The 51情报站 Doctor of Nursing Practice program with specialization in nurse anesthesia is a 36-month, full-time program that begins in May each year. Our program is a hybrid of on-campus and on-line classes. The curriculum is an assimilation of nurse anesthesia specialty and DNP courses. Each student is required to complete a scholarly project that addresses patient care, quality improvement, process improvement, or practice improvement.
Program Data
| Statistics | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree Completion Rate | 100% | 87.5% | 93.3% |
| Certification Pass Rate | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| Employment Rate | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Why Choose the 51情报站 Nurse Anesthesia Program?
- Small Cohort size between 20-30:聽You have access to committed faculty who know you.
- Leaders in the profession:聽Our faculty are involved in the state and national anesthesia associations. We believe in professional development of our students and include attending one meeting per year in the program.
- Varied clinical sites: Local and distant locations with exceptional clinical preceptors, including independent CRNA practice sites. Our clinical case聽numbers are always well above what is required for graduation.
- Supportive simulation program:聽Led by a certified simulation director to cement key didactic concepts, practice clinical skills, and engage in crisis management scenarios.
- Excellent National Certification pass rates: And聽a 100 percent employment rate practicing in a variety of settings across the United States.
- Emphasis on student wellness: To help you manage the stress of graduate school.
- Student satisfaction: Comment examples include:
- 鈥淔aculty always has my back鈥
- 鈥淔aculty really want me to succeed鈥
- 鈥淲e are exposed to much of the political realm of anesthesia which I feel many other programs are lacking鈥
- 鈥淥ur variety of sites allows us the ability to see independent CRNA practice and other versions of what CRNAs can do. It鈥檚 not a run of the mill program鈥.
Program Contacts
Nurse Anesthesia Program Director:
Adrienne Hartgerink, DNP, CRNA, FAANA
(757) 368-4172,聽ahartger@odu.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Stacy Rothwell
(757) 368-4171,聽srothwel@odu.edu
Program Faculty
Assistant Director/Director of Clinical Education
Karen Gillikin, DNP, CRNA
Director of Technology & Simulation
Howard Goodwin, DNAP, CRNA, CHSE, FAANA
Research Director
Victoria Goode, PhD, CRNA, FAANA
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Baccalaureate Degree in a related science. Nursing Preferred.
- Current Multistate Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse. All prospective students must have an unencumbered current licensure as a registered professional nurse or APRN from the United States or its territories.
- GPA Requirements: Cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale and grades in each required science and nursing course in the undergraduate nursing program of 3.0 or higher.
- Undergraduate courses: You must have completed the following courses with a 鈥淏鈥 or better:
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Pathophysiology
- Pharmacology
- Organic chemistry聽OR biochemistry courses
- Chemistry and Statistics,聽successfully completed聽within 10 years of applying to the program.
- Personal Interview: A personal interview with the interview committee (by invitation).
- Experience: A minimum of one year (2080 hours) of full-time nursing experience in a critical care unit within the 2 years prior to application.聽Critical care聽experience must be obtained in a critical care聽area within the United States, its territories, or a US military hospital outside of the United States. 聽Clinical experience must be direct patient care. Emergency room, recovery room, operating room, labor and delivery, and step-down units do not satisfy the critical care experience.
- Current American Heart Association Certification in BLS, ACLS, and PALS.
- CCRN certification is mandatory.
- References: Three professional references. One must be from immediate supervisor with contact number included.
- English Competency: Score from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for a student whose native language is not English; a minimum score of 100 (iBT test) is required.
We require a $2,000.00聽fee to hold admission. This fee is non-refundable if you withdraw your application after you have accepted a position. If you matriculate into the program this fee is applied back to your tuition in your second semester.
Acceptable critical care experience includes ICU, SICU, CCU, MICU, or PICU and high acuity surgical ICU experience. Experience in a tertiary medical center is strongly preferred.
Unfortunately, due to the number of applicants the program receives not all applicants will be asked to interview. Interviewees will be notified by e-mail.
The application deadline is September 1st each year.
The 51情报站 Nurse Anesthesia Program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs:聽
The COA offices are located at:
10275 W. Higgins Rd., Suite 906, Rosemont, IL 60018-5603
Phone: 224-275-9130
贰尘补颈濒:听accreditation@coacrna.org