Registered Nurse Anesthetist

A baby was just born at 26 weeks gestation. Just over half the normal 40 weeks a baby should stay inside the mother. The baby is immediately whisked away and taken to be evaluated and prepared for a long journey ahead. Ever since I could remember babies and the nursery at the hospital have fascinated me. Whenever we would go visit a friend who had a baby, I would find myself peaking over the windows into the nursery. I have known for a while that working in the neonatal intensive care unit is what I want to pursue. Recently I have been looking into nurse practitioners and furthering my education beyond my BSN. Being able to care for these infants in the most critical stages of their life, and being able to provide them the support they need to survive outside the womb seems so satisfying . Neonatal nurse practitioners have years of education, deep history, detailed job description, high demands and some legal issues.

The education for CRNAs has always been an important factor in this career choice. The difference in the educational requirements from 1909 have changed tremendously. In 1909, the average nurse anesthetist could become a CRNA in only seven months. The average schooling as of 2014 is about two to four years in addition to obtaining a bachelor degree as a registered nurse. (History of Nurse Anesthesia Practice. 2010, May).

Nurse anesthetists have been providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more than 150 years. The credential CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) came into existence in 1956. CRNAs are anesthesia professionals who safely administer approximately 40 million anesthetics to patients each year in the United States, according to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2014 Practice Profile Survey. CRNAs are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America, enabling healthcare facilities in these medically underserved areas to offer obstetrical, surgical, pain management and trauma stabilization services. In some states, CRNAs are the sole providers in nearly 100 percent of the rural hospitals. According to a 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine, anesthesia care is nearly 50 times safer than it was in the early 1980s. Numerous outcomes studies have demonstrated that there is no difference in the quality of care provided by CRNAs and their physician counterparts. CRNAs provide anesthesia in collaboration with surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists, podiatrists, and other qualified healthcare professionals. When anesthesia is administered by a nurse anesthetist, it is recognized as the practice of nursing; when administered by an anesthesiologist, it is recognized as the practice of medicine. Regardless of whether their educational background is in nursing or medicine, all anesthesia professionals give anesthesia the same way.

Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), whether they are nurse practitioners (NP), clinical nurse specialists (CNS), certified nurse anesthetists (CRNA), or nurse midwife (CNM), play a pivotal role in health care (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2015). APNs are quite often providing primary, preventative, chronic, and routine care to patients. According to BMJ Open (Kanda et al., 2015) nurses are on the frontline and continue to be the largest profession in the world. APRNs obtain at least a Master’s degree, have an expert knowledge base, possess superlative clinical skills and demonstrate complex decision making skills often time utilizing the interdisciplinary team approach. As Indicated by the Journal of Pediatric Health Care,

Interviewing Reyes, Teresita a Registered Nurse, I learned how the decision that she will made together with her team, can affect the lives of so many people, regular people just like you and I. having to take a decision of closing a public place where general public benefits from it, a hospital, is a huge responsibility. However, if Reyes and her team are not careful about their decision, the lives of so many people can be at risk. I’ve learned how a process called “Survey” is a multistep guide that Reyes and her team are used to it, doing this mostly 30 times a year, they have already remember every single step of it. On the other hand, Reyes and her team are the most feared and somehow hated in the medical setting, this is because they have to make sure everyone of them are following the rules and guidelines established by the federal government.

How would you feel if you were a full time registered nurse that had to work a 12 hour shift and be on their feet all day?A registered nurse has many responsibilities to handle. Some of the different responsibilities that an RN has is they should be able to perform physical exams and the previous health history that their patient has had. You should also be able to provide health promotion and the different counseling and education about the different types of health issues (“What Nurses Do” 1). Day in and day out registered nurses are exposed to extreme levels of stress due to their work environment, including their hours, shortage in staff, and the emotional toll the job could have on their lives.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to review the updated Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) recommended practices for prevention of transmissible infections in the perioperative practice setting to help perioperative nurses apply the recommendations in daily practice.

On Monday, June 27, 2016, I had a very interesting conversation with one of my co-workers. We were discussing the political issues going on with the American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA). Usually, I try my hardest to avoid political issues while at work. However, I’m very happy that we had this conversation. While we were communicating, I noticed that she was so respectful and appreciative of my thoughts even when she did not agree. I gave her the same respect. It was so refreshing to have a conversation with another individual about sensitive material without resorting to an argument. Furthermore, we came to a conclusion that the two groups should not be fighting with each other

A willingness to work overtime to be successful is a small price to pay for such an immense accomplishment. I have been preparing for this next phase in life by focusing on the required classes necessary to advance. The experience and knowledge I have gained throughout my college career will help push me forward. My time-management skills and my ability to adapt to change excellently will provide the crucial tools I need to be a successful nursing student. I have obtained flexible positions outside of school to expand my expertise with-in the medical field and accommodate my heavy class load for the INP program.

It is well-known that nurse anesthetist is highly specialized expertise that requires consistent commitment to lifelong self-learning and professional practice. It is a significant academic and professional challenge that provides the autonomy, emphasizes critical thinking and encompasses technological advances. All these are very attractive to me and exactly the reason that I want to be nurse anesthetist. However, I had never realized that in history, nurse anesthetist as a profession could be wiped out and not existed.

It's really a nice family picture. Looks like everybody is doing great and you got enjoyed your grand-children and family.

The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists states that a clinical nurse specialist is an RN who focuses on diagnosing and treating specific illnesses. Clinical Nurse Specialists will work in the areas of patients, administration or nurse management. Clinical Nurse Specialists will need a bachelor’s degree and active RN license to gain legal employment.

The path to becoming a nurse anesthetist is very specific for that it requires particular steps to pursue. This career demands six to seven years of education. As a nurse anesthetist, one is responsible for a patient’s care before, during, and after surgery. They perform physical assessments, participate in preoperative teaching, prepare for anesthetic management, administer and maintain anesthesia, oversee recovery, and follow up on patients. Being able to know how to correctly perform these duties is a requisite for supporting patients to health thus the need for high and vigorous education. In order to become a nurse anesthetist, CRNAs-to-be must earn

My second choice for a job would be a labor and delivery nurse. These nurses help bring babies in the world everyday. They help monitor the baby and the mother. They assist the doctor, but in certain cases they end up delivering the baby. Some of the things you will do are monitor the baby’s heart rate, and the mother's blood pressure, time contractions, give medications and epidural, and aid in inducing labor. The education you will need to get to become a labor and delivery nurse is get your nursing diploma, associate of science in nursing or bachelor of science in nursing. Next, you get your inpatient obstetric nursing certification, Then you become a certified labor and delivery nurse. The average yearly salary for labor and delivery rn

Ann Karin Helgesen works as teacher and researcher at the Østfold University College in Norway. She has 16 years’ experience as registered geriatric nurse, most of them in elderly care in general and dementia care in special. Her Ph.D. degree explored patient/user participation in everyday life in special units for persons with