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Nursing:
Nurse Anesthesia Course Descriptions
MSN Nurse Anesthesia Program of Study
January 2008 Quarter Courses Course Title: Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Course Number: NURS 503 Faculty:Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSN, Ferne M. Cohen, CRNA, MS, MSN, Michael Conti, CRNA, MSN Credit Hours: 3 quarter credits Co-requisites: NURS 504 Overview of Nurse Anesthesia Course Description: This course is designed to provide the theoretical knowledge of basic equipment utilized in the routine care of the surgical patient. The objectives of this course are geared toward immediate application of the acquired knowledge in the clinical setting. Topics of discussion include medical gas cylinders and containers, medical gas distribution systems, anesthesia machines, vaporizers, breathing systems, oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways, face masks, the laryngeal mask airway, endotracheal tubes, equipment for emergency airway management, laryngoscopes, anesthesia ventilators, cleaning and sterilization of anesthesia equipment, and universal precautions. Course Title: Overview of Nurse Anesthesia Course Number: NURS 504 Faculty: Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSNFerne M. Cohen, CRNA, MS, MSN Michael Conti, CRNA, MSN Credit Hours: 3 quarter credits Lecture and simulation lab Course Description: This course is designed to provide an overview of nurse anesthesia principles and basic anesthesia skills utilized in the routine care of the surgical patient. Topics include the role and function of nurse anesthetists, the mechanisms of anesthesia, an overview of anesthesia agents and techniques, the pharmacology of anesthetic agents and adjuncts to anesthesia, the anesthesia machine, airway and anesthetic-related equipment, the preparation of a patient for anesthesia, patient positioning, fluid and electrolyte management and documentation of anesthesia care. The lecture content is reinforced in the simulated laboratory experience. The objectives of this course are geared toward immediate application of the acquired knowledge in the simulated laboratory experience and for integration in the clinical setting. Course Title: Chemistry and Physics Course Number: NURS 505 Faculty:
Credit Hours: 3 quarter credits Prerequisites: N503, N504, N549 Course Title: Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia I Course Number: NURS 510 Faculty: Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSN, Ferne M. Cohen, CRNA, MS, MSN, Michael Conti, CRNA, MSN Credit Hours: 3 quarter credits Co-requisites: NURS 504 Overview of Nurse Anesthesia Course Description: This course builds on the foundation learned in prerequisite courses. Emphasis is on the development of advanced knowledge of the respiratory system and cardiovascular systems. A comprehensive study of the physiology, pathophysiology and the relationship to patient management is the focus of this course. Course Title: Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia II Course Number: NURS 515 Faculty: Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSN Ferne M. Cohen, CRNA, MS, MSN Michael Conti, CRNA, MSN Credit Hours: 3 quarter credits Prerequisite: NURS 510 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia I Course Description: This course extends the knowledge learned in basic principles. During this quarter, students learn anesthetic management principles for regional anesthesia, orthopedic surgery, renal patients, morbidly obese patients and pediatrics. Important concepts include anatomical, physiological and pathophysiological, and pharmacological principles. Course Number: NURS 518 Faculty: Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSN Ferne M. Cohen, CRNA, MS, MSN Michael Conti, CRNA, MSN Credit Hours: 3 quarter credits Prerequisite: NURS 515 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia II Course Description: As the third course of a four part nurse anesthesia specialty sequence, students will incorporate previously learned knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology and patient management into the care of subspecialty populations. The student will become familiar with the normal parturient as well as the various abnormal conditions that may arise during pregnancy, labor and delivery. The student will also learn about the patient with cardiovascular disease, burns and neurological diseases and the anesthetic management. At the conclusion of the course, the student will be able to plan appropriate anesthetic care for these groups of patients using a variety of anesthetic techniques and be able to integrate these principles into his or her clinical practice. Course Title: Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia IV Course Number: NURS 659 Faculty: Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSN Credit Hours: 3 quarter credits Prerequisite: NURS 518 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia III Course Title: Nurse Anesthesia Pharmacology I and II Course Number: NURS 507 and NURS 511 Faculty: Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSN Credit Hours: 6 quarter credit lecture Co-requisites: NURS 549 Course Title: Anesthesia Seminar Course Number: NURS 530 Faculty: Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSN Credit Hours:1 quarter creditsCourse Description:This seminar will integrate the academic and practical knowledge the student has acquired in the nurse anesthesia curriculum. A faculty member will oversee the selected student presentation. Students will submit a proposal, and if approved develop objectives relevant to the written/oral project. A timeline for completion of the student presentation will be identified in the course guidelines. Course Title: Clinical Correlative Seminar Course Number: NURS 688 Faculty: Lewis Bennett, CRNA, MS, MSN
Ferne M. Cohen, CRNA, MS, MSN Michael Conti, CRNA, MSN Credit Hours: 3 quarter creditsCourse Description: This seminar will integrate and review the academic and clinical knowledge the student has acquired in the nurse anesthesia curriculum to prepare for the final comprehensive examination and national certification examination. The student will receive a weekly assignment of topical questions to research and present to classmates. A faculty member will serve as the course facilitator. Clinical Practicum Courses- 25 credits Course Title: Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum (I – IV) Course hours: 880 clinical hours (over 4 quarters – 160, 160, 240, 320) Faculty: Clinical Preceptors – including staff Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and staff Anesthesiologists supervise students in the clinical area at all times and are always available via cell phone or pager. Pre-requisites: NURS 503 Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia (for NURS 508), NURS 504 Overview of Nurse Anesthesia I (for NURS 508), NURS 508 Clin Prac I (for NURS 512), NURS 512 Clin Prac II (for NURS 516), NURS 516 , Clin Prac III (for NURS 517) Co-requisites: NURS 510 NA Adv Prin I (for NURS 512), NURS 515 NA Adv Prin II (for NURS 516), NURS 518 NA Adv Prin III (for NURS 517) Overview of Course: Clinical practicum courses are designed to enable the student to apply and integrate the knowledge gained in the pre-requisite and co-requisite courses to learn the skills to safely administer anesthesia to patients, undergoing a wide variety of surgical/diagnostic procedures at one of our affiliated clinical sites. Students are first assigned to healthy patients undergoing simple, uncomplicated procedures, and as they demonstrate competency, are assigned to patients with complex pathophysiology undergoing more complicated procedures. Students always administer anesthesia under the direct supervision and instruction of either a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNAs) or anesthesiologist. Course Description: Students begin clinical practicum I after completing the Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia and Overview of Nurse Anesthesia I which incorporates a 9 week clinical laboratory experience. This provides the student the opportunity for hands-on experience in the perioperative anesthesia management of a simulated patient in preparation practicum I. Clinical practicum I and II provide the opportunity for the novice student to participate in the anesthesia management of healthy patients undergoing uncomplicated surgical and/or diagnostic procedures. Clinical practicums III and IV provide the student the opportunity to administer anesthesia to patients scheduled for more complex surgical procedures and who may also exhibit significant pathophysiology. Students will begin to analyze the patient’s physiological response to intra-operative surgical events and adjust the anesthetic as required. Students may also be provided opportunities to insert invasive monitors and regional anesthesia. Subspecialty anesthesia rotations begin in clinical practicum III and IV and will continue into clinical practicum V through IIX. The experience obtained during these subspecialty rotations will enable the student to develop the necessary skills to safely anesthetize the cardiac, neurosurgical and obstetrical patients. The three month pediatric rotation provides an extensive pediatric clinical experience which enables the students to develop the skills required to safely anesthetize neonates, infants and children. Course Title: Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum (V-VI) Course Number: NURS 683, 684, 687, & 689 Course Hours: 1280 clinical hours (over 4 quarters – 320, 320, 320, 320) Co-requisites: NURS 659 NA Adv Prin IV (for NURS 683) Overview of the Course: These clinical courses are designed to provide students the opportunity to administer general and regional anesthetics to patients scheduled for all types of surgical procedures with a variety of pathophysiology. The students are provided opportunities to insert invasive monitors and to utilize their data to assess the patient’s physiologic response to anesthesia and/or surgery. The students have the opportunity to tailor their daily anesthetic patient management to provide efficient, safe patient care. The students complete their clinical rotations in pediatric, cardiothoracic, and obstetric anesthesia. During the clinical residency, under the guidance of CRNAs and Staff Anesthesiologists, students work more autonomously and collaborate with other key members of the healthcare team. Course Description: These clinical courses complement the Advanced Principles of Anesthesia and Applied Pathophysiology for Nurse Anesthesia courses. The students gain broad experience in administering anesthesia to pediatric patients during this three month subspecialty rotation. The obstetric rotation provides students the opportunity to administer general and regional anesthesia to the parturient to provide pain relief during labor or for elective/emergency cesarean deliveries. During the cardiothoracic rotation, students gain experience in the anesthesia management of patients with significant cardiopulmonary compromise. During the clinical residencies, students continue to develop their critical thinking skills and anesthesia techniques as well as manage care for patients that they may not have had the opportunity to care for in their previous rotations. NURS 500— Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments examines Health care policy and politics in terms of contemporary issues related to advanced practice nursing, health care access, quality, and cost. The focus of this course is the critical analysis of health policy and legal issues. NURS 502 — Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care This is a course for master’s students who have already had some experience in ethical decision making, both academically in the classroom and in practice. This course will take an interdisciplinary focus, as ethical decision making at this level rarely ever is the decision of a single discipline. A variety of ethical topics will be analyzed from various perspective and depths in an effort to more broadly and more profoundly address the moral difficulties the advance practice practitioner in an interdisciplinary environment is likely to encounter. NURS 519 — Intro to Biostatistics This is an introductory course which focuses on the fundamentals of biostatistics for health sciences graduate students. Excel-based and SPSS assignments will be used to supplement the content. RSCH 523 — Methods for Health Research The course is designed to provide professional graduate students with the skills necessary to evaluate the relationship between practice and published research. The course content includes an overview of research concepts, ethics in research, literature searching and reviews, quantitative and qualitative research methods and designs, and data collection, analysis, and interpretation techniques. An interdisciplinary team of faculty teaches the course using a problem solving approach. NURS 526 — Information, Innovation and Technology in Advanced Nursing Practice This course is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to information systems and technologies that support practice and improve patient care and outcomes. Development of information management and technology skills (which meet the ANA Informatics Competencies) will be incorporated through out the course. Content is directed toward assisting the student in understand the relationships between patient care and complex information and data issues involved in clinical practice. Students will learn to use tools and strategies for building and managing information system components that require knowledge of informatics issues, standards, and relevant theories as well as evidence-based quality improvement strategies. This course also examines informatics issues within complex healthcare systems including organizational, professional, policy, ethical, social, cultural, economic, and legal factors. NURS 527 — Evidenced Based Approaches to Practice This course focuses on using research to guide evidence-based practice. Communication, collaboration, and decision making skills from a multidisciplinary approach essential to collect, evaluate, and apply research to practice will be emphasized. During this course the student will learn to (1) conduct efficient, thorough searching of the research literature; (2) evaluate the quality of a body of research through an appraisal of design, methodology, and data analysis; (3) summarize the findings from an overall body of research; and (4) apply research evidence to issues of current nursing practice. NURS 520 - Advanced Physiology This course presents the essentials of organ system function in humans, with an emphasis on the integration of neural and hormonal mechanisms in the control of organ system function. This course is limited to students in the Nurse Anesthesia Program of the College of Nursing and Health Professions. NURS 521 - Advanced Pathophysiology I A detailed discussion of the disturbances of normal function and basic mechanisms involved in diseases of the major organ systems and the general aspects of the common human pathophysiological conditions and syndromes. This course includes neoplasia, respiratory pathophysiology, and hematologic and vascular disorders. NURS 522 - Advanced Pathophysiology II A detailed discussion of the disturbances of normal function and basic mechanisms involved in diseases of the major organ systems and the general aspects of the common human pathophysiological conditions and syndromes. This course includes cardiac pathophysiology, fluid and acid-base imbalances, and renal pathophysiology. NURS 523 - Advanced Pathophysiology III A detailed discussion of the disturbances of normal function and the basic mechanisms involved in diseases of the major organ systems in humans. This course includes gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic, endocrine, sensory/motor, neuromuscular, neurological, and skeletal pathophysiology.
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