Notice:

The Nurse Anesthesia Program has transitioned to a BSN to DNP Entry-level Nurse Anesthesia Program. We no longer admit students to the Master of Nursing, Nurse Anesthesia Program.

Outcomes

The graduate completing the DNP, Nurse Anesthesia Program will have acquired competencies necessary for entry into nurse anesthesia practice as evidenced by the ability to:

Assemble, test, and operate needed equipment for anesthesia administration
Identify and take appropriate action when confronted with anesthetic equipment-related malfunctions
Perform a preoperative anesthetic assessment and interview
Interpret pertinent laboratory and diagnostic studies
Prepare patients for their surgical procedure
Formulate an anesthetic care plan responsive to age, physiological, emotional, intellectual and cultural variables as well as the surgical procedure
Implement a variety of anesthetic techniques and agents
Administer anesthesia to patients with a variety of pathology undergoing a variety of surgical procedures including emergency and trauma
Administer a variety of general, regional, and monitored anesthesia care anesthetic techniques
Manage anesthesia administration from induction through emergence
Manage blood and fluid therapy
Interpret and manage data obtained from invasive and non-invasive monitoring modalities
Monitor a wide range of patient parameters as indicated by patient condition and surgical procedure
Anticipate, recognize and appropriately respond to peril-operative anesthetic complications
Maintain a comprehensive, legal record
Utilize universal precautions and infection control measures specific to the practice of nursing anesthesia
Provide patient advocacy and promote patient safety
Apply knowledge to practice in decision-making and problem solving
Use theory and scientific principles to guide clinical practice
Collaborate verbally, nonverbally and in writing with other health care providers in peri-operative anesthesia delivery, pain management, and critical care services
Function within appropriate legal requirements as a registered professional nurse, accepting responsibility for his/her practice
Promote and participate in activities and continuing education that improve anesthesia care and his/her own practice
Integrate research findings into practice
Integrate ethical principles into clinical practice
Administer culturally competent nurse anesthesia care
Interact on a professional level with integrity
Teach others
Assume active participation in the resuscitative team and maintain BLS, ACLS and PALS certification
Be eligible to sit for the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) certification exam in accordance with policies and procedures of the certifying body

In addition, the graduate of this program shall have acquired foundational competence deemed essential for graduates of a DNP program, as evidenced by the ability to:

Initiate, facilitate and participate in professional, collegial and collaborative efforts.
Identify healthcare needs and interventions for individuals, families and populations.
Design, implement, manage and evaluate organizational systems to address complex healthcare delivery needs and problems.
Provide educational, clinical, and administrative leadership at the local/state/national levels.
Meet the challenges and needs of an increasingly complex health care delivery system as it relates to healthcare policy, standards of care and practice guidelines for advanced nursing practice.
Integrate high ethical, legal and professional standards into: a) decision making in clinical practice; b) application of research; and c) use of technology and information systems.
Design, monitor and evaluate clinical systems, processes, policies and procedures.
Generate a caring, collegial, collaborative nursing practice environment.
Analyze social, economic, political and policy components affecting healthcare planning and delivery.
Synthesize and integrate divergent viewpoints for the purpose of providing culturally competent healthcare.
Translate, evaluate and apply research for evidence-based practice.
Integrate knowledge from theories of nursing as well as natural and social sciences into clinical practice.