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ANES 500 - Chemistry and Physics for Nurse Anesthesia (3)


The principles of chemistry and physics involved in nurse anesthesia practice including organic and biochemical principles and their pharmacological significance. Topics include the basics of chemistry; the basics of physics; states of matter and solutions; acids, bases and buffers; gas laws and their behavior; fluid hydrodynamics; principles of electricity; basic nuclear chemistry; organic compounds and their relationships to therapeutic drugs; and pertinent areas of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.