Texas Christian University’s School of Nurse Anesthesia in Fort Worth offers a Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA)-accredited Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) pathway that prepares registered nurses for advanced anesthesia practice through a structured 36-month curriculum, including online didactic learning, intensive simulation lab work, and supervised clinical residency at more than 60 clinical sites across the U.S. The program’s graduates consistently outperform national averages on the National Certifying Examination and benefit from training experiences rooted in TCU’s teacher-scholar-practitioner model within the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences.

Degree Type

Doctor of Nursing Practice, Anesthesia.

Program Length

36 months, full time

Credit Hours

N/A

Starting Month

January

Application Deadline

July

Program Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing is required.

A valid, current RN license.

Minimum of one year of critical care experience prior to starting the program, however the admissions committee highly recommends two years of critical care experience. Emphasis is placed on experience with: Invasive hemodynamic monitoring, Mechanical ventilation, Cardiac assist devices, and Vasoactive drips. The preferred areas of critical care are: Surgical ICU, Cardiothoracic ICU, Coronary ICU, Medical ICU, Pediatric ICU, Neonatal ICU, and Neurosurgical ICU. Applicants whose experience is primarily in the Emergency Room may also be accepted, provided they can demonstrate familiarity with invasive monitoring, ventilators, and critical care pharmacology.

GPA 3.0 or better.

Combined score on the verbal and quantitative sections greater than 302 on the revised GRE or greater than 1100 on the former version; minimum score of 4.0 on the analytical writing section. GREs must be taken within the last 5 years.

Required Certifications: BLS (Basic Life Support), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support), and CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse).

Grades in the following classes are looked at as predictors of your success in the program. If you have less than a 3.0 in any one of these classes, you’ll want to retake it: Chemistry, Organic Chemistry (or Biochemistry), Biology, Microbiology, Mathematics, Anatomy and Physiology.

Contact

ph: (817) 257-7887
email: k.sanders@tcu.edu
web: www.tcu.edu