NRAN862: Clinical Practicum

Students will engage in supervised clinical practice that involves basic and advanced anesthesia skills. Emphasis is given to patient assessment, anesthetic planning and implementation, airway management, and management of patient populations in all risk categories across the age spectrum. General, regional, and sedation techniques are included. 

1. Performs advanced physical assessment and monitoring skills for patients with complex co-existing diseases requiring anesthesia care in specialized areas (cardiothoracic, obstetrical, neurosurgical, etc.) according to established standards of care and safety guidelines.
2. Demonstrate the ability to independently develop, select, and implement a plan of anesthesia care based upon evidence-based approach to problem-solving required of anesthesia delivery in specialized areas of clinical practice.
3. Develop and demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills required of anesthesia providers to promote patient safety and efficient healthcare delivery in specialized areas of anesthesia clinical practice.
4. Demonstrates sound cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills appropriate of a proficient clinical nurse anesthetist required for delivery of safe anesthesia care to a diverse patient population across the life span.
5. Demonstrates management and leadership skills as a member of the interdisciplinary team utilizing information and health care technologies centered upon effective communication.
6. Supports clinical decisions and actions with didactic content and evidence-based research in the clinical learning environment that promotes patient healthcare outcomes.
7. Formulate solutions to ethical and legal issues related to the client population and the nurse anesthetist.
8. Create potential solutions to health policy and research issues relevant to the current anesthesia environment and the role of the nurse anesthetist.