Certificate Advance Diploma program in Nurse Anesthetist

Overview

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. 

Eligibility

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

Minimum Education