What You'll Do

  • Administer post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems.
  • Evaluate patients' post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur.
  • Perform pre-anesthetic screenings, including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and document results.
  • Select and prescribe post-anesthesia medications or treatments to patients.
  • Select, order, or administer pre-anesthetic medications.
  • Discharge patients from post-anesthesia care.
  • Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests, such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
  • Manage patients' airway or pulmonary status, using techniques such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation.
  • Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
  • Perform or manage regional anesthetic techniques, such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.

Essential Skills

Reading Comprehension 4.12/5
Critical Thinking 4.12/5
Active Listening 4.0/5
Speaking 4.0/5
Active Learning 4.0/5
Monitoring 4.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 4.0/5
Judgment and Decision Making 4.0/5
Science 3.88/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.88/5
Service Orientation 3.88/5
Writing 3.38/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Dependability, Stress Tolerance, Integrity, Concern for Others

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Problem Sensitivity 4.75/5
Oral Comprehension 4.12/5
Written Comprehension 4.12/5
Information Ordering 4.12/5
Oral Expression 4.0/5
Written Expression 4.0/5
Deductive Reasoning 4.0/5
Inductive Reasoning 4.0/5

Technologies & Tools

AetherPalm InfusiCalc Allscripts Professional EHR Amkai AmkaiCharts Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR Cerner Millennium ChartWare EMR Drug database software e-MDs software eClinicalWorks EHR software EDImis Anesthesia Manager Epic Systems GE Healthcare Centricity EMR MEDITECH software Medscribbler Enterprise MicroFour PracticeStudio.NET EMR Microsoft Word NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR Skyscape AnesthesiaDrugs SOAPware EMR StatCom Patient Flow Logistics Enterprise Suite

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.85/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.85/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 4.85/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.74/5)
  • Concern for Others (High importance: 4.7/5)

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How to Become One

This career requires extensive preparation, typically including a graduate degree (Master's or Doctoral) and several years of experience. Most professionals in this field have invested significant time in education and training.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Anesthesia Physician Certified Nurse Anesthetist Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Nurse Anesthetist Staff Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Staff CRNA) Staff Nurse Anesthetist