Clinical Resources

With input from both students and faculty, the following guidelines were established to form a “Code of Conduct” for members of the RFU Nurse Anesthesia community:

Define what professionalism means to you--it must include behaviors in both didactic and the clinical arena

• You never get a second chance to make a great first impression -- be mindful about what you say to students outside of our program because it could set the tone for how they view our profession as nurses and CRNAs in the future.

• Stay positive.

• Be inclusive: Competition between classmates is not acceptable.

• Be open, honest, and considerate when dealing with classmates.

• Do not harass: Harassment includes (but not limited to) mockery or defaming comments to classmates or faculty about another classmate, and/or comments based on religion, race, sex, socioeconomic status, academic status, or disability.

• Competition is only with self--not with your other teammates.

• Be kind to each other. You all will be together for 36 months. Being kind to each other can greatly decrease the stress of the program.

• Be humble. (all of you are the best of the best. Understand that anesthesia school is a new journey)

Surgical Procedures: https://pie.med.utoronto.ca/TVASurg/all-categories/

Drug Guides for Purchase

https://anesthesiareferencesheets.com/products/dirty-anesthesia-drug-guide

Textbooks

Reasonable time commitment - A reasonable number of hours to ensure patient safety and promote effective student learning should not exceed 64 hours per week. This time commitment includes the sum of the hours spent in class and all clinical hours (see Glossary, “Clinical hours”) averaged over 4 weeks. Students must have a 10-hour rest period between scheduled clinical duty periods (i.e., assigned continuous clinical hours). At no time may a student provide direct patient care for a period longer than 16 continuous hours.

Clinical supervision - Clinical supervision of students must not exceed (1) 2 students to 1 CRNA, or (2) 2 students to 1 anesthesiologist, if no CRNA is involved. The CRNA and/or anesthesiologist are the only individual(s) with responsibility for anesthesia care of the patient, and have responsibilities including, but not limited to: providing direct guidance to the student; evaluating student performance; and approving a student’s plan of care. There may be extenuating circumstances where supervision ratios may be exceeded for brief periods of time (e.g., life-threatening situations); however, the program must demonstrate that this is a rare situation for which contingency plans are in place (e.g., additional CRNA or anesthesiologist called in, hospital diverts emergency cases to maximize patient safety). Clinical supervision must be consistent with the COA Standards (i.e., clinical oversight is the responsibility of a CRNA or anesthesiologist only). The program is responsible for ensuring its clinical supervision requirements are consistent with the COA Standards and that students are aware of these requirements and know who is supervising them in the clinical area.