Nurse Anesthetist
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
The scope of CRNA practice is reflective of standards for the provision of anesthesia care and anesthesia-related care for individuals across the lifespan, whose health status may range from healthy through all recognized levels of acuity, including persons with immediate, severe, or life-threatening illness or injury. A CRNA provides anesthesia and anesthesia-related care in diverse settings, including, but not limited to, hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms; critical access hospitals; acute care; ambulatory centers; and the offices of dentists, podiatrists, and physicians. Orders tests and therapeutics for the immediate peri-operative period. Prescribe medications for the immediate peri-operative period under written guidelines with supervising physician.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Board of Registration in Nursing
- Address
- 239 Causeway St., Suite 500, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02114
- Phone
- (800) 414-0168
- Last updated
- May 9, 2018
Occupations (O*NET)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse 29-1151.00
Source and verification
This record is Massachusetts's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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