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Class record · NURS · CSON

NURS 9857

Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice V · 1 instructor on record · 6 sections

What the course score is made of
87BC evaluations6 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023 – Fall 2025
Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of
79thMore challenging than 79% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
95BC — “Intellectually Challenging”6 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of
100thMore work than 100% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
100BC — “Workload”6 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course enables the student to enhance competency in caring for patients undergoing surgery and anesthesia. Each student develops an individualized plan of anesthesia care based on patient assessment and surgical requirements for both routine and complex cases in consultation with experienced clinicians. Clinical experiences are based on the standards set forth by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs. Critical thinking and complex clinical judgments guide the planning and evaluation of anesthesia care. Business aspects of anesthesia practice management are integrated.

The only instructor on record

6 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Caitlin VitaleNursing886 records100th79th

There is no ranking to read here: Caitlin Vitale is the only instructor with evaluation records for NURS 9857, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Caitlin Vitale

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
NURS 9853Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice III310 records90
NURS 9851Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice II28 records93
NURS 9870Nurse Anesthesia Care for Patients with Coexisting Diseases58 records84
NURS 9849Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice I26 records81
NURS 9855Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice IV16 records86
NURS 9859Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice VI16 records93

Other NURS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
NURS 1010Professional Development Seminar174 records84
NURS 2231Adult Health Nursing I Clinical Laboratory1372 records79
NURS 2121Nursing Health Assessment Across the Lifespan Clinical Laboratory1946 records88
NURS 9906DNP Project Seminar 21133 records71
NURS 9904DNP Project Seminar 11130 records74
NURS 4260Population Health Nursing Theory524 records68

The line

All 13 items · means across 6 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9136th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9347th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9348th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9446th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9464th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9464th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9673rd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9150th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9465th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8937th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.
100100th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9579th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9148th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

6 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Caitlin VitaleFall 2025018585100
Caitlin VitaleFall 2025028784100
Caitlin VitaleFall 2024019292100
Caitlin VitaleFall 2024029292100
Caitlin VitaleFall 2023018076
Caitlin VitaleFall 2023029390

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.