NURS 9853 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice III
This course, the third in a 6-course sequence, provides the nurse anesthesia student with experience in caring for patients requiring complex and specialty surgical procedures. Students gain experience with subspecialties and/or special populations. Didactic content presented during NURS9852, Advanced Practice Principles for Nurse Anesthesia II, is applied to patient care through seminar, simulation and clinical practice. Students transition from the advanced beginner to the competent nurse anesthetist level depending on patient complexity. Experienced nurse anesthetists and physician anesthesiologists function as mentors.
Course overview
- Department
- Nursing
- School
- CSON
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Spring
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.50 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.59 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Caitlin Vitale | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 10+ hrs/week | 36 of 48 |
| Spring 2025 | Caitlin Vitale | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 10+ hrs/week | 28 of 30 |
| Spring 2024 | Allan Thomas | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 10+ hrs/week | 15 of 19 |
| Spring 2024 | Caitlin Vitale | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 10+ hrs/week | 15 of 19 |
| Spring 2024 | Susan Emery | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 10+ hrs/week | 15 of 19 |
| Spring 2023 | Allan Thomas | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 10+ hrs/week | 5 of 17 |
| Spring 2023 | Caitlin Vitale | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 10+ hrs/week | 5 of 17 |
| Spring 2023 | Susan Emery | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 10+ hrs/week | 5 of 17 |