ATE 3658 - Anesthesia and Surgical Nursing

School of Veterinary Technology

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Summer 2019 (560)

Requisites

Prerequisite ATE 3615 with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course will focus on anesthesia and surgical procedures associated with providing anesthesia and surgical services to veterinary patients, including anesthetic, pre-surgical, surgical, and post-surgical procedures.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of anesthetic drugs, anesthetic procedures, and duties of a veterinary anesthesia technician by:
    1. assessing the pre-surgical condition of the patient.
    2. choosing the appropriate anesthetic drugs based on the patient assessment.
    3. differentiating the mechanisms of action of anesthetic drugs.
    4. choosing appropriate techniques to administer anesthetic drugs.
    5. assessing patient reaction to the administration of anesthetic drugs.
    6. identifying patient parameters to be monitored during anesthesia.
    7. choosing appropriate responses to changes in the anesthetic status of the patient.
    8. identifying patient parameters to monitor during the recovery phase of anesthesia.
  2. The student will demonstrate an understanding of pre-surgical nursing procedures and duties of a veterinary surgical technician by:
    1. evaluating the pre-surgical evaluation of surgical patients.
    2. discovering normal and abnormal conditions of potential surgical patients.
    3. choosing appropriate surgical instruments and equipment for surgical procedures.
    4. developing pre-surgical preparation plans for surgical patients.
  3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of surgical nursing procedures and duties of a veterinary surgical technician by:
    1. identifying the duties of the sterile surgical technician for common surgical procedures.
    2. identifying the duties of the non-sterile surgical technician for common surgical procedures.
  4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of post-surgical nursing procedures and duties of a veterinary surgical technician by:
    1. identifying the potential post-operative complications associated with surgical procedures.
    2. assessing the post-operative condition and recovery of surgical patients.
    3. proposing appropriate post-operative care of surgical instruments and equipment.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 10/25/05, BOT 11/15/05, Effective 20052(0360). (Submitted as 3681, state approved as 3658) C&I Approval: 01/22/2008, BOT Approval: 02/19/2008, Effective Term: Fall 2008 (400). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Spring 2019 (555).
C&I Approval: 02/14/2019, BOT Approval: 03/19/2019, Effective Term: Summer 2019 (560)

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  1. Veterinary Technology (VETTC-BAS) (640) (Active)