General Anesthesia Nurse Post-Anesthesia Care 
The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 26, 2022
What’s the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? After the first 3 – 4 years in the workforce, either one can master the manual skills of anesthesia. So what really is the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? The answer: internal medicine.
The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. The PACU nurse’s name is Gloria, and she is new to this surgical facility.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Imagine this scenario: You’ve just finished anesthetizing a patient in a hospital setting, and the patient now requires transport from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). It’s common for zero monitoring equipment to be attached to the patient.
The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 4, 2024
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The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 28, 2018
He is verbal with his mother, but refuses to interact with the anesthesia or nursing personnel. The surgery proceeded as scheduled, with sevoflurane as maintenance anesthesia. At the conclusion of surgery, the patient was extubated awake and taken to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in stable condition.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 13, 2020
When you enter the healthcare facility, a nurse will question you regarding virus symptoms, and will screen you by taking your temperature. The inside of the healthcare facility will be cleaned prior to any patient care, and will be recleaned after each patient leaves an operating room.
The Anesthesia Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
The patient will probably already have an IV in their arm, placed by a registered nurse. (To We do this because we’re skilled at placing IVs painlessly and successfully, it doesn’t take that much time, and it gives the patient confidence that we’ll continue to take care of them at the highest level.) sevoflurane gas to the patient.
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