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NURS 9866

Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology for Nurse Anesthesia Practice · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Summer 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

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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

100BC — “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 in-depth study of the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the respiratory system and related anesthesia implications. The concepts of ventilation and perfusion as well as oxygen transport are examined. Assessment of baseline pulmonary function and alterations seen in common and uncommon disease states are reviewed. Anesthetic implications for the patient with alterations in respiratory or oxygen transport physiology form the basis for the development of an individualized plan of anesthesia care including ventilation modalities.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Caitlin VitaleNursing	854 records	100th	93rd

There is no ranking to read here: Caitlin Vitale is the only instructor with evaluation records for NURS 9866, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Caitlin Vitale

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
NURS 9853Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice III	310 records	90
NURS 9851Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice II	28 records	93
NURS 9870Nurse Anesthesia Care for Patients with Coexisting Diseases	58 records	84
NURS 9849Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice I	26 records	81
NURS 9855Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice IV	16 records	86
NURS 9857Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practice V	16 records	87

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.

9134th pctl

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

9777th pctl

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

9564th pctl

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

9236th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9468th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9677th pctl

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

9989th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9153rd pctl

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

9782nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9573rd 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.

10093rd pctl

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

9463rd 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
Caitlin Vitale	Summer 2025	01	86	84	100
Caitlin Vitale	Summer 2024	01	86	88	100
Caitlin Vitale	Summer 2023	01	78	84	—
Caitlin Vitale	Summer 2022	01	93	90	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.