About This Role
This role involves providing anesthesia care to patients in both outpatient surgery and hospital settings, with a focus on orthopaedics and plastics. The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist will manage patient anesthesia from administration through recovery, ensuring patient safety and optimal outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia
- Assist anesthesiologists, surgeons, and other physicians
- Instruct nurses, residents, interns, students, or other staff on topics such as anesthetic techniques, pain management, and emergency responses
- Manage and maintain the airway and pulmonary status of patients using techniques such as endotracheal intubation and extubating, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, and respiratory therapy
- Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics
- Select, order, and administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids, or blood products
- Develop anesthesia care plans
- Obtain informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures
- Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response
- Perform and document pre-anesthetic screenings including physical evaluations and patient interviews
- 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
- Evaluate patients' post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses and take appropriate corrective actions or request consultation if complications occur
- Administer post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems
- Discharge patients from post-anesthesia care
- Prepare prescribed solutions and administer anesthetic following specified methods and procedures
- Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia
- Perform pre- and post-anesthesia patient visits and document anesthesia notes on patient records
- Support patient safety when performing job functions and through participation in facility, department, or unit patient safety initiatives
- Document all actions and interventions that facilitate billing for services
- Participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing
Requirements
- Graduate of a School of Nurse Anesthesia accredited by the Council on Accreditation of the American Association of the Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
