Nurse Anesthetists

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1. 01Disassemble and clean anesthesia equipment.
2. 02Instruct nurses, residents, interns, students, or other staff on topics such as anesthetic techniques, pain management and emergency responses.
3. 03Manage patients' airway or pulmonary status, using techniques such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation.
4. 04Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
5. 05Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary.
6. 06Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
7. 07Perform or manage regional anesthetic techniques, such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.
8. 08Develop anesthesia care plans.
9. 09Obtain informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
10. 10Prepare prescribed solutions and administer local, intravenous, spinal, or other anesthetics, following specified methods and procedures.
11. 11Perform pre-anesthetic screenings, including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and document results.
12. 12Calibrate and test anesthesia equipment.

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