NA614 Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Anesthesia (2 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): NA630 
This course builds upon health assessment skills of the practicing critical care nurse and focuses on health assessment across the human lifespan. Skills for efficiently obtaining a patient’s history with regard to psychosocial and cultural differences are discussed. Performing a focused history and physical assessment, incorporating diagnostic information, assessing ongoing patient status using relevant monitoring techniques, and determining appropriate and timely intervention during the anesthetic continuum are emphasized.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Determine physiological differences found throughout the lifespan.
2. Perform a logically sequenced patient interview and physical assessment.
3. Describe the use of monitoring technology and its application to planning care and ongoing patient assessment.
4. Formulate an anesthetic management plan based on evaluation of a patient’s interview, physical assessment, and the anticipated surgical procedure.