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.
Locations
Center City Philadelphia Thomas Jefferson University – Center City Campus, in the heart of Philadelphia, is home to the Colleges of Health Professions, Nursing, Pharmacy, Population Health, Life Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences and Sidney Kimmel Medical College. This campus is where doctors, nurses, therapists, teachers, researchers, students, leaders and healers work together every day to improve lives.
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania As the College of Nursing's offerings grow, our Montgomery County location will be located within Jefferson’s Nicholas & Athena Karabots Medical Building, 1330 Powell Street, Suite 608, Norristown, PA 19401. This future-focused academic space houses a 40’x 30’ main classroom with state-of-the-art teaching facilities including classroom, faculty and administrative offices as well as a simulation center.
Curriculum: 85 credits, 3 years
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| NU 570 | Adv Physiology/Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NU 560 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3 |
| NU 603 | Research Adv Prac Nursing I | 3 |
| NU 605 | Role Of The Adv Prac Nur | 3 |
| NU 673 | Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
| NU 700 | Pharmacokinetics & Dynamics | 3 |
| NU 715 | Lead Strat Change in Era Hlth | 3 |
| NU 717 | Health and Social Policy | 3 |
| NU 718 | Intro to DNP Studies Schol Pro | 1 |
| NU 724 | Chem & Phys Related to Anes | 2 |
| NU 748 | Basic Principles of Anesthesia | 3 |
| NU 750 | Orientation to Clin Practice | 0 |
| NU 751 | Clinical Practice I | 3 |
| NU 758 | Adv Principles of Anesthesia I | 3 |
| NU 775 | Pathol Aspects of Disease II | 3 |
| Credits | 39 | |
| Second Year | ||
| NU 702 | Practice Inq: DsgnMeth,Analys | 3 |
| NU 704 | Phil, Found, Meth for E-B Prac | 3 |
| NU 713 | Digital Transfrm in Healthcare | 3 |
| NU 714 | Hlthcre Sys Safe Quality Impro | 3 |
| NU 752 | Clinical Practice II | 3 |
| NU 753 | Clinical Practice III | 3 |
| NU 754 | Clinical Practice IV | 3 |
| NU 768 | AdvPrinciples of Anesthesia II | 3 |
| NU 716 | Persp Com Engage Pop Health | 3 |
| Credits | 27 | |
| Third Year | ||
| NU 755 | Clinical Practice V | 3 |
| NU 719 | DNP Scholarly Proj Seminar I | 4 |
| NU 720 | DNP Scholarly Proj Seminar II | 3 |
| NU 756 | Clinical Practice VI | 3 |
| NU 757 | Clinical Practice VII | 3 |
| NU 778 | Crisis Mgmt. Clin Correl Anes | 3 |
| Credits | 19 | |
| Total Credits | 85 | |