Chief nurse anesthetist vs nurse manager

Differences between chief nurse anesthetist and nurse manager duties and responsibilities

Chief nurse anesthetist example responsibilities.

• Manage labor analgesia and epidural post-operative pain management.
• Manage CNS supervise hospital base cardiac surgery clinic.
• Ensure nursing staff and cadet life supervisors (CLS) maintain up-to-date CPR certifications and continuing education credits.
• Develop, institute, and maintain labor epidural service.
• Case management involvement includes participation in cardiovascular work team in coordination of care for both cardiology and cardiovascular surgery populations.
• Insert arterial catheters or perform arterial punctures to obtain arterial blood samples.
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Nurse manager example responsibilities.

• Case manage workers compensation cases, administer drug testing, surveillance testing, minor 1st aid and CPR instruction.
• Assess and manage various allergic and life threatening reactions of chemotherapy medications.
• Manage staff of medical personnel providing care for telemetry, geriatric and general medicine patients.
• Involve in utilization review and chart audits for all appropriate documentation for medicaid, Medicare and manage care organizations.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Maintain current ACLS and BLS certifications.
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