[Nurse anaesthetist, autonomous and expanded practice].

Nurse anaesthetists have had the right to perform certain procedures for more than twenty years. A 2017 decree further expanded their scope of practice both within and outside the theatre. In parallel, their practice continues to adapt to medical developments, in collaboration with the anaesthesiologist. They are also starting to perform more clinical practices with the patient, such as hypnosis, which need to be better integrated into the often dense operating schedules.
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