Advanced Principles of Nursing Anesthesia I

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This course is designed to provide the graduate student with advanced anesthesia principles and techniques essential to planning and safely administering anesthesia to patients with specific systemic diseases in the surgical specialty areas. Emphasis will be placed on anesthetic considerations and management of patients with cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, renal, hepatic, and hematological disorders. Principles and techniques of anesthetic administration for ENT, ophthalmologic, general, gynecological, genitourinary, orthopedic, minimally invasive and other specialty surgical procedures are also addressed. Anesthetic considerations for the geriatric population will also be explored. The students will also have the opportunity to hone clinical and critical thinking skills by managing clinical case scenarios in the simulation laboratory. Prerequisite(s): NURS 6735 and NURS 6741 and NURS 6745 and NURS 6760 Corequisite(s): NURS 6751 and NURS 6770 and NURS 6815 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit College Restrictions: The Graduate School Course Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Program Restrictions: MSN_NURA-Nursing Anesthesia Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Click here for the Schedule of Classes.