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Demonstrates perioperative response to age appropriate patient needs.
- Overall performance of below indicated essential job duties:
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Supervises, instructs and evaluates Student Nurse Anesthetists to promote the growth of CRNA’S in the healthcare field.
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Documents appropriately according to departmental and hospital standards.
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Maintains flexibility with scheduling, promptness and readiness with equipment and case.
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Professionalism through teamwork and support.
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Conserves resources to address cost containment.
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Ensures age/developmentally appropriate patient care is provided in accordance with Age-Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
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Provides pre-anesthetic preparation and patient evaluation.
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Ensures patient identification and obtains appropriate health history.
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Recommends, requests and evaluates pertinent diagnostic studies.
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Documents pre-anesthetic evaluation
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Obtains informed consent for anesthesia
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Selects prepares and administers anesthetic agents or other agents administered in management of anesthetic care.
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Informs and /or surgeon of changes in patients condition.
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Provides anesthesia induction, maintenance, emergence and post anesthesia care.
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Inserts invasive line catheter/ devices.
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Performs tracheal intubation and extubation, airway management.
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Provides mechanical ventilation
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Performs venous and arterial punctures
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Obtains blood samples. Performs and manages regional anesthetic.
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Manages patients fluid, blood, electrolyte and acid base balance
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Provides peri-anesthetic invasive and non-invasive monitoring utilizing current standards and techniques.
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Recognizes and treats cardiac dysrhythmias through use of electrocardiogram monitoring.
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Evaluates patient response during emergence from anesthesia, Institutes Pharmacological or supportive treatment to insure adequacy of patient recovery from anesthesia and adjuvant drugs.
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Provides post anesthesia follow-up, report, and evaluation of patient’s response to anesthesia and for potential anesthetic complication.
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Cleans equipment and notifies supervisor of needed equipment adjustments\repairs.