A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) has many responsibilities. They are responsible for not only managing, but also monitoring a patient's pain level and vital functions during procedures. Nurse anesthetists have been around since the year 1956, providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more than 100 years. According to the 1999 report, anesthesia care is 50 times safer than it was in the early 1980’s ("Become a CRNA." ). Although nursing has changed over time, there are still an abundant amount of requirements and qualifications, working conditions, commendable salaries, elongated days on the job, future needs, my interest in the career, and also an interview with a CRNA.
Requirements and Qualifications
Becoming a nurse anesthetist is not the simplest job. You have to meet many requirements and qualifications. In order to become a CRNA, it requires that you must graduate from a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA). You also have to pass the certification exam administered by the COA ("Become a CRNA." ). All together, in order to be a CRNA …show more content…
Although nursing has changed over time, there are still an abundant amount of requirements and qualifications, working conditions, commendable salaries, elongated days on the job, future needs, my interest in the career, and also an interview with a CRNA. I have always wanted to go into the medical field and serve as a doctor of some sort. Therefore, I believe that a certified registered nurse anesthetist is a job that I would be willing to commit to as well as enjoy. I am very excited to see if it will be possible for me to pursue my dreams of becoming a certified registered nurse anesthetist. I know that as long as I keep aiming high and never give up, my dreams can become my own