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Facilities __________________________________________________________________
Clinical
experience: All clinical experiences are coordinated through the New
Britain School of Nurse Anesthesia and include training at the following four
facilities:
The Hospital of Central
Connecticut, New Britain Campus The New Britain General campus is a
major teaching affiliate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and
is a clinical education site for physicians, nurses and many other healthcare
professionals. With 330 inpatient beds, this campus includes the Center for
Joint Care, the George Bray Cancer Center, the Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate,
the Sleep Disorders Center, the Ferdinand Sauer, MD Family Birthplace, and a Top
100 Critical Care Unit.
 The
Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain Campus
Hartford Hospital (several
month rotation) Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854, is one of
the largest teaching hospitals and tertiary care centers in New England. A
Level I trauma center with 32 operating rooms, the hospital is an 867-bed
regional referral center that provides high-quality care in all clinical
disciplines. Our students also participate in simulation training
in Anesthesia Crisis Management at the state-of the-art
Simulation
Center at Hartford Hospital.
St. Francis Hospital and Medical
Center (six week rotation) A regional
referral center with 617 beds, Saint Francis provides sophisticated,
contemporary medicine with major clinical concentrations in cardiology,
oncology, women's and children's services, behavioral health, emergency/trauma
care and rehabilitation. The first hospital in Connecticut to create a coronary
care unit, Saint Francis established the Hoffman Heart Institute of Connecticut
in 1991.
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
(three week rotation) CCMC is a teaching hospital and home of the
University of Connecticut School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and its
residency program in pediatrics. More than 5,000 patients are admitted to
medical/surgical units and nearly 6,000 surgeries are performed annually.
 New
Drager Apollo Anesthesia Machine
Academic
experience: Primary basic and applied science didactic courses are
presented at Central Connecticut State
University. The faculty at
Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain campus
present anesthesia courses. The Program
Director is on the faculty of Central Connecticut State University. Several nurse anesthetists and
anesthesiologists participate in teaching the didactic anesthesia courses at the
hospital. Most are also clinical
instructors.
 Central Connecticut State
University (photos courtesy of CCSU)
 New Britain, Connecticut
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