Nurse Anesthesia Department
Picture yourself in Drexel's Nurse Anesthesia Department where you can become a competent, professional, knowledgeable, and vigilant anesthesia practitioner.
Equally important is the ability to provide safe, compassionate, culturally competent anesthesia care in rapidly changing practice environments.
A specialty track program with a mission geared to successful outcomes.
Nurse anesthesia is an advanced-practice nursing specialty track that provides you with challenging learning opportunities. You'll be engaged to think critically and make evidence-based decisions to expand your nursing knowledge and enhance patient outcomes.
Consider Drexel's Nurse Anesthesia Department for advanced-practice nursing.
The Nurse Anesthesia Department mission statement is in accord with the mission of the university and the College of Nursing and Health Professions. Graduate education in nurse anesthesia at the master's level builds on the education of the professional registered nurse with a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
A quick look at program details.
The Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) Department in nurse anesthesia is a 28-month, 89-quarter credit, full-time integrated program that begins each January.
The department offers:
- 18 theoretical nursing and research quarter credits.
- 15 quarter credit basic science component.
- 31 quarter credit didactic anesthesia component integrated with a 25-credit clinical practicum.
Those applicants who already have an M.S. in nursing follow the same curriculum as M.S.N. students but only complete 68 quarter credits.
Upon successful completion of the program's outcomes and successful completion of a comprehensive examination, you will be awarded an M.S.N. or post-master's certificate in nurse anesthesia and be eligible to take the national certification examination offered by the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA).
Accreditation: The Nurse Anesthesia Department is fully accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA). In 2010, the program received the maximum accreditation status of ten years from the COA.
Certification: Graduates are eligible to take the Certification Examination for Nurse Anesthetists offered by the NBCRNA. Drexel's Nurse Anesthesia Department's pass rate on the NBCRNA National Certification Exam for the class of 2011 was 94%.