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Specialty
CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
What you’ll do
- Administer anesthetics to patients and monitor their care during surgery
- Attend to preoperative evaluations and postoperative care of patients
- Assist with any training of personnel under the direction of a medical officer
- Successfully manage an anesthesia department
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TRAINING & EDUCATION
How do we transform you from the civilian sector to a leader and an Officer in the Air Force? From education to continued training, your Air Force path is here.
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Officer Training School
5.5 weeks
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TECHNICAL TRAINING
126 - 500 days
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Military Training Location
Maxwell AFB, AL
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- Master’s degree awarded from a graduate nurse anesthesia program
- Successfully passed the national certifying examination within one year of completion of required didactic and clinical requirements
- Master’s degree awarded from a graduate nurse anesthesia program
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- Minimum six months full-time nursing practice in the APRN specialty is required.
- At least 12 months experience as a registered nurse
- Completion of Officer Training School course
- Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 47th birthday