NURS 9851 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice II

This course, the second in a 6-course sequence, provides the nurse anesthesia student with the experience of caring for patients requiring increasingly complex and specialty surgical procedures. The course runs concurrently with NURS9852, Advanced Practice Principles for the Nurse Anesthetist I, such that didactic content presented during that course is applied to patient care through seminar, simulation and clinical practice. Students move from novice level to advanced beginner level as they adapt foundational principles of nurse anesthesia care to unique situations under the guidance of experienced nurse anesthesia preceptors.

Course overview

Department
Nursing
School
CSON
Credits
0
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.62 / 5 · Excellent
103 responses
Instructor rating
4.66 / 5 · Excellent
103 responses
Terms evaluated
4
Most recent: Fall 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Caitlin Vitale4.64.64.54.64.74.74.74.710+ hrs/week30 of 50
Fall 2024Caitlin Vitale4.44.34.54.54.74.74.84.610+ hrs/week31 of 34
Fall 2023Allan Thomas—————————28 of 38
Fall 2022Allan Thomas4.74.84.94.95.04.95.05.010+ hrs/week14 of 34

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

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