Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia (DNPNA)

• 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.
• Graduate Record Exam scores of 150 or above in verbal and quantitative analysis.
• 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

Year three (3) of the program will be focused on full-time clinical rotations, a few more DNP essentials coursework, and the transition to an advanced practice nursing role and focused on NCE reviews. The curriculum will culminate in mock NCE exams and simulation intensive for crisis resource management in peri-anesthesia care.

Total Credits = 118

*The DNPNA program does not accept transfer credits from other nurse anesthesiology programs due to the unique nature of the block curriculum.

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