Program Description
Jefferson’s DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program, fully accredited through 2029, prepares nurses to provide anesthesia care during surgical and obstetrical procedures, and to provide pain relief in hospitals of all sizes.
Students in this integrated 36-month, nine-semester program take 85 credits. Its full-time curriculum integrates didactic coursework with over 2,000 hours of clinical practice hours, ensuring that students will administer more than 650 anesthetics to patients undergoing a wide variety of surgical and/or diagnostic procedures.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is a practice doctorate designed to prepare professional nurses for scholarly practice as clinical and health systems experts who will lead and inspire health care improvement and reform.
Program Highlights
- Focuses on leadership, systems thinking, reflective practice, health policy, implementation science and evidenced-based clinical practice
- Includes two practica that comprise the doctoral practice inquiry project and provide the opportunity for application of knowledge gained in all the courses.
Curriculum: 3 years, 92 credit
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| NU 560 | Adv Pharmacotherapeutics | 3 |
| NU 603 | Research Adv Prac Nursing I | 3 |
| NU 724 | Chem & Phys Related to Anes | 2 |
| NU 673 | Compre Assess-Clin Decis | 3 |
| NU 570 | Pathophysiology Human Disease | 3 |
| NU 748 | Basic Principles of Anesthesia | 3 |
| NU 700 | Pharmacokinetics & Dynamics | 3 |
| NU 750 | Orientation to Clin Practice | 0 |
| NU 775 | Pathol Aspects of Disease II | 3 |
| NU 758 | Adv Principles of Anesthesia I | 3 |
| NU 751 | Clinical Practice I | 3 |
| NU 709 | Currnt Issue Health Soc Policy | 3 |
| NU 703 | Theor Found Org Chan HCS | 3 |
| NU 701 | Scientific Underpinnings NP | 3 |
| Credits | 38 | |
| Second Year | ||
| NU 768 | AdvPrinciples of Anesthesia II | 3 |
| NU 752 | Clinical Practice II | 3 |
| NU 702 | Practice Inq: DsgnMeth,Analys | 3 |
| NU 605 | Role Of The Adv Prac Nur | 3 |
| NU 753 | Clinical Practice III | 3 |
| NU 706 | Qual Msremnt & Outcme Analysis | 3 |
| NU 704 | Phil, Found, Meth for E-B Prac | 3 |
| NU 754 | Clinical Practice IV | 3 |
| NU 707 | Leadership & Inter-Prof Collab | 3 |
| NU 708 | Clin Prev&Pop Hlth Imp Nat Hlt | 3 |
| NU 710 | Spec-focused Practicum I | 3 |
| Credits | 33 | |
| Third Year | ||
| NU 755 | Clinical Practice V | 3 |
| NU 756 | Clinical Practice VI | 3 |
| NU 705 | Adv Topics in Hlth Informatics | 3 |
| NU 711 | Spec-focused Practicum II | 3 |
| NU 757 | Clinical Practice VII | 3 |
| NU 712 | Spec-focused Practicum III | 3 |
| NU 778 | Crisis Mgmt. Clin Correl Anes | 3 |
| Credits | 21 | |
| Total Credits | 92 | |