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Informational Interview

Informational Interview. Karoline Joyce 4/18. Who did I interview?. -My dad -Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) -Works at Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC -Has worked there for 25 years. Schooling and Experience. Undergrad at UNC-Greensboro; B.S. Chemistry

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Informational Interview

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  1. Informational Interview Karoline Joyce 4/18

  2. Who did I interview? -My dad -Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) -Works at Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC -Has worked there for 25 years

  3. Schooling and Experience • Undergrad at UNC-Greensboro; B.S. Chemistry • Associates degree in Nursing (to go to Anesthesia School) • 3 years work in Intensive Care Unit for experience in critical situations • Charleston Area Medical Center School of Nurse Anesthesia for CRNA • 25 years at Wesley Long Hospital

  4. Job Responsibilities • Understand patient’s medical history • Start IV, decide how much anesthesia/other sedatives needed • Put breathing tube in • Monitor patient’s heart rate, blood pressure, etc during surgery • Decide and administer all drugs given to patient during surgery including those to put to sleep and to wake up • Goal is to make surgery as painless as possible

  5. Typical Day • Get to work at 6 AM to his operating room and check to make sure has correct drugs for the day and machine is working correctly • Talk to patient in holding room about medical conditions/things he would need to know about • Start anesthesia and put breathing tube in • Monitor HR and BP during surgery • Repeat for however many cases he has that day

  6. Challenges and Rewards • Greatest challenge is figuring out every persons needs; no person is the same so the amount of drugs needed must be adjusted • Also adjusting for conditions like high blood pressure, heart failure, obesity, diabetes, etc. • Greatest rewards are being able to keep people from being in pain • Talking to patients after who are amazed that they are not experiencing the pain they expected

  7. Trends? • Fewer CRNA’s today because of cost of education • Much more education is required to be a CRNA; by 2017 all CRNA’s will be PhDs after they finish the same amount of schooling • Even though less people are becoming CRNA’s it will never die; just like nursing this can never be a dead field due to the need of a knowledgeable human needed in person to do job correctly

  8. Experience needed before? • Be able to be in the Operating Room; need a strong stomach • Good at making decision • Good under pressure • Definitely need to shadow someone in the hospital and experience being in an operating room to be sure you are not going to faint, get sick, etc.

  9. Is this career what you expected? • More than what he expected • He loves it so much he does it on his days off • “Some days I lose track of time while I’m working and the hours fly by. But not every day, no one feels that way about their job every day. Some days one minutes feels like 10 hours. But you have to choose a career rewarding enough to get through those long days.”

  10. CRNA vs. Anesthesiologist • Very similar; learn same skills from same books • Only difference is the amount of schooling • CRNA gain B.S., Certified in Nursing, 1 year (or more) ICU internship, Anesthesia School • Anesthesiologists must gain B.S., take MCAT, go to Medical School, 1 year of interning, 5 year residency • An Anesthesiologist is a Physician (MD) with a specialty in Anesthesia • CRNA’s cannot write prescriptions, Anesthesiologists can

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