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Abstract

A dissatisfaction within the group of nurse anesthetists in the clinic “Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee“ can be observed due to the legislation (GuKG) which limits the competencies of nurse anesthetists. With reference to this fact the “Berufsverband für Anästhesiepflege in Kärnten“ was founded, with the goal to upgrade theprofession in the same way as just some countries of the EU did (Master). The requirements for nurse anesthetist changed in a fundamental way. The delimitations between the professions are blurring. In order to manage the workload associated with a major hospital it is necessary for nurse anesthetists to take over responsibilities and make decisions legally reserved for physicians. This project is designed to evaluate whether Carinthian and austrian anestesia nurses emphasize the necessity to ameliorate the profession interconnected with a renaming of the career. Furthermore, the paper aims to investigate the willingness of active anestesia nurses to incur more responsibility interrelated with a more extensive education. In order to acquire all the data a quantitative survey was used.

Biography

My name is Daniela Schaffer and work as an anesthesia nurse since 38 years in the “Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee” in the department of Anesthesia and Intensive care.  Initially I worked in multidisciplinary intensive care unit, where I was selected to instruct new collegues. I worked in this position for more than 10 years.   For 7 years I was teaching in nurse education in school and acted as a practice guidance since last year. At the Alpe-Adria-University I studied pedagogy and in alliance I graduated in adult education. My book “Professionalisierung in der Anästhesiepflege, wird eine Solche vonseiten der Berufsangehörigen überhaupt gewünscht?“ was published in 2024. Also some articles of mine are published in several journals like

1. “Anästhesie-Journal d’anesthésie, d’anestesia” SIGA, FSIA 
2. „Pro Care“ von Springer
3. „Pflege Professionell“