Missouri Delta Medical Center·Sikeston, Missouri
The CRNA administers and manages various anesthetics to ensure patients are insensible to pain during medical procedures. They also perform preoperative assessments and assist in the post-anesthesia recovery phase.
Missouri Delta Medical Center: 1008 N Main Street
Sikeston, MO 63801
Executes the administration and management of intravenous, spinal and other anesthetics to render persons insensible to pain during surgical procedures, deliveries or other medical procedures.
Reviews schedule of cases assigned for each day and type of anesthesia prescribed for each.
Prepares and takes necessary supplies and equipment to operating room and assembles equipment, such as syringes and tubing.
Assembles anesthetic machine for administering gas and tests it to ensure proper functioning.
Performs and documents preoperative assessment of patient and notifies and/or consults the attending physician regarding any questions and/or problems.
Prepares and informs patients for anesthesia.
Administers and manages clinical anesthesia and properly completes anesthesia and patient's record.
Assists and accompanies moving of patient from operating room to recovery room or floor.
Assist the physician in managing the patient in the immediate post anesthesia phase.
Performs post anesthetic visit of patient and writes post anesthetic note on anesthetic record.
Participates in teaching programs for other hospital personnel.
Participates in Anesthesia Department meetings as well as daily discussions of procedures and techniques.
Responds to emergency situations of non-anesthetic nature when requested.
Rotates with other anesthetists to provide 24 hour emergency coverage.
Requisitions necessary repairs or adjustments to equipment.
Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in the anesthesia field.
Performs all other duties as assigned.
Candidates must graduate from an accredited school of Nurse Anesthesiology and be licensed by the Missouri State Board of Nursing. Certification by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists in Missouri is also required.
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