"[Frank Gerbasi, a certified registered nurse anesthetist and executive director of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs] also describes nurse anesthetists as cost-effective providers because they offer their patients a high quality of health care at a reasonable price. Several factors, including health care reform and the aging baby boom population, are precipitating the demand for more health care providers. And indeed, the BLS predicts that the profession is poised to grow by about 25 percent by the year 2022, which translates into 8,800 new job openings."

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