11.   Nursing school administrators say new nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, clinical specialists and nurse anesthetists receive an average of seven job offers.

12.   Pharmacist Eric Lower and his wife, Kathy Reidy, a nurse anesthetist, agree.

13.   Robin Ridenour, a nurse anesthetist from San Francisco, opposed the rebate because she believes the wealthy benefit most.

14.   Smith had no experience supervising nurse anesthetists.

15.   The nurse anesthetist involved in the previous incidents was still working without supervision and had not attended continuing education programs mandated by the hospital.

16.   The nurse anesthetists say arguments about quality of care are a smoke screen.

17.   There was only a nurse anesthetist, and she had to be called from her home.

18.   Wissink said the hospital dealt with questions about quality as they came up, including concerns about the nurse anesthetist.

19.   Anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists have long fought over the original federal requirements.

20.   Navy Cmdr. Linda Walters, a nurse anesthetist, says that care extends even to simple human compassion.