Nurse Anesthetist Research Paper

Gonzalez 1
Amanda Gonzalez
Dr. Kevin Jones
ENGL MWF 11:00 AM
1 October 2014
Nurse Anesthetist
The road to becoming a Nurse Anesthetist is a long and hard road, but it is rewarding in several different ways including financially and emotionally. Even though becoming a Nurse Anesthetist takes hard work and dedication it is still a big career interest to me. Becoming a Nurse Anesthetist takes eight years of schooling in both classroom education and clinical experience. The work environment for a Nurse Anesthetist is physically and emotionally demanding, they spend most of their day on their feet. A Nurse Anesthetists work schedule is equipped so that they can provide around the clock patient care.
According to UAMS.edu, in becoming
Much of the day a Nurse Anesthetist will be on his/her feet. Nurse Anesthetists are vulnerable to back injuries because they have to lift and move patients throughout the day. Work can be stressful because of the critical decisions they will have to make that will profoundly influence the outcomes of their patients. Patient care is not only physically challenging but emotionally challenging as well, causing stress. Nurse Anesthetists will have to deal with the anxiety, pain, fear and deaths of their patients which is emotionally demanding. Nurse Anesthetist are expected to comfort their patients, but at the same time remain objective. Nurse Anesthetist can come in contact with infectious diseases and potentially harmful drugs, so they have to follow strict, standardized guidelines to guard against diseases and other danger such as accidental needle sticks and patient outbursts.
Nurse Anesthetist work in the same environments as an Anesthesiologist would, including hospital operating rooms, labor and delivery units, critical and intensive care units, outpatient centers, dentist offices, ophthalmologist, plastic surgeons and podiatrists, pain management clinics and in management. A Nurse Anesthetists work schedule is equipped to provide
The Nurse Anesthetist told me everything that was going to happen from the beginning of my procedure to the end of my procedure, which made me feel more comfortable now that I understood more about was going to happen to me. She assured both myself and my parents that she would be in the room with me the whole time and let me know that she would make sure I was okay. That is when I told my parents I wanted to be a Nurse Anesthetist and when I heard about how much their annual salary is I was positive that is what I wanted to do with my life. I interviewed Dr. Janet Geyer and received some great information from her. Geyer sand the hardest part of becoming a doctor was “The lack of personal time, everything became about school.” I knew that going into the medical field would be hard and the majority of my time would be spent studying, but hearing it from a doctor makes it real to me. I asked Geyer what makes her happy to be a doctor and why, she said “I like the intimate part of being a nurse, people tell me more than what they would normally tell others and sometimes I am really able to make a difference.” I thought about what she said and I would love to make a difference in someone’s life, but I also need to remember that I cannot get too attached to my patients. Geyer said that if she could go back and give herself advice from when she was in college she would tell