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Beth Ann Clayton

DNP, CRNA, FAANA, FAAN

Program Director, Clinical Professor

Beth Ann Clayton is a Professor of Clinical Nursing and the Nurse Anesthesia Program Director at the University of Cincinnati. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

She currently leads over 80 students in doctorate-level nurse anesthesia programming. Beth oversees the curriculum; didactic, simulation, and clinical teaching of more than 90 CRNA faculty members, as well as 22 clinical coordinators over 19 clinical sites. Beth is responsible for compliance with the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs and the American Association of College of Nursing organizations.

Dr. Clayton practices as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. She specializes in neuraxial and obstetric anesthesia.

With experience spanning over 25 years, Dr. Clayton is a respected clinician, researcher, and educator to practicing CRNAs, nurse anesthesia students, and other healthcare professionals. She presents a variety of lecture topics at the university, regional, national, and international levels including obstetric anesthesia, neuraxial anesthesia, pharmacology, medical legal considerations, and professional aspects. She is a primary author of the AANA Practice Guidelines: Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Obstetric Patient. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA). She is appointed to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC). She served as the AANA representative to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care. She served on the Joint Commission Perinatal Safety Standards Review Panel and the National Quality Forum Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Committee. She is the lead faculty member for the AANA Spinal Epidural and Obstetric Essential Workshop and serves on the AANA Foundation Malpractice Closed Claims Research Committee.

Dr. Clayton received her BSN from Bloomsburg University and her MS in Nurse Anesthesia from Northeastern University. She later earned her DNP at the University of Cincinnati.