Faculty Bio

Richard Haas, Ph.D., CRNA, PHRN

Program Director
YCP/WellSpan Health Nurse Anesthetist Program

Education

• BSN, Georgetown University (1976)
• EdM, Boston University (1983)
  MS, State University of New York at Buffalo (1985)
• PhD, University of South Carolina (2003)

Credentials

• Registered Nurse
• PHRN (Pre-Hospital Registered Nurse)
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Courses

• Introduction to Anesthesia (MS in Nursing)
• Anesthesia and Co-Existing Diseases (MS in Nursing)
• Clinical Correlation Conference, Junior Level 1 (MS in Nursing)
• Anatomy and Physiology for Nurse Anesthetists, 1 and 2 (MS in Nursing)
• Pharmacology of Anesthetic Agents and Adjunct Agents (MS in Nursing)

Research Interests

• Stress and Working Memory
• Simulation in Anesthesia
• Simulation in Health Care
• Stress and Success in Education

Honors

• Best Overall Abstract, International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), 2011. Haas, RE, Nater UM, Patterson D, Lowe J, Burtnett H, Arbittier D. Physiologic stress levels in student nurse anesthetists during simulated and actual induction of general anesthesia.

Recent Publications

• Crowley, R., & Haas, R. (2010). Total knee arthroplasty in a patient with diastrophic dwarfism. AANA Journal, 78(5), 366-368.
• Haas, R. E. (2009). Socratic instruction for Heinrichs and Thompson. In A resource for nurse anesthesia educators. Park Ridge, IL: AANA Publishing Company.