Description
This course is designed to develop theoretical and clinical competencies in the anesthetic care of patients with complex disease states across the lifespan. This course builds on the knowledge gained about basic and advanced anesthetic principles and pathophysiological disease concepts discussed in prerequisite coursework to determine evidenced-based anesthetic care modalities. This course provides the nurse anesthesia student, as an advanced practice nurse, with a description and analysis of cardiac and pulmonary anatomy, physiology and function and is taught in an integrated process as the cardiopulmonary system exists in its natural physiological state. Analysis of abnormal conduction and rhythms, with correlation to cardiovascular pathophysiology and patient risk is explored. Students develop the ability to plan and implement anesthesia care for a variety of patients with cardiovascular pathophysiology and appropriate anesthetic management for specific cardiopulmonary procedures