A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who practices both autonomously and in collaboration with a variety of health providers on the interprofessional team to deliver high-quality, holistic, evidence-based anesthesia and pain care services. The CRNA cares for patients at all acuity levels across the lifespan in a variety of settings for procedures including, but not limited to, surgical, obstetrical, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pain management.
Essential Job Function
- Clinical responsibilities of the CRNA are delineated by his or her clinical privilegesAssists with collecting, reviewing, and evaluating all data pertinent to the patient's medical and surgical history, with consideration of the planned procedure.
- Maintains a safe environment and responds appropriately to emergencies and safety hazards.
- Prepares and administers medications and fluids in accordance with accepted standards of safe practice.
- Supports with maintaining constant vigilance with ongoing assessment of airway, depth of anesthesia, fluids status, and physiologic response to anesthesia to ensure patient safety.
- Helps complete all required documentation: the Surgical Safety Checklist, the pre-operative assessment, the intra-operative anesthetic record, and the transfer-of-care note.
- Logs incident reporting in the computerized Safety Portal.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education
- Required: Graduate of a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs or its predecessor.
Experience
Licensure/Certification/Listing
- Required: North Carolina Registered Nurse (RN) licensure Recognition as an Advanced Practice RN by the NC Board of Nursing Certification/ Recertification as a Registered Nurse Anesthetist by the National Board of Certification & Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NCBRNA)BLS/CPR: Required -BLS (CPR)-American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare ProviderACLS CertificationPALs or NPR per campus recommendation