Clinical Practice I

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: ENFE 6705, ENFE 6677, ENFE 6678, ENFE 6679. The course introduces nurse anesthesia students to the scope and standards for nurse anesthesia clinical practice. Focuses on the application of clinical judgement in different situations, responsibilities, and tasks associated with the practice. It includes the application of clinical competencies with anesthesia equipment, clinical monitoring, preoperative evaluation of patients, fluids and blood replacement, positions, airway management and devices, different types of anesthesia, and post -operative pain management. The course also comprises: hypotension and hypothermia, monitored anesthesia care, and other anesthesia methods.