Description
Position Description: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
Reports To: Medical Directors and the VP and GM, CRH Anesthesia
A. Summary/Description
1. The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) provides professional anesthesia care through assessment, planning, treatment, education and evaluation of the patient. The CRNA is responsible for delivering safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, educative and individualized nursing care to patients and families.
2. The practice of anesthesia is a recognized specialty of both nursing and medicine. Anesthesia and anesthesia-related care represent those services which anesthesia professionals provide upon request assignment, and referral by the patient's physician. Education, practice, and research within the specialty of nurse anesthesia promote competent anesthesia care encompas...