Nurse Anesthesia Practice and Management, D.N.A.P.
Admission Requirements
Full Admission
All applicants must meet the following criteria. The program does not offer conditional or provisional admission.
- Graduate from an approved baccalaureate or higher degree generic program in nursing or graduate from an approved associate degree with an appropriate baccalaureate degree.
- Minimum baccalaureate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale will be verified by reviewing transcript of degree-granting institution.
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores submitted from the Education Testing Service should be sent directly to the Marshall Graduate Records Office, whose Institutional Code reporting number is 5396.
- A photocopy of the student report GRE scores should be included with the CAMC application.
- GRE scores must be no older than five (5) years.
- Preferred minimum scores are Verbal 153 and Quantitative 144.
- Please note the dates of score reporting in the GRE booklet and schedule the test so that the scores will be reported in time for full consideration of your application.
- A current, valid, professional registered nursing license in one jurisdiction of the United States, which satisfies the requirements of the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses. Once admitted, the School requires all in-state and out-of-state students to maintain licensure in the State of West Virginia.
- A minimum of one year, full-time work experience (two years preferred) or its part-time equivalent, as a RN in a critical care setting. The applicant must have developed as an independent decision-maker, capable of using and interpreting advanced monitoring techniques based on knowledge of physiological and pharmacological principles.
- Three (3) references by persons in the medical profession who are familiar with the applicant’s qualifications. One must be from the applicant’s immediate supervisor.
- Resume detailing education and work experience.
- A personal interview may be requested.
Program Requirements
Plan of Study
All students in this program are required to complete a comprehensive program of study including the courses listed below. The department maintains a well-established rotation of courses that allows students to compete the degree requirements in a timely manner.
Grade Point Average
All students must maintain a 3.0 overall GPA in all program coursework. Students are advised to read the department’s Student Handbook with care, as that document lists other program requirements for students to remain in good standing.
Final Research Project
The culminating requirement for the D.N.A.P. degree is a research project that allows the student an opportunity to develop and demonstrate a synthesis of graduate knowledge and skills within the context of improving health care. Every research project will include the synthesis of strategic, creative thinking, decision making, planning, project management, and communication skills that are hallmarks of a D.N.A.P. graduate. The D.N.A.P. program at Marshall University follows a practitioner-scholar model. The emphasis is on understanding the field of nurse anesthesia as an empirically-informed discipline. A D.N.A.P. student must develop his or her proposal in consultation with his/her research project committee chair, and the final project report must both be approved by the entire research project committee. The research project must receive Office of Institutional Integrity approval and the student must successfully defend the written and oral presentation.
Plan of Study
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BSC 716 | Adv Cell Phys Nurse Anesthesia | 2 |
| BSC 717 | Adv Ana Phy Path Nurse 1 | 3 |
| BSC 718 | Adv Ana Phy Path Nurse 2 | 3 |
| BSC 719 | Adv Ana Phy Path Nurse 3 | 3 |
| CHM 723 | Chemistry and Physics | 3 |
| MPNA 700 | Health Policy and Delivery | 3 |
| MPNA 710 | Fin Mgmt for Health Care Prof | 3 |
| MPNA 711 | Mkt & Mgt for Health Care Prof | 3 |
| MPNA 715 | Health Economics | 3 |
| MPNA 724 | Evidence Based Rscrch Mthds I | 3 |
| MPNA 725 | Evidence Based Rsrch Mthds II | 3 |
| MPNA 726 | Statistical Methods for Resear | 3 |
| MPNA 730 | Medical/Legal Issues | 3 |
| MPNA 734 | Principles of Anesthesia Prac | 4 |
| MPNA 734A | Simulation Lab | 1-5 |
| MPNA 743 | Management and Leadership | 6 |
| MPNA 745A | Pediatrics for Nurse Anesth I | 3 |
| MPNA 745B | Obstetrics for Nurse Anesth II | 3 |
| MPNA 745C | Case Seminar | 6 |
| MPNA 753 | Mgmt Complex Health Care | 3 |
| MPNA 755 | Mkt Goods/Serv Med Env | 3 |
| MPNA 756 | Clinical and Admin IS | 3 |
| MPNA 772 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MPNA 777 | Moral Management | 3 |
| MPNA 796 | Policy Strategy Entrepreneur | 3 |
| MPNA 799 | Research Project | 3 |
| MPNA 799 | Research Project | 3 |
| MPNA 799 | Research Project | 3 |
| NUR 720 | Adv Pharm Nurse Anes I | 4 |
| NUR 721 | Adv Pharm Nurse Anesth II | 3 |
| NUR 735 | Clinical Practice Inquiry | 3 |
| NUR 741 | Adv HC Prac/Phys As | 6 |
| NUR 741A | Health Care Clinical Practicum (Mentoring) | 1 |
| NUR 741A | Health Care Clinical Practicum | 1 |
| NUR 741A | Health Care Clinical Practicum | 1 |
| NUR 741A | Health Care Clinical Practicum | 1 |
| NUR 741A | Health Care Clinical Practicum | 1 |
| NUR 741A | Health Care Clinical Practicum | 1 |
| NUR 741B | Nurse Anesth Prof Practice | 3 |
| NUR 741C | Health Care Practicum | 6 |
| NUR 741C | Health Care Practicum | 6 |
| NUR 741C | Health Care Practicum | 6 |
| NUR 741C | Health Care Practicum | 6 |
| NUR 744 | Regional Anesthesia | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours | 138-142 | |