Matthew J. Borowski '04, M.S.N.A.

borowskiWhen I entered the University of New England Master of Nurse Anesthesia Program, I was a bachelor’s prepared nurse from upstate New York. I had about three years of experience when I applied tothe program. My background is primarily in general intensive care.
 
The UNE program is very convenient in that it is only a three-day class week. The learning in this program is largely self-directed, taking into account that spending everyday in the classroom may not be possible for the adult learner.

Being a small school, you really get to know your instructors well. Many of them are nurse anesthetists themselves. The instructors often employ a team-teaching method where there may be two instructors teaching a course at the same time. They work to give you a clinical as well as a didactic perspective.

After the first nine months, we’ve moved into the clinical arena. UNE has a variety of respected clinical sites. My primary site was Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York. I also spent an eight-week rotation at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. Both sites provided a variety of interesting cases, which were far more than adequate to meet the requirements to take the board exam. As I near the end of the anesthesia program, I feel well prepared to practice in almost any setting out there.
    
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