Abstract: Objective: Summarizing the post setting, the work duties, and the standardized training program of anesthesia nurses in our hospital, to provide reference for the professional development of anesthesia specialist nurse in our country, this paper. Methods: The post of anesthesia nurse was set up since August 2013 in our hospital. Defining the work duties and establishing standardized training for 51 anesthesia nurses, and evaluating the effect of standardized training by theoretical operation skill tests, situational simulation comprehensive ability test and questionnaire survey. Results: All the 51 anesthesia nurses passed all the tests with excellent scores after the standardized training, and they were competent for the post of anesthetic nurses, they can do the monitor and nursing of perioperative patients independently, and the feedback of training is satisfied. Conclusion: Setting up the post of anesthesia specialist nurse and exploring a set of standardized training program can benefit the efficiency and safety of anesthesiology, and it is an inevitable trend to standardize the management of anesthesia and promote the professional development of nursing. Setting up the post of anesthesia specialist nurse is a need for the future development of anesthesiology.

Key words: standardized training; anesthesia nurses; post setting