Operating without CRNA

Hoping for some honest advice here: For reasons I won't get into, my employer is asking me to perform upcoming phaco cases under "nurse anesthesia" while we look into replacing our CRNA. Employer also owns the ASC and a few of us operate there. I have serious hesitations about letting the nurses administer fentanyl without a CRNA present. Versed, fine. Propofol, obviously not. Am I crazy to put my foot down on this? I'm not comfortable with recussitation and my patients are often elderly... Read more
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