Connell School of Nursing

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Program

additional specialty (post-master's) certificate

PLAN OF STUDY

CORE *
NU 415 Conceptual Basis for Nursing Practice
NU 416 Ethics
NU 417 Advanced Practice Role
NU 430 Advanced Health Assessment
NU 520 Research I
NU 523/4/5 Research II

SCIENCE CORE **
NU 420 Pharmacotherapeutics
NU 672 Physiologic Life Processes

ANESTHESIA DIDACTIC ***
NU 490 Physiologic Variables for Nurse Anesthesia I
NU 491 Chemistry and Physics of Anesthesia
NU 492 Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
NU 493 Pharmacology of Anesthetics
NU 494 Physiologic Variables for Nurse Anesthesia II
NU 590 Physiologic Variables for Nurse Anesthesia III
NU 592 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice

ANESTHESIA CLINICAL ***
NU 591 Clinical Practicum in Nurse Anesthesia I
NU 593 Clinical Practicum in Nurse Anesthesia II
NU 595 Clinical Practicum in Nurse Anesthesia III
NU 691 Nurse Anesthesia Residency I
NU 693 Nurse Anesthesia Residency IIKEY

* Student may request exemption based on prior master’s degree coursework

** Student may request exemption based on prior master’s level coursework provided that there is evidence of sufficient contact hours to meet Council on Accreditation requirements together with nurse anesthesia didactic courses

*** Required of all nurse anesthesia students