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Wearing Masks: The Series Available Now
Wearing Masks: The Series, the highly regarded complete collection on substance abuse disorders in anesthesia providers is available free of charge from the AANA Bookstore and Resource Center.
Sponsored by the AANA, the mission of this series is to "save the lives of nurse anesthetists. To get each who may be addicted to chemical substances into safe and confidential treatment."
Produced over a 13-year period, the Wearing Masks programs were initiated in 1992 by Dr. Tom Hombein, who was then the chair of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington. Alarmed at the rising number of drug-related deaths among anesthesia residents, Hombein worked with Dirk Wales of Rainbow Productions to create the first Wearing Masks film.
In 2004, as part of the AANA Wellness Program, the AANA Board of Directors contracted with the makers of the original Wearing Masks film to continue the series. Wearing Masks:...