Nurse Anesthesia

This online, practice‐focused 36-credit doctoral program will prepare nursing leaders for the highest level of clinical nursing practice beyond the initial preparation in the discipline. Applicants to the program must be MSN-prepared nurse anesthetists.

Throughout the program, students will develop clinical, organizational, economic, and leadership skills. Specialty-focused and core courses will cover evidence‐based practice, organizational and systems leadership, informatics, health care policy and finance, patient safety and population health, interprofessional collaboration to improve patient and population health outcomes, and human genetics and clinical applications.

Directed cognates may be used to expand upon the students’ knowledge base within the DNP project focus area. The program will culminate in a DNP project that synthesizes and applies the knowledge gained throughout the curriculum. DNP project areas will include quality improvement projects, program or practice evaluations, development and testing of an evidence-based clinical protocol, development of policy or legislative initiatives, surveillance projects, and simulation projects.