Core Performances Standards
Post-Bacc Anesthesiology Program
Core Performances Standards for Admission, Progression, and Graduation
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Performance
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Standard
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Example of Necessary Activty
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| Ability to observe and communicate | Nurse anesthetists must be able to observe and understand evidence about a patient's status quickly and accurately and communicate rapidly and clearly with patients and members of the work team. | This requires the ability to see both close and distant visual information; discern three-dimensional and spatial relationships; hear high and low pitched sounds, soft sounds and the spoken word; and communicate using the verbal and written word. |
| Physical capabilities and motor skills | Nurse anesthetists are required to have the capacity to move patients and position equipment as needed; to be sufficiently mobile to provide care to several patients at a time; and to have sufficient dexterity, hand-eye coordination and stamina to operate complicated instruments and perform procedures on patients for prolonged periods as medically required. | This requires upper and lower body strength; gross and fine motor skills; mobility, speed and dexterity in small spaces; eye-hand coordination; tactile sense for percussion, palpation and therapeutic interventions such as invasive line placement and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and stamina. |
| Cognitive skills and intellectual capacities | Nurse anesthetists are expected to be able to understand, synthesize and interpret complex medical information related to patient needs and care; to demonstrate the ability to transcribe and communicate that information quickly and accurately; and to be able to distinguish standard from non-standard patterns of patient response. | This requires the capacity to understand and interpret complex information from multiple sources quickly; capacity to learn, integrate and apply new information; capacity to translate and document complex data; ability to recognize patterns of responses; ability to multitask when needed; ability to focus, engage, and attend to a specific task for prolonged periods of time without being easily distracted; ability to focus on the midst of heightened external sensory stimuli; ability to complete tasks. |
| Decision-making skills | Nurse anesthetists are expected to demonstrate the capacity to gather, organize, prioritize and act on information appropriately and under pressure in a manner that facilitates the delivery of patient care. | This requires the ability to intellectually organize information and prioritize actions; the capacity to identify cause/effect relationships; and make rapid decisions "on the fly." |
| Behavioral and social attributes | Nurse anesthetists are expected to exhibit professionally appropriate behaviors at all times with patients, family members and with members of the health care delivery team. | These behaviors include capacities for: establishing rapport and trust with people of various sociocultural and educational backgrounds; respect for team roles and norms; preserving confidentiality; clarity of communication with patients, their families and other health care providers; timeliness in completing work. This also requires emotional maturity; ability to work in small, closed, and dark spaces for long periods; effective coping skills; ability to adjust to social situations; discretion and ability to detach; mastery of impulse control. |
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Performance
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Standard
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Example of Necessary Activty
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| Ability to observe and communicate | ||
| Standard Nurse anesthetists must be able to observe and understand evidence about a patient's status quickly and accurately and communicate rapidly and clearly with patients and members of the work team. | Example of Necessary Activty This requires the ability to see both close and distant visual information; discern three-dimensional and spatial relationships; hear high and low pitched sounds, soft sounds and the spoken word; and communicate using the verbal and written word. | |
| Physical capabilities and motor skills | ||
| Standard Nurse anesthetists are required to have the capacity to move patients and position equipment as needed; to be sufficiently mobile to provide care to several patients at a time; and to have sufficient dexterity, hand-eye coordination and stamina to operate complicated instruments and perform procedures on patients for prolonged periods as medically required. | Example of Necessary Activty This requires upper and lower body strength; gross and fine motor skills; mobility, speed and dexterity in small spaces; eye-hand coordination; tactile sense for percussion, palpation and therapeutic interventions such as invasive line placement and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and stamina. | |
| Cognitive skills and intellectual capacities | ||
| Standard Nurse anesthetists are expected to be able to understand, synthesize and interpret complex medical information related to patient needs and care; to demonstrate the ability to transcribe and communicate that information quickly and accurately; and to be able to distinguish standard from non-standard patterns of patient response. | Example of Necessary Activty This requires the capacity to understand and interpret complex information from multiple sources quickly; capacity to learn, integrate and apply new information; capacity to translate and document complex data; ability to recognize patterns of responses; ability to multitask when needed; ability to focus, engage, and attend to a specific task for prolonged periods of time without being easily distracted; ability to focus on the midst of heightened external sensory stimuli; ability to complete tasks. | |
| Decision-making skills | ||
| Standard Nurse anesthetists are expected to demonstrate the capacity to gather, organize, prioritize and act on information appropriately and under pressure in a manner that facilitates the delivery of patient care. | Example of Necessary Activty This requires the ability to intellectually organize information and prioritize actions; the capacity to identify cause/effect relationships; and make rapid decisions "on the fly." | |
| Behavioral and social attributes | ||
| Standard Nurse anesthetists are expected to exhibit professionally appropriate behaviors at all times with patients, family members and with members of the health care delivery team. | Example of Necessary Activty These behaviors include capacities for: establishing rapport and trust with people of various sociocultural and educational backgrounds; respect for team roles and norms; preserving confidentiality; clarity of communication with patients, their families and other health care providers; timeliness in completing work. This also requires emotional maturity; ability to work in small, closed, and dark spaces for long periods; effective coping skills; ability to adjust to social situations; discretion and ability to detach; mastery of impulse control. | |