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Job Description

Administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia. May assist anesthesiologists, surgeons, other physicians, or dentists. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1151.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 164,030.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 78.00
Currently, there are 39,860 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Nurse Anesthetists”.

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Tasks for “Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP)”

Perform or manage regional anesthetic techniques such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.
Develop anesthesia care plans.
Perform pre-anesthetic screenings, including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and document results.
Manage patients' airway or pulmonary status using techniques such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation.
Select, order, or administer pre-anesthetic medications.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.
Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
Instruct nurses, residents, interns, students or other staff on topics such as anesthetic techniques, pain management and emergency responses.
Insert arterial catheters or perform arterial punctures to obtain arterial blood samples.
Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
Select and prescribe post-anesthesia medications or treatments to patients.
Disassemble and clean anesthesia equipment.
Administer post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems.
Insert peripheral or central intravenous catheters.
Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary.
Prepare prescribed solutions and administer local, intravenous, spinal, or other anesthetics following specified methods and procedures.
Discharge patients from post-anesthesia care.
Obtain informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
Calibrate and test anesthesia equipment.
Request anesthesia equipment repairs, adjustments, or safety tests.
Evaluate patients' post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur.
Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.

Related Technology & Tools

Electronic blood pressure cuffs
Electronic thermometer probes
Oxygen concentrators
Swan Ganz artery catheters
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB ventilators
Safety goggles
Laptop computers
Automated external defibrillators AED
Calibrated vaporizers
Arterial line catheters
Nasal airways
Bispectral index monitors BIS
Magill forceps
Digital anesthesia machines
Precordial stethoscopes
Pulse oximeters
Laryngeal mask airways LMA
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Invasive hemodynamic pressure monitors
Surgical gloves
Fiberoptic bronchoscopes
Tourniquets
Pulmonary artery catheters
Oxygen delivery masks
End tidal carbon dioxide monitors
Blood collection tubes
Gas anesthesia administration machines
Hypodermic syringes
Intravenous IV infusion pumps
Electrocardiography EKG machines
Protective face shields
Endotracheal ET tubes
Mechanical stethoscopes
Oropharyngeal airways
Anesthesia masks
Multiple lumen central line catheters
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Oxygen flowmeters
Esophageal intubation detectors
Tracheotomy sets
Blood collection syringes
Capnographs
Peripheral nerve stimulators
Personal computers
Epidural catheters
Epidural block equipment trays
Pretracheal stethoscopes
Cardiac monitors
Intravenous IV administration equipment

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