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    Advance Practice Nurse - Colorado Springs, CO, United States - Civilian Corps

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    Carson combines scenic beauty, pleasant residential areas, and cultural activities to satisfy every taste. It is an unusually well-rounded military community which offers a variety of recreational and cultural opportunities.

    World-class ski resorts are available within a short 2 1/2 hour drive, golf courses and biking trails are available on the installation as well as in the surrounding community.

    Numerous colleges and universities are available for continuing education.
    (Fort Carson Landscape)

    Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions.

    Performs professional nursing duties of a specialized nature in the care of patients requiring the mostrecent advances in general, intravenous, and regional anesthesia for surgical operations, respiratory care,cardiopulmonary resuscitation, pain management and/or fluid therapy, medical procedures, and obstetricservices, within the clinical areas of the main operating room (OR), labor and delivery, pre-operativeclinic, recovery room, and anesthetic procedures out of the OR (including, but not limited to endoscopy,interventional cardiovascular suite, lithotripsy center, pediatric radiology and emergency room).

    Dutiesinvolve administration of anesthetic agents and supportive treatment of patients undergoing surgery orother medical procedures.

    Maintains responsibility for determining the optimal type and method ofanesthesia care to administer, for a broad range of surgical procedures, including the most complexperformed at the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF).

    Scope of practice includes, but is not limited to,direct patient care; patient and staff education; Anesthesiology Technology and Research.
    Applies a mastery of nursing to the latest developments in the rapid and continuing advancement of theanesthesiology field.

    Incorporates research, best practices, and leading edge technology in the treatmentof diverse and highly complex patient care, facilitating policy and program changes in the delivery ofprofessional anesthesia services.

    Adapts treatment to newtheories in the focus of patient care, from inpatient to outpatient settings, as well as from available riskmanagement data, and research on the development of new drugs regimens.

    Initiates and/or participates in the design, implementation, monitoring, andevaluation of clinical research. Disseminates clinical practice and research findings through educationand publication.
    Direct Patient Care/Anesthesia Delivery.a.

    Provides anesthesia and related services in accordance with hospital regulatory, licensing andcredentialing policies, and with American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Guidelines forNurse Anesthesia Practice and Code of Ethics.

    Complies with current standards of anesthesia practiceand care. Conducts and participates in educational programs that improve anesthesia nursing practice.

    Provides anesthesia care that is within the scope of practice as determined by demonstrated competency,licensure and clinical privileges delineated by the MTF.b.

    post anesthesia care; Systematically collects data through interviews, observation, physical examination, and review ofmedical records, prior to scheduled surgery.

    Evaluates data, with respect to individualized anestheticoptions and current recommended practices within the field, to determine and discuss the optimal type ofanesthesia to be used, and to explain expected outcomes and possible anesthetic complications.

    Interprets and reports abnormal diagnostic data and changes in signs and symptoms; Identifies situations and conditions in which medical consultation, orsurgical consultation, should be performed immediately.

    Documents assessments, orders, andinterventions, appropriately, in the medical record.
    Induces anesthesia to safe, appropriate levels, and manages patient care throughout the surgicalprocedure. Observes the patient during the surgery, to accomplish and maintain the proper level of anesthesiadepth and to prevent over-dosage.

    Adjusts the administration of anesthetic agents, as well as other drugs,and utilizes proper methods to support respiratory and circulatory functions of patients.

    Maintains responsibility for all techniques, drugs, and equipment used in the administration ofanesthesia to patients undergoing any, and all forms of, surgical and/or diagnostic procedures.

    Sets upequipment used in performance of work, and maintains responsibility for the care, sanitation, inspection,and proper functioning. ensures that patients, personnel, and equipment are properly grounded, and that area is scavenged ofwaste gas anesthetics.

    Provides immediate, post-operative care to patients during their return to the intensive care unit orrecovery room, to ensure clear patient airway, stable vital signs, hemodynamic stability, adequate paincontrol and avoidance of adverse reactions from anesthesia.

    Responds decisively to life-threatening changes in patient condition, providing immediate and appropriate emergency measures.

    Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings, to recognize various disease entities andproblems, requiring consultation or referral to a higher level care facility.

    Participates in the development of peer audit processes, involving a systematic review of anesthesiarecords, to ensure the standard of care is met.

    Administrative Services.a. Utilizes knowledge of QA/QI, infection control, patient and staff safety, and risk management, toensure compliance with established standards. Maintains abreast of health care trends, to support positiveresults in quality care. Participates in departmental continuous improvement programs and processes,emphasizing the latest developments and trends in the anesthesiology field. Formulates and evaluatesclinical care standards and treatment programs for effectiveness in meeting patient needs. Exploresmethods and processes to reduce resource consumption, ensuring the patient receives quality care at themost appropriate level.

    Serves as a resource consultant to a wide variety of professional health colleagues, regarding the latestadvances in nurse anesthesia and nursing practice.

    Provides consultation to other CRNAs as well asoversight and instruction to, students, residents, interns, and ancillary workers in the field of anesthesia,in both clinical and administrative areas.

    Plans and sets up programs for weekly staff meetings;Delivers in-services andeducational lectures, workshops, and case studies for the purpose of providing knowledge, skill, andintroduce the latest initiatives in the evolving anesthesiology field, to other CRNAs, anesthesiology staff,nurses, and health care professionals/ paraprofessionals.

    Outcomes Management Initiative, to improve long-term and continuing health care outcomes ofthe population of patients served.

    Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., religious; spiritual; community; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

    A graduate or higher level degree from an accredited professional nursing educational program in Nurse Practitioner is required.

    This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.A degree from a Foreign Nursing School.

    Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.

    A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse in the specialty of Nurse Practitioner or related specialty from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

    Applicants claiming this exemption must meet the requirement below


    Note:
    You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.

    Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant.

    Active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.


    Professional Nursing Experience:

    One or more full years of professional nursing experience which includes performing examination and assessments of assigned patients, obtaining and recording health histories of patients, ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests for patients, prescribing a variety of medications to patients.

    If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.



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