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nurse anesthetist
noun
plural nurse anesthetists
: a registered nurse certified to administer anesthetics
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Conger, now a mom of one and a nurse anesthetist, recalls those days in detail.
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Gillian Telling, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Mike O’Dell didn’t feel fulfilled spending his entire workweek as a nurse anesthetist.
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Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Police said that Haxby-Jones, a longtime former nurse anesthetist at the Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center down the street, may have been dead for as many as nine years but that there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body.
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Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
The average salary for nurse anesthetists in Texas is about $211,300.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of nurse anesthetist was
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“Nurse anesthetist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurse%20anesthetist. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
Medical Definition
nurse anesthetist
noun
: a registered nurse who has completed two or more years of additional specialized training and education and is certified to administer anesthetics
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