NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE (DNAP)
DNAP 701. Basic Principles Anesthesia I. (3 Credits)
This course assists the doctoral candidate in learning the methods, techniques, and agents involved in the administration of anesthesia. Specific types of anesthetic equipment are demonstrated. The course includes pre- and post-anesthetic assessment of the patient, drugs that augment anesthesia, common complications related to anesthesia, and the importance of initiating and maintaining the patient's anesthesia record during surgery.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 702. Basic Principles Anesthesia II. (3 Credits)
This course is a continuation of DNAP 701 and will enhance the doctoral candidate’s knowledge of pre- and post-anesthetic assessment of the patient, drugs that augment anesthesia, and common complications related to anesthesia. Throughout the course, the candidate will have a variety of experiences learning the theory and techniques administration of anesthesia.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 703. Advanced Principles: Anesthesia - Regional. (3 Credits)
This course will introduce the doctoral candidate to the theory, methods, techniques, anatomy, and agents involved in regional anesthesia. Students will be instructed in the science and administration of neuraxial and peripheral regional anesthesia. Instructions on the use, strategies and science of ultrasound will also be covered.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 704. Advanced Principles: Obstetric Anesthesia. (3 Credits)
This course will introduce the doctoral student to anesthesia for the obstetric patient. This course presents epidural anesthesia theory in preparation for the practicum, focuses on anesthesia for routine and complicated obstetric and neonatal patients, and begins the study of clinical anesthesia for routine and high-risk patients. Pharmacology, physiology, pathophysiology and anatomic considerations unique to the obstetric patient will be emphasized.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 705. Advanced Principles: Anesthesia Across Lifespan. (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the delivery of anesthesia to patients across the lifespan. Special focus will be given to the neonatal, pediatric and geriatric populations. This includes the anesthetic implications for routine, healthy and high-risk patients. Pharmacology, physiology, pathophysiology and anatomic considerations unique to the patient age specific populations will be emphasized.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 706. Advanced Principles: Neurosurgery and Thoracic Anesthesiology. (2 Credits)
This course will introduce the doctoral student to anesthesia for neurosurgical and thoracic (non-cardiac) procedures. Common pathophysiology and conditions associated with these procedures is the focus of study. Invasive monitoring, use of vasoactive drugs, and case studies complete the course.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 707. Advanced Principles: Cardiac and Vascular Anesthesiology. (2 Credits)
This course will introduce the doctoral student to anesthesia for peripheral and central vascular procedures, noninvasive cardiac procedures, and open heart procedures. Common pathophysiology and conditions associated with these procedures is the focus of study.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 708. Advanced Principles: Acute and Chronic Pain Management. (2 Credits)
This course will provide the doctoral student with an introduction to the management of acute and chronic pain. The doctoral student will assess and evaluate patients experiencing chronic pain, and develop a plan of care specific to the patients' situations. Acute and chronic pain treatment options, origins, physiological and psychological effects on the patient will be introduced.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 709. Advanced Principles of Anesthesiology: Integration. (3 Credits)
This course will prepare the graduating doctoral student for practice as a CRNA by integrating pharmacology, physiology, pathophysiology, principles of anesthesia, experience in clinical practicum, and legal and professional issues in a case management seminar format.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 711. Anatomy and Advanced Physiology I. (3 Credits)
This advanced course delves into the intricate mechanisms and regulatory processes of the human body. Designed for students with a foundational understanding of physiology, the course explores complex physiological systems and their integration. Key topics include Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Neurophysiology, Cardiovascular Physiology, Respiratory Physiology, Renal Physiology, Endocrine Physiology and Integrative Physiology.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 712. Advanced Physiology II. (3 Credits)
This advanced course is a continuation of DNAP 711. It delves into the intricate mechanisms and regulatory processes of the human body. Designed for students with a foundational understanding of physiology, the course explores complex physiological systems and their integration. Key topics include Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Neurophysiology, Cardiovascular Physiology, Respiratory Physiology, Renal Physiology, Endocrine Physiology and Integrative Physiology.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 713. Advanced Pathophysiology. (3 Credits)
This course will present common and uncommon disease processes encountered in the anesthetic settings across the lifespan. The participant will gain a better understanding of the general concepts of the disease, including etiology, pathogenesis, treatment strategies and anesthetic implications. These concepts are applied in a systems-oriented approach to disease processes affecting musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, renal, nervous, gastrointestinal, immune, hematological and endocrine systems. By the end of the course, students should be able to understand the relation between the symptoms and disease process.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 721. Advanced Pharmacology I. (3 Credits)
This course covers the fundamentals of blood, respiratory, and pharmaceutical chemistries and the principles of general anesthesia and pharmacology including all pharmaceutical agents used for these purposes and their application in diseased state.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 722. Advanced Pharmacology II. (4 Credits)
This course is a continuation of DNAP 721 and involves the doctoral candidate in a deeper study of blood, respiratory and pharmaceutical chemistries and the principles of general anesthesia and pharmacology including all pharmaceutical agents used for these purposes and their application in diseased state with regard to surgical cases.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 723. Advanced Pharmacology III. (3 Credits)
This course, a continuation of DNAP 722, is the last of three courses in this series. It involves the doctoral candidate in an extensive study of blood, respiratory, and pharmaceutical chemistries and the principles of general anesthesia and pharmacology including all pharmaceutical agents used for these purposes and their application in diseased state with regard to surgical cases.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 731. Advanced Health Assessment. (3 Credits)
This course will prepare the doctoral student to complete a focused history and physical assessment of patients on whom they will administer anesthesia. The body systems assessments that are emphasized are cardiac, respiratory, renal, hepatic, and neurological. An overview of the other systems is included. The student will learn focused history and review of symptoms relative to the proposed procedure and anesthesia management.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 741. Chemistry and Physics in Anesthesia. (2 Credits)
This course will introduce the doctoral student to the principles of physics as applied specifically to anesthesiology. Included is a review of biomedical instrumentation pertinent to anesthesia, application of the gas laws, and review of principles of uptake and distribution from the perspective of physics.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 742. Crisis Management in Anesthesia. (2 Credits)
This course will introduce the doctoral student to the principles of crisis management in anesthesia, through a serious of case studies and use of high fidelity simulation. Students will be given didactic instruction in dynamic decision-making, human performance issues, and in the principles of anesthesia crisis resource management. Students will be presented with a serious of simulated crisis cases and debriefings covering critical events in anesthesia such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, equipment, obstetric, pediatric and pathophysiologic events.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 754. Culture, Diversity and Health Care Policy. (3 Credits)
Candidates will develop cultural competencies that will help them work more effectively in their professional settings. The course will identify the issues that underlie health care policy development as well as the economic systems that support the financing of health care services in the United States. This course will provide doctoral candidates with the skills to analyze, advocate, and implement health care policy in organizations, communities, and educational environments.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 755. Medical Ethics. (3 Credits)
The course will highlight the function of values clarification in ethical analysis, identify recurrent medical-ethical entanglements impacting the delivery of care, comprehensively detail the major principles of health care ethics, and suggest a manner of their employment to enhance the process of decision-making. Attempting to provide students with the tools requisite to negotiate more effectively the health care system in general, either professionally or personally.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 759. Professional Role Development. (3 Credits)
This course examines the professional aspects and role of the Nurse Anesthetist. Focus will be given toward development as a professional nurse anesthetist, the role of the Nurse Anesthetist in the delivery of health care, ethical considerations, legal aspects, economics and the business of clinical practice as they relate to the delivery of quality health care services both generally and in the CRNA profession.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 760. Leadership and Quality Improvement. (3 Credits)
This course emphasizes strategic planning and management, systems and organizational theories, quality improvement, and information management. It acquaints Nurse Anesthesia Residents with the processes, tools, and techniques of strategic planning that will enable them to manage patient populations and to contribute effectively to strategic thinking and action in health systems. The course focuses on leadership and the process of health care delivery from a systems perspective, emphasizing continuous process improvement as crucial to achieving high quality outcomes.
DNAP 761. Evidence Based Practice in Anesthesia. (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the processes, knowledge, and skills that are necessary to translate research evidence into the clinical practice of anesthesia. Nurse Anesthesia Residents will compare and contrast various forms of scientific evidence with an emphasis on research design, instrumentation, and analysis. This course emphasizes the critical appraisal skills necessary to ensure the highest quality of patient care and outcomes. This course provides the opportunity to integrate evidence-based literature and principles in anesthesia to teach other adults in healthcare settings within the context of professional leadership.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 762. Research Methods, Design, and Data Analysis. (3 Credits)
This course is designed to help Nurse Anesthesia Residents understand the research process which produces scientific evidence for the clinical practice of anesthesia. This course also introduces basic biostatistical techniques that are common to the anesthesia literature. Nurse Anesthesia Residents will develop a scholarly project proposal including selecting a topic, summarizing the relevant literature, choosing an appropriate data collection methodology, and determining the appropriate method to analyze the data.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 763. Research Methods II. (2 Credits)
This course is designed to further advance the Nurse Anesthesia Residents’ knowledge of the research process which produces scientific evidence for the clinical practice of anesthesia. Registered Nurse Anesthetists will utilize statistical analysis to evaluate evidence-based practices and continue to advance the critical appraisal skills necessary to ensure meaningful translation of scientific evidence into professional practice in order to ensure the highest quality of patient care and optimal outcomes.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 764. Scholarly Project I. (2 Credits)
Nurse Anesthesia Residents will complete a scholarly project that demonstrates their ability to translate research findings into evidence-based practice. Nurse Anesthesia Residents will advance their scholarship skills while demonstrating high professional, personal, and intellectual integrity. This course provides an opportunity for the preparation a substantial final written work product, applicable to nurse anesthesia practice, that reflects the breadth of skills and knowledge gained throughout the program of study.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 765. Scholarly Project II. (2 Credits)
Nurse Anesthesia Residents will complete a scholarly project that demonstrates their ability to translate research findings into evidence-based practice. This course focuses on the dissemination of the scholarly project in various professional and academic settings, while Nurse Anesthesia Residents teach other adults in healthcare settings within the context of professional leadership.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 769. Oral Exam. (0 Credits)
The oral exam meeting is the final, formal interaction among the doctoral candidate, the program directors, and the anesthesiologist liaison. The oral exam focuses on the integration of anesthesia didactic knowledge and clinical critical thinking and decision making. Questions are clinically case-based and range from focused to comprehensive.
DNAP 781. Clinical Practicum: I. (1 Credit)
In this practicum, the doctoral candidate will learn the actual administration of anesthesia under the supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists and physician anesthesiologists. Pre-operative and post-operative assessment of the patient is made by the candidate. The candidate is responsible for selecting the appropriate anesthetic, administering needed pharmaceutical agents, and maintaining homeostasis during general surgical procedures. Monitoring, positioning, and recovery are stressed.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 782. Clinical Practicum: II. (1 Credit)
This course is a continuation of DNAP 781. Doctoral candidates rotate through general surgery, special procedures, basic vascular surgery, and basic neurosurgery.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 783. Clinical Practicum: III. (2 Credits)
This course is a continuation of DNAP 782. Doctoral candidates rotate through vascular surgery, neurosurgery, and evening trauma rotations, in addition to general practice.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 784. Clinical Practicum: IV. (2 Credits)
This course provides for the clinical application of knowledge and skills learned in p the study of obstetric anesthesia, and builds upon previous clinical rotations. 30 hours per week for a total of 480 clinical hours.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 785. Clinical Practicum: V. (2 Credits)
This course will provide the clinical application of knowledge and skills learned in DNAP 706 Neurosurgical and Thoracic anesthesia. Doctoral students will be assigned to these cases as part of their clinical rotations, from this semester forward. Other rotations will include pediatrics, obstetrics, general surgery, and out-of-area rotations. 30 hours per week, total 450 clinical hours.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 786. Clinical Practicum: VI. (2 Credits)
This course will provide the third-year clinical practicum rotations for doctoral students and will include assignments in general surgery for adult and pediatric patients, neurosurgery, thoracic, vascular, obstetrics, and out-of-area anesthesia services. This rotation includes assignments to the 3-11 and Saturday shifts. 30 hours per week, total 450 clinical hours.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 787. Clinical Practicum: VII. (2 Credits)
This course will provide the doctoral student with a one-week rotation to a chronic pain management clinic or setting. The student will participate in evaluation of patients, adjunctive therapy decision making, and assist/perform regional anesthesia for chronic pain management via one 36-hour clinical rotation during the last 12 months of the program. This course will provide the third-year clinical practicum rotations for doctoral students and will include assignments in general surgery for adult and pediatric patients, neurosurgery, thoracic, vascular, cardiac, obstetrics, and out-of-area anesthesia services. This rotation includes assignments to the 3-11 and Weekend shifts. 28 hours per week for a total of 476 clinical hours.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.
DNAP 788. Clinical Practicum: VIII. (2 Credits)
This course will provide the third-year clinical practicum rotations for doctoral students and will include assignments in general surgery for adult and pediatric patients, neurosurgery, thoracic, vascular, cardiac, obstetrics, and out-of-area anesthesia services. This rotation includes assignments to the 3-11 and Weekend shifts and one week of 7p-7a obstetric/house assignment. 36 clinical hours per week, for a total of 504 clinical hours.
Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice.