Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Anesthetist)

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Perform professional nursing duties of a specialized nature in the care of patients requiring the most recent advances in general, intravenous, and regional anesthesia.

Maintain responsibility for determining the optimal type and method of anesthesia care to administer, for a broad range of surgical procedures.

Support and promote ongoing research and publication of findings, for expansion and enhancement of the advanced practice role and latest initiatives in anesthesiology technologies.

Comply with current standards of anesthesia practice and care.

Conduct and participate in educational programs that improve anesthesia nursing practice.

Demonstrate competency in pre-anesthesia preparation; anesthesia induction, maintenance, and emergence; conscious sedation; pain management; post anesthesia care; peri-anesthetic and clinical support functions.

Systematically collect data through interviews, observation, physical examination, and review of medical records, prior to scheduled surgery.

Determine necessity for laboratory studies, coordinates ordering of laboratory tests and evaluates results.

Interpret and report abnormal diagnostic data and changes in signs and symptoms; modifies anesthetic plan accordingly.

Induce anesthesia to safe, appropriate levels, and manages patient care throughout the surgical procedure.

Provide a full range of emergency services, including life-saving procedures, to resuscitate and stabilize patients, within the scope of practice and approved guidelines.

Participate in departmental continuous improvement programs and processes.