Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Definition
(1) A licensed registered nurse with advanced specialty education in anesthesia who, in collaboration with appropriate health care professionals, provides preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care to patients and assists in management and resuscitation of critical patients in intensive care, coronary care, and emergency situations. Nurse anesthetists are certified following successful completion of credentials and state licensure review and a national examination directed by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists. (2) A registered nurse who is qualified by special training to administer anesthesia in collaboration with a physician or dentist and who can assist in the care of patients who are in critical condition.
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Quick Facts
- Taxonomy Code
- 367500000X
- Grouping
- Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers
- Classification
- Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
- National Providers
- 83,402
- Conditions Treated
- 0
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