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The Air Force has a tremendous variety of career fields available to officers —each with unique challenges and rewards. If you know exactly what you're looking for, use the keyword search for a list of job titles and descriptions. Or, if you're interested in seeing what the Air Force has to offer, browse the different career fields in the pull-down menu.
Nurse Anesthetist
Duties and Responsibilities
The Nurse Anesthetist performs preoperative evaluations and preparations - administering anesthetics, monitoring patient reactions to anesthesia and surgery, and advising the anesthesiologist and appropriate physician of adverse reactions. Manages fluid therapy. Provides or supervises postoperative recovery care, performs postoperative follow-up and patient evaluation, and maintains records.
Nurse Anesthetists must function as a team member in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. They also serve as a resource person and assist with the training of personnel in venapuncture and intravenous therapy, respiratory care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and anesthesia.
Civilian Opportunities
Civilian Nurse
Duties and Responsibilities
People are often surprised to learn the variety of jobs open to RNs. Most familiar is the nurse who works in the hospital caring for patients; however, here are just a few of the other types of opportunities for RNs: working as a sales representative for a company that makes medication or medical equipment; managing a healthcare-related organization; working in the medical publishing field; or working as a coroner.
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