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Typical
venues: hospitals; surgery centers; physicians’, dentists’
or podiatrists’ offices; pain clinics; ambulatory care centers
Education:
active RN licensure, minimum of a bachelor’s degree
Certification
required:
Council
on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists
222 S.
Prospect Ave.
Park Ridge,
Ill. 60068-4001
Phone:
(847) 692-7050, Ext. 3090
Fax: (847)
692-7082
Job
outlook: Nursing as a whole will be one of the top 10
fastest growing professions in the United States in the next
decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Opportunities:
improvements in direct reimbursement for nurse anesthetists
are increasing opportunities; market particularly large in
rural areas
Challenges:
may work on call and unpredictable hours; keeping up with
changes in medication and technology
For
more information:
American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists
222 S.
Prospect Ave.
Park Ridge,
Ill. 60068-4001
Phone:
(847) 692-7050
Fax: (847)
692-6968
www.aana.com
Related
features on the NurseWeek Web site:
Supervision
no longer required for nurse anesthetists
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/00-03/032000b.html
Mail
order and online continuing education courses http://www.nurseweek.com/career/homstudy.html)
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Wizard (http://www.nurseweek.com/salary/index.html)
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