Clinical Experience VII

Catalog description

At the intermediate level, the nurse anesthesia resident begins full-time clinical experiences that are designed to provide anesthetic experiences in general as well as specialty practice settings. These supervised experiences can occur in obstetrics, radiology, pediatrics, cardiothoracic and neurosurgical procedures. In addition, the nurse anesthesia resident may gain experience in pain management, to include multiple regional techniques and ultrasound guided regional techniques as well as experiences in the pulmonary clinic, cardiology clinical, intensive care units and radiology labs. Nurse anesthesia residents will utilize advanced anesthetic management techniques involving medically complex patient management. All case scheduling will lead toward the requirements for the National Certification Examination. Prerequisite : DNAP 8250. Co-requisite : DNAP 8510.