Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Responsibilities:

• Prepares and administers anesthetic agents to patients to desensitize them to permit the performance of medical or surgical procedures.
• Performs pre-anesthesia evaluation of the patient to ascertain physiological and psychological factors that influence the selection of the anesthetic agent and the formulation of the plan of anesthetic management.
• Monitors the patient in the operating room to maintain the patient in a homeostatic condition and to assure that unnecessary injuries are not inflicted on the patient.
• Records anesthetic information on the anesthesia chart to provide a permanent record necessary for the care of the patient, to provide material for teaching, for study, and to establish a medical-legal record.
• Provides clinical supervision or guidance of nurse anesthesia students, paramedical, and medical students to contribute to their clinical training.
• Responds to emergencies.
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