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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”

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

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

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