[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 107 (Friday, July 19, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S8383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO CHRISTINE ZAMBRICKI

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I am pleased to pay tribute today to 
one of my constituents, Christine Zambricki. Ms. Zambricki will 
conclude her year as national president of the American Association of 
Nurse Anesthetists [AANA] in August and I want to take this opportunity 
to congratulate her on this fine achievement.
  Ms. Zambricki has had a distinguished career. She currently serves as 
assistant hospital director at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, 
MI, and concurrently serves as director of the nurse anesthesia track, 
graduate program in nursing at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. 
Previously she served as director of anesthesia services from 1989 to 
1992 and director of nursing from 1992 to 1993 at William Beaumont 
Hospital.
  In addition to these prestigious positions in the medical community, 
she has held various other high-level medical positions, earned various 
nursing degrees, and has received many other honors. Just a few of her 
credits in her profession and in academia include service as president 
of the Michigan Nurses Association from 1985 to 1987, being appointed 
by the Governor of Michigan to serve on various State boards, and 
receiving her master of science in nurse anesthesia in 1980 from Wayne 
State University.
  She has been published extensively and her presentations are far too 
numerous to list. However, it is clear that her contributions to the 
nurse anesthesia profession as well as nursing in general has been 
substantial. Ms. Zambricki has been an outstanding president of her 
organization--AANA. As you may know, Mr. President, AANA is the 
professional association that represents over 26,000 certified 
registered nurse anesthetists [CRNA's] which is 96 percent of the nurse 
anesthetists in the United States.
  As anesthesia specialists, CRNA's administer more than 65 percent of 
the 26 million anesthetics given to patients in the United States each 
year. CRNA's are the sole anesthesia providers in 85 percent of rural 
hospitals, enabling these medical facilities to provide obstetrical, 
surgical, and trauma stabilization services. CRNA's are also frontline 
providers of anesthesia in underserved urban areas, providing services 
for major trauma cases, for example.
  It is clear that the AANA has been fortunate to have benefited from 
Ms. Zambricki's outstanding service as president and I take special 
pride in congratulating one of Michigan's own for having assumed this 
difficult yet rewarding professional obligation on behalf of nurse 
anesthesia. I am certain that Ms. Zambricki has many more years ahead 
of her in which she will undoubtedly make further contributions to the 
honored profession of nurse anesthesia. Congratulations Christine on 
your year as president of the American Association of Nurse 
Anesthetists.

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