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.
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
Master's degree
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
No on-the-job training
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typical job duties
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Manage patients' airway or pulmonary status, using techniques such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation.
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Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
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Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
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Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary.
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Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
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Perform or manage regional anesthetic techniques, such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.
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Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
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Develop anesthesia care plans.
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Obtain informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
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Prepare prescribed solutions and administer local, intravenous, spinal, or other anesthetics, following specified methods and procedures.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Anesthesia inhalers or inhaler units
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Anesthesia nerve block kit or tray
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Arterial line catheters
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Cardiac output CO monitoring units
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Electronic stethoscopes
Technology:
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Medical software
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Word processing software
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