Nurse Anesthesia Principles II. 3 Credit Hours

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This course will expand on the concepts learned in Nurse Anesthesia Principles I. Various anesthesia techniques and the physiological effects of those techniques on complex co-morbidities will be the emphasis of the course. Special consideration of the geriatric population and the physiological effects of the various anesthesia techniques will also be explored. The psychomotor skills introduced in Nurse Anesthesia Principles I will be refined and enhanced. New psychomotor skills needed for higher level anesthesia techniques will be introduced and correlated to specific cases throughout the course. A lab setting will be utilized by learners to take concepts and anesthesia techniques taught during the course and correlate them to specific anesthetic management of cases. Prerequisites: NURS 7227 and NURS 7210 .