DNPNA at Roseman
Specialize your skills with a DNPNA Degree. Become a CRNA.
Now accepting applications for the June 2025. Apply by February 14, 2025.
Care for patients when they need it most. Boost earnings with a mean salary of $205,770.* Projected job growth of 38% in the next 10 years. **
Roseman University’s innovative 36-month, full-time, year-round hybrid-online (online, then in-person) Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia (DNPNA) is designed for nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree or other appropriate baccalaureate degree who want to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). Roseman University’s program prepares eligible students to sit for the National Certification Examination (NCE) for CRNAs.
- Program duration: Thirty-six (36) months
- Hybrid-online delivery (online, then on-campus requirement starting mid-year of Year 1 of program start through program completion)
- Application open: August 2024
- Start Date: July 2025
- Location: Henderson, NV campus
- 90% of clinical sites are local to Las Vegas and Henderson, NV
*Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022 for 29-1151 Nurse Anesthetists. Available from: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291151.htm#(2)
**Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook for Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives and Nurse Practitioners and is the projected percent change in employment from 2022 to 2032. Available from: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nurse-anesthetists-nurse-midwives-and-nurse-practitioners.htm
Applying to Roseman
In order to be eligible for admission to the DNPNA program, applicant’s qualifications must include:
- An appropriate baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- An unencumbered license as a registered professional nurse and/or an APRN in the United States or its territories or protectorates and eligible for licensure in Nevada.
- Basic Life Support; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.2 or higher (4.0 scale) or evidence of outstanding graduate academic achievement.
- The minimum science GPA is 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
- CCRN® required
- Minimum of one year (two years preferred) of current, critical care experience. Experience areas preferred include:
- Surgical Intensive Care
- Medical Intensive Care
- Cardiac Intensive Care
- Neuro Intensive Care
- Pediatric or Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
- Trauma Intensive Care
- Undergraduate courses: You must have completed (within 10 years of applying to the program) the following courses with a “B” or better:
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Chemistry
- Statistics
- Personal Interview: A personal interview with the interview committee (by invitation).
Year 1
The beginning of the first year will be didactic delivered via online courses, then on-campus requirement starting mid-year of Year 1 of program start through program completion at our Henderson, NV campus. The didactic content will be a mix of DNP essentials coursework, foundational science courses, and core advanced practice coursework.
Year 2
The curriculum becomes a blended clinical and didactic curriculum in the second year. Students will be divided up into satellite clinical rotations generally within one state or geographical region to minimize travel. Didactic coursework will ramp down but will continue with the focus shifting toward the DNP scholarly project and progressive anesthesia skill acquisition and will be less frequent.
Year 3
The final year, Year three (3) of the program, culminates with full-time clinical rotations, final DNP Essentials coursework, and transition to the advanced practice role while focusing on NCE reviews. The curriculum will culminate in mock NCE exams and simulation intensive for crisis resource management in peri-anesthesia care.
Our tuition rates and fees are very competitive. There is no in-state or out-of-state tuition difference. Please review a full listing of tuition and fees by clicking the button below.
For more than 20 years, Roseman University of Health Sciences has been challenging the status quo in higher education and healthcare. We are transforming education, preparing our students to graduate with high levels of competence and collaboration via our Six-Point Mastery Learning Model®. We are reimagining healthcare, healing patients and their families, with caring, compassionate, evidence-based medicine. We are finding solutions to human health challenges by embracing scientific discovery through research and innovation. We are building community programs that meet needs, provide hope, and improve health. In everything we do, we unite the heart & science of healthcare.
Nevada ranked among the top 5 states with the highest-earning college graduates. Roseman University is the college with the highest earners in the state.*
Earn your Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia (DNPNA) with Roseman University and join our over 7,800 graduates who are now the nurses, pharmacists, dentists and orthodontists working on the frontlines and in clinics in Nevada, Utah, and beyond.
*2024 Report by DegreeChoices.com with data collected from College Scorecard, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education that compiles reliable data on colleges and universities, allowing users to search and compare colleges based on various indicators like costs and earnings.
At Roseman we wear our hearts on our sleeves.
We believe compassion should be part of the curriculum. We bring innovation to patient-centered care. We solve human health challenges through research and discovery. We create programs to help people learn, heal and thrive. We believe that the heart and science of healthcare are two halves of one mission. At Roseman, compassion and empathy have been long intertwined with delivering exceptional healthcare to the communities we serve. In everything we do, we unite the heart and science of healthcare.
Henderson, Nevada Campus
The Henderson Campus is the first Roseman University location, founded in 1999. Henderson is the second largest city in Nevada, ranked as one of the safest cities in the country. There are plenty of shopping and entertainment options in Henderson, as well as in its close neighbor, Las Vegas. It has gardens, performance centers, and even a chocolate factory. Pristine desert landscape surrounds the area, with over 37 miles of hiking trails.