This course introduces students to perioperative nurse anesthesia practice, including principles and responsibilities of basic airway management, preoperative anesthesia assessment, perioperative anesthesia, and cardiac and non-cardiac monitoring. Review of anesthesia equipment and biomedical instruments are included. The advanced properties and anesthesia concepts of physics are incorporated and related to anesthetic breathing systems, basic gas laws, electrical safety, and operating environment. Prerequisite: All Spring I and Summer I Nurse Anesthesia courses. Co-requisites: NURS 701, NURS 733, NURS 741, NURS 753-A.
NURS-753: Principles & Practice of Anesthesia I
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