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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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