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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 “Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)”

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

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

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