Nurse Anesthetist Degree, Program Information at Suny Health Science Center at Brooklyn

A program that prepares registered nurses (RNs) to administer anesthetics and provide care for patients before, during andafter anesthesia. Includes instruction in the biochemistry and physics of anesthesia; advanced anatomy and physiology; clinical pharmacology of anesthetics and adjunctive drugs; pain management; acute care and operating room practice; clinical technology and procedures; emergency intervention; patient assessment and education; and legal issues. Find Colleges Offering Nurse Anesthetist Degree.

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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Job Description
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Speech Clarity
Registered Nurses
Job Description
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. Includes advance practice nurses such as: nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Advanced practice nursing is practiced by RNs who have specialized formal, post-basic education and who function in highly autonomous and specialized roles.
Salary and Wages
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division
- Total Employment: 19,410
- Average Annual Salary: $72,140
- Average Hourly Rate: $34.68
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division
- Total Employment: 25,630
- Average Annual Salary: $76,400
- Average Hourly Rate: $36.73
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
- Total Employment: 19,540
- Average Annual Salary: $75,890
- Average Hourly Rate: $36.49
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
- Total Employment: 97,790
- Average Annual Salary: $82,290
- Average Hourly Rate: $39.56
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 2,504,664
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 3,092,013
- Percent Job Growth: 23.45%
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition