Colorado court: Nurses can provide anesthesia

Published July 19, 2012 6:38pm ET



DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that advanced-practice nurses can administer anesthesia without a doctor’s supervision, a ruling the prompted a warning by doctors that patients could suffer serious medical complications and receive inadequate care.

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