Pediatric nurse practitioner vs certified registered nurse anesthetist

Differences between pediatric nurse practitioner and certified registered nurse anesthetist duties and responsibilities

Pediatric nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Initiate and lead a training program for high frequency oscillatory ventilation.
• Manage appropriate changes to individualize care plan to ensure cost and time efficacy in an outpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation office.
• Perform advance practice procedures including: lumbar puncture, PICC line insertion, UAC/UVC insertion and endotracheal intubation.
• Provide assessment, diagnosis and management of acutely ill and injure pediatric patients in an urban emergency department.
• Return as a new NNP and do clinical.
• Complete clinical and provide services as a full time NNP.
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Certified registered nurse anesthetist example responsibilities.

• Manage CRNA staffing, scheduling and performance evaluations.
• Diagnose and manage common medical problems such as diabetes, COPD, and hypertension.
• Experience in managing type 2 DM, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, COPD, sleep apnea, and asthma.
• Manage use of anesthesia machine and mechanical ventilation.
• Manage acute rehabilitation and skil care inpatient population following orthopedic surgery until discharge.
• General cases, GI, GU, ortho, neuro, GYN, minor vascular, cath lab, surgery centers.
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