Nurse Nurse Anesthetist 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.
Salem Anesthesia
JUNE 12, 2023
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) serve an irreplaceable function on medical teams across the country. With this information in mind, CRNAs collaborate with surgeons, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to develop personalized anesthesia plans to meet the specific needs of each patient.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
The anesthesiologist and the operating room nurse transport the patient to the PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit), where the patient is connected to the standard monitors of pulse oximetry, ECG, blood pressure, and temperature. The PACU nurse’s name is Gloria, and she is new to this surgical facility.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 10, 2016
Sugammadex reversal can make the duration of a rocuronium motor block almost as short acting as a succinylcholine motor block, and sugammadex can also eliminate complications in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit due to residual postoperative muscle paralysis. Grade = B-.
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.) Do you have any questions?”
The Anesthesia Consultant
JANUARY 19, 2017
You have to get along well with surgeons, the nursing staff, the scrub techs, administrators, and the patients. Their patients are obtunded on arrival to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) after surgery, and they rely on the PACU nursing staff to complete the job of anesthesia wake up. Some are not.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 22, 2018
I stay with the child until the anesthetic depth has dissipated, the breathing tube is removed, and the child is awake and safe with the recovery room nurse in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. My greatest joy of being a doctor comes immediately after the conclusion of a pediatric anesthetic.
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