VCU College of Health Professions

Once the voice of VCU Nurse Anesthesia, now Marjorie T. Goodwin’s scholarship supports future CRNAs

On a cold January evening in 2015, as snow began to fall across Richmond, colleagues, family and students gathered at a local restaurant to celebrate Marjorie T. Goodwin’s retirement. That night, she expected kind words and memories from more than two decades of service in VCU’s Department of Nurse Anesthesia. What she did not expect was the announcement that would bring her to tears: a scholarship would carry her name forward.

Understanding Virginia’s new law to license anesthesia assistants

In early 2025, Virginia passed a law allowing for the licensure of anesthesia assistants (AAs), making it one of about 20 states to permit the profession. Anesthesia assistants will work exclusively under the supervision of physician anesthesiologists, a model different from the training and practice approach of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), who are prepared for independent practice.

Russell County native’s travel nursing journey brings him home to study nurse anesthesia

Joseph Osborne adds new meaning to the idea of a traveling nurse. 

How I found my research: Cayla Ann DeGuzman studies AI’s role in training for nurse anesthetists

As a researcher, Cayla Ann DeGuzman has managed to find a topic that marries her two favorite topics: technology and nursing.

DeGuzman, a student in the accelerated B.S. in nursing program in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, previously earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from George Mason University. In her research at VCU, DeGuzman is exploring generative artificial intelligence and its role in both academic and clinical practice for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist students in the College of Health Professions. The research experience has proved powerful.

Nurse Anesthesia Alumna Joins as New Director of Southwest Operations

As a first-year nursing student, Crystal Hunnicutt, DNAP, CRNA, decided to change her career track and become a nurse anesthetist. The trouble was, however, that she was in Southwest Virginia and didn’t have the resources —  or want —  to relocate elsewhere.

Nurse Anesthesia Remembers Distance Learning Advocate

VCU Nurse Anesthesia is mourning the loss of Rachel Davis Fowlkes, who sparked the department’s movement into distance learning almost two decades ago. Fowlkes died in early April in Abingdon, Va.

A ‘living legend’ in nurse anesthesia education who gave all to family and nation

By Jeff Kelley

Faculty Lead at NoVa Campus Embraces Clinical Teaching

by Kyra Newman

Study: Eliminating GRE in Admissions Drives Diversity

By Kyra Newman

Serving Our Students in a Post-Pandemic World

With every week, we see more signs of a return to our daily practices before COVID-19 upended our lives. Even though caseloads continue to decline, except for an occasional variant-driven spike, we haven’t completely returned to our previous ways of doing things.

Old Dominion University Nursing Announces Interim Dean, nurse anesthesia alum Suzanne Wright, to Lead School

Suzanne Wright assumed the new role of interim dean of the School of Nursing on Jan. 25. Wright, who joined ODU in 2021 as chair of the School of Nursing, previously served as a full professor and in leadership positions at Virginia Commonwealth University for nearly 20 years. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in nurse anesthesia and a Ph.D. in health-related sciences from VCU.

Two faculty at CHP selected as American Academy of Nursing fellows

The faculty members were among 250 nurse leaders selected to join the academy’s 2022 class of fellows. The inductees will be recognized for their significant contributions to health and health care at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference, set for Oct. 27-29.

Dreaming Big: Amber Coleman ’18 Building a Brand Beyond the OR

Graduate, pass the National Certification Exam, get certified, practice as a CRNA.

Class of 2021: Growing up in a refugee camp fueled in Khada Dulal a desire to help others

Jiale (Gary) Hu receives interprofessional collaboration research grant from ASAHP

Jiale (Gary) Hu, Ph.D., associate professor and director of research and global outreach in the Department of Nurse Anesthesia, has received the 2021 Interprofessional Research Collaboration Grant from the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP).

Research program promotes implementation of crisis resource management principles in anesthesia

VCU Nurse Anesthesia begins research to understand, promote implementation of crisis resource management principles in anesthesia practice 

Northam Visits Nurse Anesthesia

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Thursday, along with leaders at Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health, stressed the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine and of training frontline health care workers in remarks made to reporters during a visit to VCU’s College of Health Professions.

Nurse Anesthesia and Radiation Sciences collaboration strives for having nuclear medicine technologists add to the vaccine giving capacity within the US