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Doctor of Nursing Practice — Nurse Anesthesia Specialization Curriculum

Course schedule example

Total Program Hours: 90

Year 1 (30 total Hours)

Summer 1 (8 hours)

• NUR 901 - Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credit hours)
• NUR 902 Ethics & Health Informatics in Nursing (3 credit hours)
• NUR 903 Population Health & Epidemiologic Principles (3 credit hours)

Fall 1 (10 hours)

• NUR 916 Advanced Nursing Assessment (2,2) (90 hours) (4 credit hours)
• NUR 917 Pathophysiology in Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
• NUR 918 Advanced Pharmacology (3 credit hours)

Spring 1 (10 hours)

• NUR 900 Theory and Advanced Nursing Research (4 credit hours)
• STA 660 - BioStats (3 credit hours)
• NUR 939 Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia Practice I (3 credit hours)

Year 2 (34 total hours)

Summer 2 (8 hours)

• NUR 940 Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia Practice II (2 credit hours)
• NUR 941 Principles and Practice of Nurse Anesthesia I: Neurosurgery (3 credit hours)
• NUR 952: Clinical Practicum I 32 hrs/week (3 credit hours)

Fall 2 (13 hours)

• NUR 906 Leadership and Quality Improvement/Patient Safety (4 credit hours)
• NUR 919 Evidence-Based Practice (3 credit hours)
• NUR 953 Principles and Practice of Nurse Anesthesia II: Across the Lifespan (3 credit hours)
• NUR 954: Clinical Practicum II 32 hrs/week (3 credit hours)

Spring 2 (13 hours)

• NUR 905 Health Care Policy (3 credit hours)
• NUR 913 DNP Project I (2 credit hours)
• NUR 955 Principles and Practice of Nurse Anesthesia III: Cardiothoracic (3 credit hours)
• NUR 956 Anesthesia Principles for Specialty Procedures and Non-OR Settings (3 credit hours)
• NUR 957 Clinical Practicum III 32 hrs/wk (3 credit hours)

Year 3 (28 total hours)

Summer 3 (9 hours)

• NUR 958 Professional Aspects for Nurse Anesthesia (2 credit hours)
• NUR 959 Principles and Practice of Nurse Anesthesia IV: Complex Systems Clinical: 40 hours/week (3 credit hours)
• NUR 960 Clinical Residency I 40 hrs/week (4 credit hours)

Fall 3 (10 hours)

• NUR 914 DNP Project II (2 credit hours)
• NUR 961 Senior Seminar (2 credit hours)
• NUR 962 New Course: Advanced Anesthesia Simulation (2 credit hours)
• NUR 963 Clinical Residency II 40 hrs/week (4 credit hours)

Spring 3 (9 hours)

• NUR 915 DNP Project III (3 credit hours)
• NUR 964 Senior Seminar (2 credit hours)
• NUR 965 Clinical Residency III 40 hrs/week (4 credit hours)