Crna – Children’s

Crna – Children’s

Requirements

• License or temporary permit to practice professional nursing and advanced practice nursing in Louisiana.
• Licensed as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (RN/CRNA).
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support Health Care Provider certification.
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
• American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification.

Responsibilities

• Selects, obtains and administers the anesthetic, adjuvant drugs and fluid necessary to manage the anesthetic.
• Maintains the patient’s physiologic homeostasis and corrects abnormal responses to the anesthesia or surgery.
• Selects, applies and inserts appropriate non-invasive and invasive monitoring modalities for collecting and interpreting patient physiological data.
• Manages patient’s airway and pulmonary status using endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy or extubating.
• Releases or discharges patients from a post-anesthesia care area, provides post-anesthesia follow-up evaluation and care related to anesthesia side effects or complications.
• Orders, initiates or modifies pain relief therapy, through the utilization of drugs, regional anesthetic techniques or other accepted pain relief modalities, including epidural analgesia.
• Responds to emergency situations by providing airway management, administration of emergency fluids or drugs or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
• Provides clinical support services outside of the operating room, including but not limited to radiology, endoscopy, emergency department or invasive labs.
• Provides consultation and implementation of respiratory and ventilatory care upon request or referral for these services.
• Identifies and manages emergency situations, including the initiation or participation in cardiopulmonary resuscitation that involves airway maintenance, ventilation, tracheal intubation, pharmacologic, cardiopulmonary support, management of blood, fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance.
• Performs clinical and didactic teaching, supervision and evaluation of students and interdepartmental liaising.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.