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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 “Chief Nurse Anesthetist”

Prepare prescribed solutions and administer local, intravenous, spinal, or other anesthetics following specified methods and procedures.
Disassemble and clean anesthesia equipment.
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.
Discharge patients from post-anesthesia care.
Calibrate and test anesthesia equipment.
Insert arterial catheters or perform arterial punctures to obtain arterial blood samples.
Evaluate patients' post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur.
Request anesthesia equipment repairs, adjustments, or safety tests.
Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
Administer post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems.
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.
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.
Develop anesthesia care plans.
Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary.
Select and prescribe post-anesthesia medications or treatments to patients.
Obtain informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
Perform pre-anesthetic screenings, including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and document results.
Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
Perform or manage regional anesthetic techniques such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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