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Clinical Practicum

The Nurse Anesthesia program is especially proud of its extensive clinical experience, which includes specialty rotations in pediatric, neurosurgical, cardiovascular, and obstetric anesthesia as well as in-house call with trauma experience.  Each student is also assigned to a two-month clinical rotation in a smaller community hospital site during both the first and second year of clinical experience.  These community hospital clinical rotations allow for further experience with regional anesthetic techniques.  The student may choose up to three additional optional rural anesthesia practice rotations as well.

Home Hospitals

BryanLGH Medical Center

BryanLGH Medical Center is a 583-bed, not-for-profit, locally owned healthcare organization with two acute-care facilities and numerous outpatient clinics.  Our centers of excellence include cardiology, trauma, mental health and oncology.  Additional areas of specialty include orthopedics, inpatient rehabilitation, mobile diagnostics and treatment, women’s and children’s health, gastroenterology, urology, nephrology, pulmonary and critical care.

BryanLGH is recognized as a Level II Trauma Center.  It is approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation for Health Care Organizations and is a member of the American Hospital Association.  The Medical Center also is a member of the 38 hospital Heartland Health Alliance.

BryanLGH also excels in teaching facilities, including education in nursing, respiratory therapy, and radiology technology.  Our School of Nurse Anesthesia has been offering classes since 1968.  Students in the program work with the Medical Center’s staff of certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists.

The School of Nurse Anesthesia is sponsored by BryanLGH Medical Center. Students in the program work with Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and anesthesiologists, who administer approximately 18,000 anesthetics each year at the medical center. The school first accepted students in 1968 and has been in continuous operation since that time.  The school, which first opened as a Certificate program, moved to a Baccalaureate program in 1978.  Since 1986 students entering the program have earned a Masters Degree.

The anesthesia school was one of the first to offer clinical affiliations in rural areas.  The wide variety of clinical experience is one of the primary strengths of the program.  Students gain experience in a variety of institutions from small rural facilities to major medical centers.  The goal of the program is to produce nurse anesthetists who can successfully practice in any setting.

Up to nine students are assigned to BryanLGH Medical Center as the home hospital.

The Nebraska Medical Center

The Nebraska Medical Center, Clarkson & University Hospital in Omaha, NE, is the teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska’s health science programs.  The University’s programs include the colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry, and the School of Allied Health Professions.  The facility has 735 licensed beds and has an international reputation for providing solid organ and bone marrow transplantation services.  It is well known nationally and regionally for the oncology, neurology and cardiology programs.

Two students in each class are assigned to this facility as their home hospital.  All students are assigned to a required four-week trauma rotation at this medical center. 

Required Clinical Affiliations

Students are assigned sequentially to one of the following eight-week required rotations beginning in their first Summer Semester:

York General Hospital

York General Hospital in York, NE is a 48 bed facility performing approximately 1,600 surgical procedures per year.  During an eight-week rotation, students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia.  This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques. Students are required to rotate to this facility or to Columbus Community  Hospital in Columbus, NE.

Columbus Community Hospital

Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus, NE is a 58-bed facility performing approximately 2,600 surgical procedures each year. During an eight-week rotation, students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia.  This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques.  Students are required to rotate to this facility or to York General Hospital in York, NE.

Students are assigned sequentially to the following required rotations in the final 18 months of the program:

Good Samaritan Hospital

Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE, is a 287-bed facility performing approximately 9,000 surgical cases per year.  During an eight-week rotation to Good Samaritan students receive a broad spectrum of clinical experience, including extensive experience in regional anesthesia.

Some students may be required to rotate to Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, NE instead of this site (refer to the optional rotations).

The Nebraska Medical Center

The Nebraska Medical Center, Clarkson & University Hospital in Omaha, NE, is the teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska’s health science programs. The facility performs about over 7,600 surgical procedures per year. Two students in each class are assigned to this facility as their home hospital. All students are assigned to a required four-week trauma rotation.

Clinical Affiliations – Optional Rotations:

All students may participate in four-week clinical rotations to the following clinical sites.  The student may choose up to three rotations.

Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center

Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, NE is a 39-bed hospital which performs approximately 1,000 anesthetic procedures per year.  The hospital provides a variety of general and regional anesthesia experiences, including obstetrics, in a multi-specialty environment.

Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital

Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital in O’Neill, NE is a 40 bed facility performing approximately 450 surgical procedures each year.  Students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia. This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques in a rural setting.  During a rotation to O’Neill, students may accompany clinical instructors to West Holt Memorial Hospital in Atkinson, NE and/or Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, NE.

Phelps Memorial Health Center

Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege, NE is a 55-bed facility performing approximately 1,600 surgical cases per year.   Phelps Memorial is the only hospital in the county and serves a population of 15,000.  Anesthetists also serve Franklin, NE.  Students receive hands-on experience in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia in a rural practice setting.

Tri-County Hospital

Tri-County Hospital in Lexington, NE is a 40-bed facility performing approximately 900 surgical procedures each year.  Students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia. This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques.

St. Francis Memorial Hospital

St. Francis memorial Hospital in West Point, NE (pop 3,520) is a 25-bed facility performing approximately 1,021 surgical procedures per year.  Students receive hands-on experience in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia in a rural practice setting.

Fremont Area Medical Center

Fremont Area Medical Center in Fremont, NE (pop 23,979) is a 100 bed facility performing approximately 4,000 surgical procedures per year.  Students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia. This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques.

St. Francis Memorial Hospital

St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, NE (pop 3,520) is a 25 bed facility performing approximately 1,021 procedures per year.  Students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia.  This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques in a rural setting.

Community Medical Center

Community Medical Center in Falls City, NE (pop 4,820)  performs approximately 620 surgical procedures per year.  Students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia.  This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques in a rural setting.

Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital

Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings, NE (pop 23,000) performs approximately 6,000 surgical procedures per year. Students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia. This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques.

Veterans Administration Health Care System – Omaha Division

The VA Health Care System – Omaha Division performs approximately 350 surgical procedures per year.  During an optional four to eight-week rotation to VA-Omaha, students receive experiences in general, thoracic, regional and outpatient anesthesia.  This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques.

Faith Regional Health Services

Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, NE (pop 23,500)  performs approximately 7,200 surgical procedures each year.  During a four to eight week rotation to Norfolk, students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia. Some students may be assigned to this site instead of the required site at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE.  Other students will use this site as an optional rotation.  This affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques in a rural setting.

At graduation, students who have completed this intensive, collaborative program receive a Master of Science degree in Nurse Anesthesia from BryanLGH College of Health Sciences and a Certificate in Nurse Anesthesia from BryanLGH Medical Center. Graduates are eligible to take the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists’ national examination to become Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs).

To learn more about admission to BryanLGH College of Health Sciences School of Nurse Anesthesia, contact Margaret Gibson, Administrative Assistant – Admissions at (402) 481-3194 or www.mgibson@bryanlgh.org.