The Council of Certification of Nurse Anesthetists certifies the nurse anesthetist by a national certification exam. Nurses must pass this exam before being certified as a CRNA. Recertification is also required on a biennial basis.
Beck(noun) see Beak. Beck(noun) a small brook. Beck(noun) a vat. See Back. Beck(verb) to nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. Beck(verb) to notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. Beck(noun) a significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
James Pierson Beckwourth, born James Beckwith and generally known as, Jim Beckwourth was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. A mulatto born into slavery in Virginia, he was freed by his father and apprenticed to a blacksmith; later he moved to the American West. As a fur trapper, he lived with the Crow Nation for years. He is credited with the discovery of Beckwourth Pass, through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, between present-day Reno, Nevada, and Portola, California, during the C