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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 “Nurse Anesthetist”

Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
Develop anesthesia care plans.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.
Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
Calibrate and test anesthesia equipment.
Insert peripheral or central intravenous catheters.
Disassemble and clean anesthesia equipment.
Obtain informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
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.
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.
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.
Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary.
Insert arterial catheters or perform arterial punctures to obtain arterial blood samples.
Request anesthesia equipment repairs, adjustments, or safety tests.
Instruct nurses, residents, interns, students or other staff on topics such as anesthetic techniques, pain management and emergency responses.
Prepare prescribed solutions and administer local, intravenous, spinal, or other anesthetics following specified methods and procedures.
Select, order, or administer pre-anesthetic medications.
Discharge patients from post-anesthesia care.
Evaluate patients' post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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