Anesthesia Safety/Quality

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course will prepare students to use quality measures, tools, and processes to achieve and enhance the desired outcomes of patient safety in anesthesia management. Students will be taught the history of quality in health care and influential government and private organizations. Key theoretical and conceptual aspects of quality and performance measurement and improvement will be analyzed, followed by examination of their effectiveness in anesthesia practice and patient safety. Finally, students will explore the internal and external factors that affect an organization's ability to assess and provide quality health care in the context of nurse anesthesia.