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Comparing CRNAs to Other APRNs

Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

All APRNs are registered nurses who have earned a graduate degree that certifies them to practice advanced and specialized care. There are four classes of APRNs: certified nurse midwife (CNM), clinical nurse specialist (CNS), certified nurse practitioner (CNP), and certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA).

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

Your station in the operating room consists of an anesthesia machine; a bevy of vital signs monitors; a computerized pharmacy cart; a cart full of syringes and equipment; and the computer which handles the hospital’s electronic medical record (EMR). The surgery will take approximately three hours. Do you have any questions?”

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HOW THE INTERNET CHANGED ANESTHESIOLOGY FOREVER

The Anesthesia Consultant

Vigilance regarding a sleeping patient’s vital signs was always paramount, but the constant effort to be vigilant could be mind-numbing. Anesthesiologists could chat with the surgeons and/or nurses, make an occasional phone call, and at times read materials they brought with them into the operating room.

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35 Nurse Resume Examples for 2024

EARN Cares

As a registered nurse, you would think that all this technology supporting the hiring process of nurses would lead to improvements or faster response times but if you have ever spent time on a single application website then you know the frustration and effort that simply goes to waste. What a disaster?!

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THE ANESTHESIA CONTROL TOWER: BIG BROTHER OR FRIEND?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Alerts or abnormal vital signs and laboratory results are represented by squares and triangles, respectively. Anesthesiologists who supervise Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) or Anesthesia Assistants (AAs) in an anesthesia care team model often have to provide care for multiple patients simultaneously.

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FREE SOLO

The Anesthesia Consultant

In an anesthesia care team, a physician anesthesiologist supervises up to four operating rooms and each operating room is staffed with a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). In a university hospital, a faculty member may supervise two operating rooms each with a resident anesthesiologist-in-training in attendance.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE

The Anesthesia Consultant

Regarding anesthesiology, I expect future AIM robots will be hyperattentive monitoring devices which follow the vital signs of anesthetized patients, and then utilize feedback loops to titrate or adjust the depth of anesthetic drugs as indicated by these vital signs. What will an AIM robot doctor look like?