| Credits: | 3 |
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| Description: | 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. |