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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 “Professor/Nurse Anesthetist”

Administer post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems.
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.
Prepare prescribed solutions and administer local, intravenous, spinal, or other anesthetics following specified methods and procedures.
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.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.
Obtain informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary.
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.
Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
Perform or manage regional anesthetic techniques such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.
Select and prescribe post-anesthesia medications or treatments to patients.
Discharge patients from post-anesthesia care.
Develop anesthesia care plans.
Select, order, or administer pre-anesthetic medications.
Insert peripheral or central intravenous catheters.
Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
Disassemble and clean anesthesia equipment.
Calibrate and test anesthesia equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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