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Nurse practitioners in anesthesia care soon
Nurse practitioners with advanced education in anesthesia care will soon help alleviate surgical wait times and improve access to patient care for surgical procedures.
Four NPs at the University of Toronto’s Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing are currently students of Canada’s first and only post-graduate Certificate in Anesthesia Care for Nurse Practitioners. This unique program advances clinical expertise in patient care, pain, sedation and anesthesia.
“These nurse practitioners will make important contributions to the anesthesia care team because of their flexible skills set and expertise surrounding the peri-operative experience,” says Professor Krista Keilty, nurse practitioner program director, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. “Working together with anesthesiologists and other allied health professionals, NPs in anesthesia care will be part of the solution to the crisis in surgical wait times.”
Dean Sioban Nelson says: “As one of the premier nursing schools in the world, the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing is once again pushing the boundaries of the nursing profession and taking the lead in helping to shape the future of health care in Canada. Nurse practitioners represent enormous untapped potential for the health-care system. Through our state-of-the- art simulation laboratory and our close partnerships with Canada’s leading teaching hospitals, these NP-Anesthesia Care students, indeed all our students, receive an outstanding clinical education to help improve the lives of Canadians everywhere.”
More than 100 countries in the world employ nurse practitioners in anesthesia care.
“We’ve been able to look at these other jurisdictions, and see clear evidence of nursing’s contribution to anesthesia care services,” says Professor Keilty.
These students in anesthesia care have graduate degrees in nursing, post-graduate nurse practitioner certificates and significant, relevant clinical experience in pain and sedation.
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