Certificate Advance Diploma program in Nurse Anesthetist

The anesthetist nurses are trained to administrate pre-anesthesia assessment, intra operative anesthetic management and management of post-operative patient's in the recovery room. It will enable students to use a broad variety of techniques, anesthetic agents, adjunctive drugs and equipment's in providing anesthesia care.

On successful completion of the course, the student will be competent to:

• Demonstrate application of knowledge and understanding of the potential implications of Surgery and anaesthesia for individual patient.
• Demonstrate application of knowledge and understanding of physiological responses to anaesthetic and pre-operative procedures.
• Demonstrate safe and skilled support for the anaesthetist to ensure management of/minimizing risk to the patient’s airway.
• Ensure ethical guidelines are adhered to, for example in relation to patient confidentiality and informed consent.
• Where required, take responsibility for verifying patient identity prior to surgery being carried out;
• Evaluate the impact of legal and ethical issues in the management of nursing care of the anaesthetized patient.
• Conduct an analysis of the pre-operative environment to assess risks/hazards and to promote optimum safety for patients and staff.
• Implement policies for infection control.
• Recognize, monitor and assist in an anaesthetic emergency in the operating theatre, or in any other location where anaesthetic emergencies may occur.
• Demonstrate knowledge of location and contents of emergency trolley and the variety of emergency procedures.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualized and holistic care of patients, during preparation for surgery, induction of anaesthetic, while anaesthetized and while recovering from the anaesthetic.
• Ensure safe transfer to the ward with all relevant documentation.
• Assess, plan and provide appropriate care to enhance the emotional wellbeing of patients and families coping with the stress of surgery, utilizing skills of therapeutic communication.
• Follow legal guidelines for administration of medicines when working with drugs and anaesthetic agents during induction, maintenance, reversal and postoperative phases of patient care.
• Complete relevant operating theatre documentation and all nursing documentation accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrate application of knowledge and understanding of the potential implications of specialist surgery and of specialist anaesthetic techniques for individual patients.

Applicant should have completed GNM or B.Sc Nursing Course.