.future-of-anesthesia-care-today.com.
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