Bryan Medical Center
Bryan Medical Center is a 672-bed, not-for-profit, locally owned and governed healthcare organization with two acute-care facilities and numerous outpatient clinics. Our centers of excellence include Bryan Heart; Louis J. Gogela Sr., MD, Neuroscience Institute; orthopedics; and the Institute for Women's and Children's Health. Additional areas of specialty include cancer/oncology; mental health; sleep medicine; rehabilitation; Diabetes Center; substance abuse treatment; radiology; outpatient specialty clinic; inpatient rehabilitation and emergency services.
Bryan Medical Center 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 41 hospital Heartland Health Alliance.
Bryan 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.
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 Master’s Degree and the DNAP program began with the class entering in 2014.
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.
Ten students are assigned to Bryan Medical Center as their home hospital.
Nebraska Medicine
The Nebraska Medical Center, Clarkson and University Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, 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. Six students are assigned to The Nebraska Medical Center as their home hospital.
Students are assigned sequentially to one of the following eight-week required rotations beginning in their first Summer Semester:
Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus, Nebraska (population 22,509) is a 58-bed facility performing approximately 2,050 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, Nebraska.
Creighton Saint Joseph Regional Health Care System
Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska performs approximately 10,900 surgical procedures per year and is Level I trauma center. This is a required rotation for the Omaha based clinical cohort. During the twelve week rotation students receive experiences in intrathoracic, intracranial, obstetric and regional techniques.
Faith Regional Health Services
Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Nebraska (pop 24,332) is a 166-bed facility that performs approximately 4,345 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, Nebraska. 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.
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska (population 31,790), is a 300-bed facility performing approximately 7,000 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, Nebraska instead of this site (refer to the optional rotations).
York General Hospital
York General Hospital in York, Nebraska (population 7,845) is a 25-bed facility performing approximately 2,000 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, Nebraska.
All students may participate in four-week clinical rotations to the following clinical sites. The student may choose up to three rotations.
Avera St. Anthony's Hospital
Avera St. Anthony's Hospital in O'Neill, Nebraska (population 3,684 ) is a 25-bed facility performing approximately 1,159 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, Nebraska (population 1,095) and/or Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska (population 1,628).
Bellevue Medical Center
Bellevue Medical Center, Bellevue, Nebraska (pop. 52,604). The medical center includes 24/7 emergency care, obstetrics, inpatient and outpatient surgery, intensive care, cardiology services including cardiac catheterization, cancer services, a pharmacy, radiology and lab testing as well as 55 private inpatient suites and 47 outpatient beds. The Medical Center is also proud to partner with The Nebraska Medical Center.
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center, Storm Lake, Iowa (pop. 10,775) is a
54 bed hospital that performs around 3,600 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.
Community Medical Center
Community Medical Center in Falls City, Nebraska (population 4,300) performs approximately 625 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.
Crete Area Medical Center
Crete Area Medical Center Crete, Nebraska (pop. 7,174) is a 24-bed hospital with two surgery suites. The facility is located within an hour of Omaha and 20 minute commute from Lincoln. During a four to eight week rotation, students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia.
Fremont Area Medical Center
Fremont Area Medical Center in Fremont, Nebraska (population 26,167) is a 100-bed facility performing approximately 3,600 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.
Grand Island St. Francis Medical Center
St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska (pop. 49,989) is a 130 bed hospital that performs approximately 2,322 surgical procedures per year. During a four to eight week rotation, students receive experiences in general, regional, obstetrical and outpatient anesthesia. The affiliation is designed to allow students to experience a variety of general and regional anesthesia techniques in a community setting.
Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital
Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings, Nebraska (population 25,058) performs approximately 5,621 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.
Regional West Medical Center
Regional West Medical Center, Scottsbluff, Nebraska (pop. 15,062) is a fully accredited 182-bed acute care regional medical center serving a population of over 120,000 in western Nebraska and portions of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado. With over 110 active physicians, 95 percent of whom are board certified or board eligible, plus an additional 25 consulting specialists, the Regional West family of health care organizations offers care that spans more than 30 medical specialties.
St. Francis Memorial Hospital
St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, Nebraska (population 3,338) is a 25-bed facility performing approximately 800 surgical procedures per year. 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, Nebraska (population 10,213) is a 40-bed facility performing approximately 1,300 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.
Veterans Administration Health Care System
Omaha Division – The VA Health Care System – Omaha Division (population 421,570) performs approximately 3,500 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.
