Nurse Anesthesia: Course Descriptions

ANE 510 Professional Aspects of Nurse Anesthesiology, 2 Credits
History of anesthesia, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), Councils on Accreditation, Certification and Practice, nurse anesthesia scope of practice, impaired practitioner, quality management process, government relations, ethical and professional considerations, and legal aspects of nurse anesthesia practice.

ANE 530 Physics and Biomedical Measurement in Anesthesiology, 3 Credits
Review of principles of physics as applied specifically to anesthesiology. Review of biomedical instrumentation pertinent to anesthesia.

ANE 549 Introductory Principles of Nurse Anesthesiology, 4 Credits
Introduction to the use of anesthesia machines, electronic monitors, and various anesthesia equipment. Introduction to the basic principles and techniques of anesthesia practice including pre- and postoperative assessment, operating room preparation, airway management, fluid therapy, positioning, basic concepts of anesthetic administration, and interpretation of preoperative data (including the electrocardiogram).

ANE 550, 551, 552 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesiology I, II, and III, 10 Credits
Principles and techniques of anesthetic administration for ophthalmologic, gynecologic, orthopedic, general, thoracic, trauma, pediatric, obstetric, neurologic, cardiac, vascular and other specialty surgery. Anesthetic implications of various disease processes are also addressed.

ANE 570 Regional Anesthesia, 2 Credits
Pharmacological, anatomical and technical considerations pertinent to regional anesthesia including extremity and major conduction blocks.

ANE 594 Advanced Pathophysiology, 3 Credits
Review of disease processes affecting the coagulation, cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, gastrointestinal, biliary, renal and immune systems.

ANE 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606 Clinical Internship 6 Credits (total)
A progressive exposure to clinical anesthesia practice. Begins with a basic orientation. Each practicum builds on previously developed skills. Students administer anesthesia for various surgical procedures including, but not limited to, general, orthopedic, urologic, oral, trauma, gynecologic, thoracic, otorhinolaryngologic, pediatric, obstetric, neurologic, cardiac and vascular surgery.

ANE 610, 611, 612 Anesthesiology Seminar, 3 Credits (total)
Review and presentation of anesthesia related literature. Includes general discussion, critical analysis and question/answer sessions. A comprehensive review of the principles of anesthesia and preparation for the certification exam are included in the last semester.

ANE 699 Master's Project, 3 Credits
Independent study resulting in a completed scholarly project, resulting in a final written paper of publishable quality.

HLH 560 Pharmacology I, 4 Credits
Introductory course in the pharmacology of anesthetic drugs and adjunctive agents. Pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacy and toxicology are also included.

HLH 561 Pharmacology II, 3 Credits
Continuation of Pharmacology I with emphasis on pharmacological preparations, specific accessory drugs and non-anesthetic ancillary drugs. Biochemorphology, pharmacodynamics and biological disposition of inhalation, local and intravenous anesthetics, and drug interactions are included.

HLH 562 Advanced Pharmacology, 2 Credits
In depth examination of the principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacometrics and pharmacodynamics. Autonomic and neurohumoral pharmacology are included.

Descriptions of other courses such as BIO 542 Gross Anatomical Dissection, BIO 538 and BIO 539 Graduate Physiology I and II, HLH 550 Research Methods in Health Care, and PYC 503 Statistics may be found in the current UDM Graduate Catalog.