This analysis illustrates Lamb's historical impact in the profession of anesthesia, embodied and projected through the AANA's vision and mission as a medical organization. Lamb and AANA made a significant contribution to the medical community and society in general by not only revolutionizing and professionalizing anesthesia care, but also on re-centering the medical community's attention to patient welfare and safety.

Abstract

This discussion and analysis paper collates literature available on Helen Lamb, who helped found and develop the profession of anesthesia. From the analysis of the available literature, it is found that Lamb's historical impact to anesthesia care is best reflected through the works of the American Association of Nurse...

AANA's vision, mission, and goals as a medical organization showed that it lives up to the value that Lamb put, not only on quality training and development of anesthesia care, but also (and more importantly), on the patient's welfare and safety of his/her general health.
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