Post-BSN to DNP - Nurse Anesthesia
BSN to DNP-Nurse Anesthesia admission requirements:
1. BSN degree from a CCNE, ACEN or NLNAC accredited program.
2. Current licensure as an RN in Texas or hold a compact license with multi-state privileges that includes Texas.
3. 3.0 GPA from last 60 hours of college coursework
4. Three professional references.
5. TOEFL minimum requirements: Paper examination: 550 or International English
Language Testing System (IELTS) score minimum: 6.5.
6. A completed basic statistics course.
7. A completed Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry course with a grade of 'B' or higher
taken within the last 5 years.
8. Minimum one year work experience in critical care as a registered nurse, two years preferred.
9. BLS, ACLS and PALS certification
Applicants submit required items through NursingCAS, a centralized application system.
Admission staff review and the top applicants are invited to interview and submit a
writing sample.
The DNP-Nurse Anesthesia program requires full-time attendance. Invited applicants
will meet with program faculty to discuss time and financial commitments. Per COA
requirements, all students must attend full-time.
Degree Requirements and Graduation
For the Post-BSN to DNP CRNA degree, completion of 108.5 semester credit hours an overall minimum GPA of 3.0, no more than one C in a required course, and no incomplete grades are required to be eligible for graduation.
The program is designed to be completed in 36 months of full-time study. A clinical preceptorship is required.
Clinical/Practicum Hours
The Doctor of Nursing Practice requires that all students have 1,000 clinical/practicum hours post bachelors. DNP clinical/practicum hour requirements for nurses in the BSN to DNP program are 360 hours. The CRNA clinical/practicum hour requirements for nurses in the BSN to DNP program is 2160 hours.
DNP Project
A hallmark of the practice doctorate is the DNP project demonstrating the student’s in-depth knowledge of one's area of specialty practice and the synthesis of the student’s coursework and practice application. The project is guided and evaluated by a primary faculty and secondary faculty (optional). The project results in a scholarly paper and presentation.
The focus of all DNP projects is on knowledge translation at multiple system levels. During the program, students work with faculty to begin exploring concepts related to their area of interest while evaluating sources of evidence related to the problem/need. The project will be defined through the DNP Seminar course. Based upon an assessment and evaluation of the evidence, the plan and design will be developed for a DNP project initiative
- Integrate nursing science, ethics, and biophysical, psychosocial, and analytical knowledge to provide safe, individualized, culturally competent anesthesia care across the lifespan. (DNP program outcomes 1, 3, 5, 8)
- Collaborate with interprofessional teams to enhance anesthesia care delivery and patient outcomes. (DNP program outcomes 6)
- Evaluate and utilize evidence to implement, design and deliver anesthesia practice improvements. (DNP program outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 8)
- Advocate for anesthesia practices that promote social justice and equity. (DNP program outcome 5)
- Lead interprofessional teams to develop, evaluate and utilize evidence-based guidelines that affects anesthesia healthcare processes, quality, safety and cost. (DNP program outcomes 3, 5, 7)
First Year | ||||||
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Fall Semester | Theory | Clinical | Lab | Cont | SCH | |
NURS 6302 | Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics | 3 | ||||
NURS 6320 | Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 | ||||
NURS 7302 | Theoretical Foundations for Leadership in Complex Adaptive Systems | 3 | ||||
NURS 6413 | Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology I | 4 | ||||
Spring Semester | ||||||
NURS 7320 | Statistical Methods and Data Analysis to Evaluate Healthcare Delivery Systems | 3 | ||||
CSAT 5022 | Inter-professional Human Gross Anatomy | 5.5 | ||||
NURS 6210 | Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning | 2 | ||||
NURS 6110 | Advanced Health Assessment: Clinical Application | 60 | 1 | |||
NURS 6315 | Informatics & Health Care Technologies | 3 | ||||
Summer Semester | ||||||
NURS 6431 | Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthesia | 4 | ||||
NURS 6432 | Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology II | 4 | ||||
NURS 7303 | Science of Knowledge Translation and Implementation I | 3 | ||||
NURS 6380 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 | ||||
Second Year | ||||||
Fall Semester | ||||||
NURS 7210 | Nurse Anesthesia Principles I | 2 | ||||
NURS 7304 | Science of Knowledge Translation and Implementation II | 3 | ||||
NURS 7324 | Healthcare Economics And Policy | 3 | ||||
NURS 7227 | Introduction to Anesthesia Equipment, Technology & Clinical Practice | 2 | ||||
NURS 7322 | Healthcare Policy Analysis and Advocacy | 3 | ||||
Spring Semester | ||||||
NURS 7326 | Nurse Anesthesia Principles II | 3 | ||||
NURS 7410 | Clinical Anesthesia Residency I | 4 | ||||
NURS 7305 | DNP Seminar | 3 | ||||
NURS 6250 | Advanced Health Promotion, Health Protection, and Disease Prevention | 2 | ||||
Summer Semester | ||||||
NURS 7230 | Nurse Anesthesia Principles III | 2 | ||||
NURS 7520 | Clinical Anesthesia Residency II | 5 | ||||
NURS 7306 | DNP Project | 180 | 3 | |||
Third Year | ||||||
Fall Semester | ||||||
NURS 7340 | Nurse Anesthesia Principles IV | 3 | ||||
NURS 7530 | Clinical Anesthesia Residency III | 5 | ||||
NURS 7306 | DNP Project | 180 | 3 | |||
Spring Semester | ||||||
NURS 7319 | Seminars in Nurse Anesthesia I | 3 | ||||
NURS 7540 | Clinical Anesthesia Residency IV | 5 | ||||
NURS 7307 | DNP Dissemination | 3 | ||||
Summer Semester | ||||||
NURS 7327 | Seminars in Nurse Anesthesia II | 3 | ||||
NURS 7550 | Clinical Anesthesia Residency V | 5 | ||||
NURS 7231 | Professional Aspects of Nurse Anesthesia Practice | 2 | ||||
Total Credit Hours: | 0.0 | 420.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 108.5 |
NEW COURSE | (Adaptive Systems) | 3 |
NEW COURSE | (Delivery Systems) | 3 |
NURS 6302 | Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics | 3 |
NURS 6320 | Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
NURS 7302 | Theoretical Foundations for Leadership in Complex Adaptive Systems | 3 |
NURS 7320 | Statistical Methods and Data Analysis to Evaluate Healthcare Delivery Systems | 3 |
CSAT 5022 | Inter-professional Human Gross Anatomy | 5.5 |
NURS 6210 | Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning | 2 |
NURS 6110 | Advanced Health Assessment: Clinical Application | 1 |
NURS 6315 | Informatics & Health Care Technologies | 3 |
NURS 7303 | Science of Knowledge Translation and Implementation I | 3 |
NURS 7304 | Science of Knowledge Translation and Implementation II | 3 |
NURS 7324 | Healthcare Economics And Policy | 3 |
NURS 7322 | Healthcare Policy Analysis and Advocacy | 3 |
NURS 7305 | DNP Seminar | 3 |
NURS 6250 | Advanced Health Promotion, Health Protection, and Disease Prevention | 2 |
NURS 7305 | DNP Seminar | 3 |
NURS 7306 | DNP Project | 3 |
NURS 7307 | DNP Dissemination | 3 |