North Mississippi Medical Center  in Tupelo, Ms., has a rich history of training students in the field of nurse anesthesia, providing a well-rounded clinical experience since 1993. Since 2003, NMMC has served as a primary clinical training site of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for the training of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists.

Tupelo's nurse anesthesia students have the advantage of completing all their clinical requirements on one campus. With 35 surgical suites, and more than 22,000 anesthetics given annually, there is a wealth of experience to be gained.

Nurse anesthesia students at North Mississippi Medical Center

To be eligible for the CRNA training program, students must first have a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and at least one year of critical care experience.

The campus consists of three anesthetizing locations:

North Mississippi Medical Center

The flagship hospital of a regional health care organization, a 650-bed regional referral center. NMMC is the largest non-metropolitan hospital in the United States.

North Mississippi Ambulatory Surgery Center

Providing ambulatory experience in ENT, orthopedic, ophthalmology, pedodontics, plastics and urology for children and adults.

NMMC Women's Hospital

Providing gynecological and obstetric anesthesia experience, including considerable epidural and spinal opportunities.  
 

NMMC offers anesthesia experience for more than a dozen surgical sub-specialties.Specialty rotations are offered in cardiovascular, neuro, pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, and general/vascular anesthesia. In addition, ample opportunity is available for non-O.R. procedures, including anesthesia for radiology, gastrointestinal and electrophysiology lab procedures. With approximately 1,000 open heart anesthetics performed annually, students obtain a

wealth of experience in placing and monitoring invasive lines. Epidural and spinal experience is easily obtained during the Ob/Gyn rotation. Thanks to NMMC's distance learning technology, students "attend" class with their cohorts 300 miles away in Chattanooga, Tenn. They meet together in a designated classroom, equipped with state-of-the-art videoconferencing equipment, which allows them to ask questions and join discussions with their colleagues in Chattanooga.

For more information on the NMMC-Tupelo clinical training site, please contact: