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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

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Tasks for “Nurse Anesthetists”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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