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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

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Tasks for “Nurse Anesthetist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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