Advanced Nurse Anesthesia Principles. 5 Credit Hours

Catalog description

This course introduces the student to the scope and complexities of anesthesia practice. The course investigates the basic concepts in anesthesia care delivery including pre-anesthetic and post-anesthetic evaluation, premedication, formulation of anesthesia management plans, anesthetic techniques and procedures, equipment requirements, monitoring, and record keeping. 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. 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 7518 .