Critical Concepts

Course Description — Critical Concepts

Advanced anesthesia topics for experienced practitioners — evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and directly applicable to practice across 20 articles. Fully online and self-paced: read each article on your schedule, take the corresponding quiz, and your Certificate of Completion is in your account instantly.

Articles in This Course

1. Consciousness and Anesthesia
2. Anesthesia Awareness and the Bispectral Index
3. Perioperative Monitoring: Beyond Arterial Blood Pressure and Beyond the Operating Room
4. Keeping an Open Mind About Open Notes: Sharing Anesthesia Records with Patients
5. Pro-Con Debate: Air vs. Saline for Loss-of-Resistance in Fluoroscopy-Guided Epidural Access
6. Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Pediatrics
7. The Role of GABA Receptors in Anesthesia and Sedation
8. Anesthesia and Pain Management for Scoliosis Surgery
9. State-of-the-Art Anesthesia Practices
10. Effect of Tattoos on Spinal or Epidural Anesthesia
11. Vitamin Deficiency as a Risk Factor for Post-Anesthesia Complications
12. Opioid-Free Anesthesia in Bariatric Surgery
13. Propofol Abuse, Addiction, and Neuropharmacological Aspects
14. Remote Interpreting Services in Perioperative Care
15. Fast-Track Anesthesia for Hepatopancreatic Cancer Surgery
16. Influence of Aging on Opioid Dosing for Perioperative Pain Management
17. Tracheal Lesion During Shoulder Surgery
18. Anesthesia and Cancer Recurrence
19. The Opioid Crisis
20. Deep Sedation for Nasal Septal Surgery

Accreditation

This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) for 20 MAC Ed CE Credits.
Expiration Date: 08/10/2028
Credits are reported directly to the AANA daily — no manual submission required.

Passing Requirements

A minimum score of 80% is required on each quiz, with two attempts per quiz. Credit is awarded per article: an article you don’t pass costs you only that article — you keep credit and certificates for every other one.