The position of nurse anesthetist is classified as a specialist. A prerequisite for hiring her is a secondary medical education in the specialties “Nursing,” “Midwifery,” or “General Medicine.” In addition, the nurse anesthetist must improve his qualifications in the specialty “Anesthesiology and Reanimatology”.

A specialist applying for the position of nurse anesthetist must meet a number of requirements. We understand what these requirements are, as well as what rights, job duties and responsibilities are assigned to this employee.

Requirements for the knowledge and skills of a nurse anesthetist

You can ask a nurse anesthetist who has improved her qualifications after receiving an education in Anesthesiology and Reanimatology the following knowledge:

• Legal issues related to the healthcare sector;
• Basic theoretical directions of your work;
• Main types of pain relief;
• Basic provisions of the clinical and pharmacological substantiation of drugs used for anesthesia and intensive care;
• Methods of premedication and preoperative examination;
• Anatomy and physiology;
• Theoretical knowledge in the field of resuscitation;
• Current methods of resuscitation and intensive care for acute diseases and conditions that are life-threatening for the patient;
• Types and forms of medical rehabilitation;
• Requirements to ensure control of the spread of infectious diseases in the clinic premises;
• Regulations regarding asepsis and antisepsis;
• Requirements for safe handling of medical waste;
• Basic points regarding communication with sanitary and epidemiological organizations;
• Fundamentals of the theory of patient care in emergency situations;
• Medical deontology and ethics;
• Rules of communication in a medical institution;
• Requirements related to the maintenance of accounting and reporting documentation assigned to the structural unit of a medical institution;
• Fundamentals of labor law;
• Internal labor regulations, labor protection and fire safety.

Qualification requirements for the specialty of nurse anesthetist

The following requirements are provided for a specialist “nurse anesthetist”:

• secondary medical education in general medicine, midwifery or nursing and a state diploma;
• SS in the specialty “Anesthesia and Reanimatology”;
• Additional requirements that may be required include computer skills and office software skills.

The direct superior who assigns tasks to the nurse anesthetist is the head of the clinic department, and if he is not on site, the director of the medical institution or his deputy.

IMPORTANT!
If a nurse is only certified in Nursing, she is not qualified to perform the duties of a nurse anesthetist. It is impossible to hire her without a certificate in Anesthesiology and Reanimatology.

Job responsibilities of a nurse anesthetist

The responsibilities of a nurse anesthetist include:

• Assisting a doctor during surgical interventions;
• Preparing patients for anesthesia;
• Carrying out doctor's orders;
• Monitoring the condition of patients in the early postoperative period;
• Prevention of possible complications;
• Preparation of control and diagnostic and anesthesia-respiratory equipment, checking its performance and correct use;
• Assessing the patient’s well-being during the period of anesthesia, intensive care and resuscitation;
• Monitoring dosage, recording the use and safety of drugs during premedication, anesthesia and after anesthesia;
• Carrying out or preparing for nursing care after surgery;
• Conducting infection control, preventing nosocomial infections both among clinic staff and patients;
• Compliance with aseptic and antiseptic requirements;
• Processing of anesthesia-respiratory and medical-diagnostic equipment in accordance with the requirements of SanPiN;
• Maintaining the necessary accounting and reporting documentation;
• Providing emergency first aid in a dangerous situation;
• Collection and disposal (or provision for disposal) of medical waste;
• Maintaining a sanitary and hygienic regime in the offices, following the requirements of sterilization work;
• Implementation of prevention of HIV, viral hepatitis and post-injection complications.

What rights does a nurse anesthetist have?

Let us indicate the rights that are assigned to the nurse anesthetist:

• The work specified in the employment contract;
• A workplace equipped in accordance with the provisions on labor protection and safety of employees;
• Regular wages according to the specialization of the nurse anesthetist, as well as the complexity of the work, the quality of its performance and volume;
• Rest on non-working holidays and weekends, use of annual paid leave;
• Obtaining information about the work performed and duties performed in full;
• Advanced training, professional training and retraining;
• The opportunity to become a member of trade unions that protect the rights and interests of employees;
• Submit for discussion proposals to optimize the management of a medical organization;
• Participation in negotiations and conclusion of necessary agreements;
• Protecting your own rights and interests by any legal means;
• Resolving collective and labor disputes;
• Compensation for damage incurred during the performance of professional duties;
• Social insurance;
• Obtaining documentation related to the performance of the nurse anesthetist's duties;
• Communicates with employees from other departments to resolve issues related to her work.

Employee's job responsibilities

The job responsibilities of a nurse anesthetist include:

• Perform professional duties thoughtfully and competently;
• Adhere to internal labor regulations;
• Adhere to the requirements regarding labor discipline;
• Follow the requirements of labor legislation;
• Follow occupational health and safety regulations;
• Treat the material assets of the clinic and the property of your colleagues with care;
• Provide the director of the clinic with prompt information on all issues related to the threat to the life and health of employees and patients. Also report possible risks of damage to the organization’s material property.

What is a nurse anesthetist responsible for?

The employee will be responsible for:

• Negligence in performing one's professional duties;
• Incorrect statistical data related to the work being performed;
• Negligence in relation to assigned tasks and given orders of the direct superior;
• Violation of labor safety and labor protection requirements. Refusal to take any action to correct violations in this matter;
• Lack of discipline in performing work functions.

IMPORTANT!
The work schedule of a nurse anesthetist is directly related to the internal labor regulations of the clinic. If necessary, this employee may be sent on a business trip. Also, the nurse anesthetist must protect trade secrets, access to which may be provided by the director of the clinic.

Attached files

• Instructions - nurse anesthetist.pdf

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Salary level depending on the applicant’s work experience

1. This job description defines the job duties, rights and responsibilities of a nurse anesthetist.

2. A person with a secondary vocational education in the specialty “General Medicine”, “Midwifery”, “Nursing” and a specialist certificate in the specialty “Anesthesiology and Reanimatology” is appointed to the position of nurse anesthetist without presenting requirements for work experience.

Senior nurse anesthetist - secondary vocational education (advanced level) in the specialty "General Medicine", "Midwifery", "Nursing" and a specialist certificate in the specialty "Anesthesiology and Reanimatology" without any work experience requirements.

3. A nurse anesthetist must know: laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation in force in the field of healthcare; theoretical foundations of nursing; modern methods of general, local and regional anesthesia; basics of clinical and pharmacological justification of the drugs used during anesthesia and intensive care; methods of preoperative examination, preparation for surgery (anesthesia, premedication); age-related anatomical and physiological characteristics; theoretical foundations of resuscitation; modern methods of intensive care and resuscitation for various diseases and critical conditions; types, forms and methods of rehabilitation; infection control system, infection safety of patients and medical personnel of a medical organization; rules of asepsis and antiseptics; rules for collection, storage and disposal of healthcare facility waste; a system of interaction between a medical organization and sanitary and epidemiological institutions; basics of disaster medicine; rules for maintaining accounting and reporting documentation of a structural unit, main types of medical documentation; medical ethics; psychology of professional communication; basics of labor legislation; internal labor regulations; labor protection and fire safety rules.

4. A nurse anesthetist is appointed and dismissed by order of the head of a medical organization in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

5. The nurse anesthetist is directly subordinate to the head of his structural unit (head of the department, operating unit), and in his absence, to the head of the medical organization or his deputy.

2. Job responsibilities

Participates in surgical operations. Participates in general and pre-anesthesia preparation of patients for surgery, monitors patients in the early postoperative period, and participates in the prevention of complications during and after operations. Prepares anesthesia-respiratory and control-diagnostic equipment and the workplace for work, monitors the serviceability and correct operation of the equipment. Monitors the patient’s condition during anesthesia, intensive care and resuscitation, as well as the safety, use, and dosage of medications during pre-anesthesia preparation, anesthesia, and the post-anesthesia period. Organizes and conducts nursing care for postoperative patients. Ensures infection safety of patients and medical personnel, infection control, aseptic and antiseptic requirements. Processes anesthesia-respiratory and control-diagnostic equipment after use. Maintains medical records. Provides first aid in emergency situations. Carries out the collection and disposal of medical waste. Carries out measures to comply with the sanitary and hygienic regime in the premises, the conditions for sterilization of instruments and materials, and the prevention of post-injection complications, hepatitis, and HIV infection.

3. Rights

The nurse anesthetist has the right:

1. make proposals to management to improve the organization and improve the conditions of their work;
2. control, within the limits of their competence, the work of junior medical personnel (if any), give them orders and demand their strict execution, make proposals to management for their encouragement or imposition of penalties;
3. request, receive and use information materials and regulatory documents necessary for the performance of their official duties;
4. take part in scientific and practical conferences and meetings at which issues related to his work are discussed;
5. undergo certification in the prescribed manner with the right to receive the appropriate qualification category;
6. improve your qualifications through advanced training courses at least once every 5 years.

A nurse anesthetist enjoys all labor rights in accordance with the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

4. Responsibility

The nurse anesthetist is responsible for:

1. carrying out the duties assigned to her;
2. timely and qualified execution of orders, instructions and instructions from management, regulations on its activities;
3. compliance with internal regulations, fire safety and safety regulations;
4. timely and high-quality execution of medical and other official documentation provided for by current regulatory documents;
5. provision of statistical and other information on its activities in the prescribed manner;
6. promptly taking measures, including timely informing management, to eliminate violations of safety regulations, fire safety and sanitary rules that pose a threat to the activities of the medical organization, its employees, patients and visitors.

For violation of labor discipline, legislative and regulatory acts, a nurse anesthetist may be subject to disciplinary, material, administrative and criminal liability in accordance with current legislation, depending on the severity of the offense.

Nurse anesthetist

Job responsibilities. Participates in surgical operations. Participates in general and pre-anesthesia preparation of patients for surgery, monitors patients in the early postoperative period, and participates in the prevention of complications during and after operations. Prepares anesthesia-respiratory and control-diagnostic equipment and the workplace for work, monitors the serviceability and correct operation of the equipment. Monitors the patient’s condition during anesthesia, intensive care and resuscitation, as well as the safety, use, and dosage of medications during pre-anesthesia preparation, anesthesia, and the post-anesthesia period. Organizes and conducts nursing care for postoperative patients. Ensures infection safety of patients and medical personnel, infection control, aseptic and antiseptic requirements. Processes anesthesia-respiratory and control-diagnostic equipment after use. Maintains medical records. Provides first aid in emergency situations. Carries out the collection and disposal of medical waste. Carries out measures to comply with the sanitary and hygienic regime in the premises, the conditions for sterilization of instruments and materials, and the prevention of post-injection complications, hepatitis, and HIV infection.

Must know: laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation in the field of healthcare; theoretical foundations of nursing; modern methods of general, local and regional anesthesia; basics of clinical and pharmacological justification of the drugs used during anesthesia and intensive care; methods of preoperative examination, preparation for surgery (anesthesia, premedication); age-related anatomical and physiological characteristics; theoretical foundations of resuscitation; modern methods of intensive care and resuscitation for various diseases and critical conditions; types, forms and methods of rehabilitation; infection control system, infection safety of patients and medical personnel of a medical organization; rules of asepsis and antiseptics; rules for the collection, storage and disposal of waste from medical institutions; a system of interaction between a medical organization and sanitary and epidemiological institutions; basics of disaster medicine; rules for maintaining accounting and reporting documentation of a structural unit, main types of medical documentation; medical ethics; psychology of professional communication; basics of labor legislation; internal labor regulations; labor protection and fire safety rules.

Qualification requirements. Secondary vocational education in the specialty "General Medicine", "Midwifery", "Nursing" and a specialist certificate in the specialty "Anesthesiology and Reanimatology" without any work experience requirements.

- Tell us about yourself and your profession.

I work in an emergency hospital as a nurse anesthetist. I have been working in this hospital for about thirty years after graduating from college. During the operation, I am involved in administering anesthesia.

- Why did you choose this profession?

I chose this profession because I always wanted to be needed, to help people. I can easily find a common language with people, explain to them the need and timeliness of treatment. And they understand me.

- What attracts you to your profession?

My profession is serious and responsible. It requires certain knowledge and skills. In general, a nurse is a doctor’s assistant, and a nurse anesthetist is especially so. My profession will be needed at all times.

- What is the most difficult thing in your profession?

At the beginning of my career, it was very difficult for me to get used to working in front of everyone. When the operation begins, the first actions are mine, I must put on a drip to start anesthesia.

- Are you satisfied that you once chose this profession?

Yes, I love my job, and I have never regretted my choice. We have a good and friendly team, it’s easy and comfortable for me to work. I can’t imagine myself in any other profession.

- What would you like to warn those who are planning to get the same profession as yours?

I want to warn you that you need to develop the habit of working conscientiously and accurately. In our work we cannot leave anything unfinished or do it poorly. A person's life depends on it.

- Was it difficult to master your profession? What kind of education do you need to get for this?

Of course, everyone has difficulties. After graduating from medical school, I underwent special training as a nurse anesthetist. And then I gained experience and knowledge from my senior mentors.

- Does a person who decides to become a specialist in this field need any special qualities?

You don’t need any supernatural qualities, but knowledge alone is not enough. The ability to gather and concentrate in emergency and difficult situations is necessary, because I work in an emergency hospital.

- Does your profession bring good income?

My profession does not bring good income. But I wouldn’t trade it for any other because I like what I do. I help doctors who save lives every day.

- What would you like to change to make your profession better?

I would like the equipment to be updated more often. And, of course, a higher salary. (Laughs) And also, so that young people are not afraid to go into medicine because of low salaries and heavy workload.

- Do you often meet people in your profession, or is it rare?

My specialty is quite rare, but there are many other fields in medicine where young people can find employment, gain experience and knowledge, and work to their liking, if they have the desire.

- What advice can you give to the younger generation regarding your profession?

I would like to advise you to lead a healthy lifestyle, actively play sports, eat right, spend less time at the computer, and, of course, no bad habits.

- Are there times when your profession helps you outside of work?

Yes, there have been any number of such cases in my life when I had to provide first aid for domestic injuries, accidents, and various situations. But, of course, it will be better if everyone is healthy.

- Do you want your children to follow in your footsteps?

Yes, I want my children to follow in my footsteps, this is a very important and necessary profession, I want my children to be kind and responsive to all people. This is sorely lacking in the modern world.

The interview was conducted by Elizaveta Potapova, a 7th grade student