Pediatric Anesthesia Care Nursing Theory 1 NSPE 7360

As a healthcare practitioner, you are expected to follow professional standards of practice throughout all SN programs and courses. In this course, you will have opportunities to use the processes of critical thinking, systematic inquiry, communication, collaboration, leadership, professionalism, and clinical decision-making. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the context of pediatric anesthesia care nursing practice and recognize the unique experience of the pediatric patient (and their family) undergoing surgery and procedural anesthesia .
• Apply the concepts of family-centred care and relational practice within the context of pediatric anesthesia care settings.
• Describe the role of inter-professional collaborative practice within pediatric anesthesia care contexts.
• Identify how the unique anatomical and physiological characteristics of various pediatric body systems are impacted within the context of pediatric anesthesia care settings.
• Identify the unique considerations required when caring for the PACU pediatric patient with special behavioural, emotional or mental health needs.
• Integrate principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and trauma informed care in the care of the children and their families in the context of pediatric anesthesia care setting.
• Reflect on Indigenous-specific racism, the legacies of colonialism in health care, and analyzing their relevance to and influence upon the practice of perianesthesia nursing.
• Demonstrate an understanding of implications of surgery on existing health challenges/chronic illness and effects on patient's recovery from anesthesia and on peri-operative care.
• Integrate principles of normal growth and development in the care of the PACU pediatric patient within the context of pediatric anesthesia care settings.
• Critically analyze data, form and prioritize conclusions, and plan nursing care to optimize oxygen supply and demand for a pediatric PACU patient who is experiencing nausea, vomiting and issues with thermoregulation using knowledge of unique pediatric anatomy and pathophysiology, clinical presentation and comprehensive assessment.
• Explain the concepts of oxygen supply and demand during the care of the PACU pediatric patient.
• Interpret multiple sources of information to comprehensively assess the status and inform clinical decision-making for a pediatric patient who is undergoing sedation and anesthesia.
• Determine age-appropriate pain assessment strategies, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management techniques.
• Describe and justify techniques for safe medication administration in pediatric anesthesia care settings.

Effective as of Fall 2024