Progression Through the Program
The DNP Anesthesia consists of 85 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree.
The program is completed on a full-time basis. Students will consult with the DNP Program Director for individualized planning.
The following depicts the structure of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Anesthesia curriculum for post-BSN students:
NUR 609 Health-Care Economics (3 credits)
NUR 616 Advanced Health Assessment (3 credits)
NUR 617 Advanced Pharmacology (3 credits)
NUR 618 Advanced Pathophysiology (3 credits)
NUR 637 Epidemiology (3 credits)
NUR 695 Public Policy Initiatives: Local to Global (3 credits)
NUR 702 Theoretical Foundations of Doctoral Nursing Practice (3 credits)
NUR 703 Professional Ethics (3 credits)
NUR 704 Statistics and Biostatistics (3 credits)
NUR 705 Patient Safety and Health-Care Outcomes (3 credits)
NUR 709 Nursing Research for Evidence Based Practice (3 credits)
NUR 711 Principles of Anesthesia Practice (4 credits)
NUR 712 Physics, Chemistry and Equipment in Anesthesia (2 credits)
NUR 713 Pharmacology of Anesthetic Agents (3 credits)
NUR 714 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology for Anesthesia Practice (4 credits)
NUR 715 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum I (1 credit)
NUR 716 Advanced Principles of Anesthesia Practice (3 credits)
NUR 717 Regional Anesthetic Management (1 credit)
NUR 718 Obstetric and Pediatric Anesthesia (1 credit)
NUR 719 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum II (2 credits)
NUR 720 Advanced Anesthetic Management for Special Procedures I (1 credit)
NUR 721 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum III (2 credits)
NUR 722 Advanced Anesthetic Management for Special Procedures II (2 credits)
NUR 723 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum IV (2 credits)
NUR 724 Professional Aspects of Anesthesia Practice (1 credit)
NUR 725 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum V (2 credits)
NUR 726 Crisis Management in Anesthesia (1 credit)
NUR 727 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum VI (2 credits)
NUR 728 Transition to Advanced Nurse Anesthesia Practice (4 credits)
NUR 750 Translating Evidence into Practice (3 credits)
NUR 751 Clinical Leadership and Interprofessional Collaboration (3 credits)
NUR 880 DNP Project (3 credits)
NUR 882 DNP Project Residency (4 credits)
DNP Scholarly Project Requirement
The DNP Scholarly Project (DNPSP) is a scholarly experience using principles of evidence-based practice and research translation that is designed to provide students with a guided opportunity to address a meaningful practice concern relevant to nursing and meaningful to healthcare systems, processes, and/or outcomes. The DNPSP end-product will be a tangible, deliverable project suitable for development into a publishable manuscript. This product will be reviewed and evaluated by an academic committee. The DNPSP should be a synthesis of the student’s work and lay the groundwork for future scholarly endeavors.
Students, working closely with faculty members, identify an issue or question within nursing practice that is of clinical interest and conduct a scholarly review and synthesis of the related literature. Students develop a project around this issue or question, implement and evaluate this project, and disseminate findings and recommendations.
