The Rutgers University Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) — Nurse Anesthesia program is a full-time, 36-month track delivered through the Rutgers School of Nursing at the Newark campus and is the only nurse anesthesia doctoral program in New Jersey. Accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA), the curriculum requires 85 credits and approximately 2,800 clinical hours, with the first year focused on didactic and foundational DNP coursework and the final two years emphasizing intensive clinical specialty training. Rutgers typically admits about 24 students per cohort into a highly competitive process and has a strong record of graduate outcomes, including a first-time National Certification Examination pass rate near 91 % and a 100 % employment rate for recent cohorts.

Degree Type

DNP

Program Length

28 months, full time

Credit Hours

72 semester hours

Starting Month

August

Application Deadline

December

Program Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing is required.

You must submit a valid RN license with your application. However it need not be from New Jersey. You will be required to obtain both a NJ & NY RN License before matriculation, should you be admitted.

Acquire the most intense ICU experience you can as early as possible. We look for candidates who are accustomed to managing gravely ill patients on ventilators, with invasive monitoring, vasopressor infusions and other resuscitative efforts. Evidence of two years current registered nursing experience prior to entry into the program. A minimum of one complete year of full time critical care experience at the time of the interview and prefer it to be in a dynamic/high acuity unit. Preferably one of the following: Surgical ICU, Cardio Thoracic ICU, Neurosurgical ICU, Pediatric ICU, Burn or Trauma ICU. Neonatal ICU may be considered, as well as selected PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit). Not acceptable: ER (Emergency Room) or OR (Operating Room).

Minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average on all undergraduate coursework. Grades earned in science courses are scrutinized closely.

Required Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Adult, Child, Infant and AED. CCRN certificate & report of examination scores.

Must shadow a CRNA.

CRNA Prerequisite Course Requirements: Basic Statistics course including inferential and descriptive statistics with a minimum grade of C, and Basic Health Assessment course.

Contact

ph: (973) 972-2513
email: goldencf@umdnj.edu
web: www.umdnj.edu