ANE 6411 Applied Chemistry for Nurse Anesthetists
This course is composed of two parts. Part one is an introduction to basic general chemical bonding principles of ions and molecules as it pertains to the structure and interaction in aqueous media, gas laws, structure and function of acids and bases and the importance of pH in anesthetic drugs. Part two focuses on structural recognition and nomenclature, structure and function relationships of organic compounds as it applies to anesthetics and an introduction to amino acids, lipids, membranes, protein structure and function, and overview of the bioenergetics of the cell.