(Archived) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) job in Dayton, Ohio.

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) job is based within the extensive military medical system and is a civilian position. Civilian and military personnel work together in hospitals and medical clinics provide services to the active duty military service members, military retirees, and their families and provide a full range of medical services.

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• Monday-Friday
• Day shifts
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• Competitive Compensation
• Benefit Package (health, dental, and vision plans)
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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) job overview:

• Advise appropriate anesthesiologist of adverse reactions necessitating non-delegated medical decisions; take appropriate actions as directed or required.
• Manage patient anesthesia experience, perform preoperative evaluations and preparations, administer monitored anesthesia care, regional and general anesthesia, monitor and manage patient reactions to anesthesia and surgery, manage fluid therapy, perform and manage invasive monitoring, and perform post-operative evaluations as privileged by the MTF Credentials Committee.
• Perform a pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation of the patient. This includes obtaining an informed consent from the patient, requesting consultations and/or diagnostic studies and ordering pre-anesthetic medications.
• Develop and implement an anesthetic plan of care.
• Perform an assessment immediately prior to induction of anesthesia of the patient. This shall include a review of the medical record with regard to completeness, pertinent laboratory data, time of administration and dosage of pre-anesthesia medication, together with an appraisal of any changes in the patient's condition from that noted on previous visits. This note shall include any previous anesthetic experiences and complications thereof noted in the medical record.
• Maintain the patient's physiologic homeostasis and corrects abnormal responses to the anesthesia and/or surgery.
• Collect and interpret patient physiological data by selecting, applying or inserting noninvasive monitoring modalities.
• Manage the patient's airway and pulmonary status.
• Manage the patient's emergence and recovery from anesthesia by maintaining homeostasis, providing relief from pain and anesthesia side effects and preventing and managing complications through selecting, obtaining, ordering and administrating medications, fluids or ventilator support.
• Record all pertinent events taking place during the introduction of, maintenance of and emergence from anesthesia, including the dosage and duration of all anesthetic agents, other drugs, intravenous fluids and blood or blood components on all patients that have received anesthesia care.
• Record post-anesthetic visits, including at least one note describing the presence or absence of anesthesia related complications of the procedure.

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) job requirements:

• BLS
• PALS
• ACLS
• Master's Degree in Nursing
• Graduate from an academic program, approved by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs (COA)
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse anesthetist
• Two years of experience in anesthesia
• Experience in the delivery of and monitoring of all types of anesthesia utilized in the delivery of obstetrical anesthesia (general endotracheal, subarachnoid block and epidural)
• At least 12 months within the last 24 months providing epidural analgesia (labor epidurals). Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required.

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