Nurse Anesthetist Ii Jobs

• Selecting, obtaining, ordering, and administering preanesthetic medications.
• Documenting the preanesthetic evaluation and obtaining a comprehensive informed consent for anesthesia and related services.
• Conducting an appropriate physical screening assessment.
• Recommending or requesting pertinent diagnostic studies and evaluating the results.
• Obtaining an appropriate health history.

• Performing and managing regional anesthetic techniques including, but not limited to, subarachnoid, epidural and caudal blocks; plexus, major and peripheral nerve blocks; intravenous regional anesthesia; transtracheal, topical and local infiltration blocks; intracapsular, intercostal and ocular blocks.
• Providing appropriate invasive and noninvasive monitoring modalities using current standards and techniques.
• Selecting, obtaining or administering the anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids and blood products necessary to manage the anesthetic.
• Recognizing abnormal patient response during anesthesia; selecting and implementing corrective action and requesting consultation whenever necessary.
• Performing all aspects of airway management, including fiberoptic intubation.
• Obtaining, preparing, and using all equipment, monitors, supplies and drugs used for the administration of anesthesia and sedation techniques; performing and ordering safety checks as needed.
• Evaluating patient response during emergence from anesthesia and instituting pharmacological or supportive treatment to insure patient stability during transfer.

• Initiating, ordering, and administering respiratory support to ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation in the postanesthesia period.
• Initiating, ordering, and administering acute postanesthesia pain management techniques.
• Discharging patients from a postanesthesia care unit (PACU) according to facility policy.
• Initiating, ordering, and administering pharmacological or fluid support of the cardiovascular system during the postanesthesia period to prevent morbidity and mortality.
• Providing postanesthesia follow-up and evaluation of the patient's response to the anesthesia and surgical experience; taking appropriate corrective actions and requesting consultation when indicated.

• Managing emergency situations, including initiating or participating in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Inserting arterial catheters and performing arterial puncture to obtain arterial blood samples.
• Providing consultation and implementation of respiratory and ventilatory care.
• Inserting peripheral and central intravenous catheters.
• Accepting additional responsibilities which are within the expertise of the individual CRNA and appropriate to the practice setting.
• Selecting, obtaining, ordering and/or administering medications or treatments related to the care of the patient, using consultation when appropriate.
• Management of interventional pain therapy using drugs, regional anesthetic techniques, or other accepted pain-relief modalities.
• Inserting pulmonary artery catheters.

Please see Special Requirement Information for additional information regarding the requirements.

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