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"Nurses" do not give Anesthesia. However "Nurse Anesthetists" do. Nurse Anesthetists are Registered Nurses with a BSN degree who have atleast 1 year of critical care experience in an ICU and return to school to complete a Master's Program in Anesthesia.

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