Doctoral Nurse Anesthesia Track
The DNP Nurse Anesthesia track is a full-time, 36-month integrated format that prepares the baccalaureate-educated nurse to become a doctorally prepared nurse anesthetist. The curriculum is designed to meet the standards of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA).
- Classes will be asynchronous and synchronous for this hybrid program.
- While courses will be taught online, students will be required to be on-campus once a year throughout the three-year program for intensive skills instruction and competency assessments.
- This is a national program with clinical sites across the United States. Graduates of Ursuline College with SNAP receive a Doctor of Nursing Practice DNP degree and are eligible to sit for the
- National Certification Exam (NCE) for Nurse Anesthetists administered by the NBCRNA.
Graduates who successfully complete this written exam are certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs).
YEAR 1
SPRING
JANUARY-MAY
NR 540: Advanced Physiology/Pathology (3 credits)
NR 542: Advanced Pharmacology (4 credits)
NR 702: Scientific and Theoretical Foundations for Advanced practice Nursing (3 credits)
NR 700 a,b,c: Scientific Writing for Professional Nurses (3 credits)
SUMMER
MAY-AUGUST
NR 541: Advanced Health Assessment (3 credits)
NR 707:Interdisciplinary Organizational Leadership
(3 credits)
NR 800: Project Identification/DNP Residency (2 credits)
NAP 510: Introduction to Nurse Anesthesia Profession (1 credit)
NR 511: Applied Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics
(1 credit)
FALL
AUGUST-DECEMBER
NAP 512: General Principles of Anesthesia (4 credits)
NR 704: Analysisof the Evidence for Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits)
NR 703: Epidemiology (3 credits)
NR 701: Biostatistics for Outcomes Management (3 credits)
Simulation I
YEAR 2
SPRING
JANUARY-MAY
NAP 620: Advanced Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology I (4 credits)
NAP 621: Pharmacology of Anesthetic Agents (4 credits)
NAP 651: Nurse Anesthesia Practicum (1 credit)
NR 709: Evaluation Strategies for Quality Improvement (3 credits)
SUMMER
MAY-AUGUST
NAP 622: Advanced Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology II (4 credits)
NAP 623: Advanced Principlesand Clinical Management I (4 credits)
NAP 652: Nurse Anesthesia Practicum II (2 credits)
NR 706: Advanced Health Care Management & Policy (3 credits)
Simulation II
FALL
AUGUST-DECEMBER
NAP 624: Advanced Principles and Clinical Management (4 credits)
NAP 653: Nurse Anesthesia Practicum III (3 credits)
NR 705: Methods for Conducting Evidence-Based Projects (3 credits)
NR 801: DNP Project Proposal Development/DNP Residency
(2 credits)
YEAR 3
SPRING
JANUARY-MAY
NAP 630: Professional Aspects of Leadership (1 credit)
NAP 661: Advanced Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Correlation I
(3 credits)
NR 708: Advanced Health Care Informatics (3 credits)
NR 802: Project Implementation/DNP Residency (2 credits)
SUMMER
MAY-AUGUST
NAP 662: Advanced Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Correlation II
(3 credits)
NR 803: Project Dissemination/DNP Residency (2 credits)
Simulation III
FALL
AUGUST-DECEMBER
NAP 631: Comprehensive Board Review (3 credits)
NAP 663: Advanced Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Correlation III (2 credits)