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NURS 9864

Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics for Nurse Anesthesia Practice · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

94BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Summer 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

93rdMore challenging than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

99BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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”4 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 is an integrated study of chemistry, biochemistry, and physics underpinning nurse anesthesia practice. The chemical structure of compounds and chemical reactions are examined as they apply to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anesthetic agents. Concepts of solubility, diffusion, and osmosis are described as well as the role of acid-base balance in maintaining the body's internal milieu. Metabolic pathways responsible for energy production are examined. Gas laws and other laws of physics as they pertain to nurse anesthesia practice are illustrated with specific examples. The emphasis is placed on integration of scientific theory into practice.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Susan EmeryNursing	974 records	100th	93rd

There is no ranking to read here: Susan Emery is the only instructor with evaluation records for NURS 9864, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Susan Emery

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
NURS 9853Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice III	310 records	90
NURS 9870Nurse Anesthesia Care for Patients with Coexisting Diseases	58 records	84
NURS 9860Pharmacotherapeutics in Nurse Anesthesia Practice	15 records	92
NURS 9868Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology for Nurse Anesthesia Practice	15 records	94
NURS 7691Nurse Anesthesia IV	34 records	86
NURS 7693Nurse Anesthesia V	34 records	85

Other NURS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
NURS 1010Professional Development Seminar	174 records	84
NURS 2231Adult Health Nursing I Clinical Laboratory	1372 records	79
NURS 2121Nursing Health Assessment Across the Lifespan Clinical Laboratory	1946 records	88
NURS 9906DNP Project Seminar 2	1133 records	71
NURS 9904DNP Project Seminar 1	1130 records	74
NURS 4260Population Health Nursing Theory	524 records	68

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9882nd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9671st pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9884th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9880th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9680th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9786th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9990th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9891st pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9889th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9677th 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.

9993rd pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9989th 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Susan Emery	Summer 2025	01	92	87	100
Susan Emery	Summer 2024	01	99	95	100
Susan Emery	Summer 2023	01	97	96	—
Susan Emery	Summer 2022	01	99	99	100

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.