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Nurse Anesthesia Plan of Study

Doctor of Nursing Practice: Nurse Anesthesia (DNP-NA) Full-Time Plan of Study
Students are required to take courses in the sequence listed on the POS

Year 1
Fall
NRS 7712- Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthesia Practice I (4 cr.)
BIO 5600- Advanced Phys. and Pathophysiology (3 cr.)
NRS 8671- Advanced Scientific Methods for Evidence Based Practice (4 cr.)
NRS 6642- Biophysics & Chemistry for Nurse Anesthesia (2 cr.)
BIO 5101 - Gross Anatomical Dissection (3 cr.)
Winter
BIO 5602- Adv. Phys. and Pathophysiology (3 cr.)
NRS 6652- Nurse Anesthesia Practice I (4 cr.)
NRS 7722- Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthesia Practice II (3 cr.)
NRS 8211- Advanced Nursing Theory (3 cr.)
NRS 7715- Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Internship I (1 cr.)
Summer
NRS 6662- Nurse Anesthesia Practice II (4 cr.)
NRS 7725- Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Internship II (1 cr.)
NRS 8241- Nursing and Healthcare Informatics & Leadership (3 cr.)
Year 2
Fall
NRS 6672- Nurse Anesthesia Practice III (4 cr.)
NRS 8712- Theory and Translating Research for Evidence Based Practice (2 cr.)
NRS 7735- Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Internship III (1 cr.)
NRS 8732- Adv. Prac Seminar: Advanced Concepts in Perioperative Cardiac Care I (1 cr.)
Winter
NRS 8998- DNP Project (1 cr.)
NRS 6682- Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management (3 cr.)
NRS 7611- Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Anesthesiology (3 cr.)
NRS 7745- Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Internship IV (1 cr.)
Summer
NRS 7755-Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Internship V (2 cr.)
NRS 8221- Health Systems Policy and Regulation (3 cr.)
NRS 8998- DNP Project (2 cr.)
NRS 8722- Adv. Prac Seminar: Advanced Concepts in Respiratory and Pain Physiology (1 cr.)
Year 3
Fall
NRS 8681- Clinical Prevention and Population Health (3 cr.)
NRS 8998- DNP Project (1 cr.)
NRS 7765- Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Internship VI (2 cr.)
NRS 8231- Organizational & Systems Leadership (3 cr.)
Winter
NRS 7732- Advanced Pharmacology for NA Practice III (3 cr.)
NRS 8998- DNP Project (2 cr.)
NRS 8742- Adv. Prac Seminar: Approaches to Healthcare Education (1 cr.)
NRS 7775- Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Internship VII (2 cr.)
Summer
NRS 8998- DNP Project (2 cr.)
NRS 8504- Interprofessional Role Development & Ethics for Nurse Anesthesia (2 cr.)
NRS 7785- Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Internship VIII (2 cr.)
NRS 8762- Cumulative Review (2 cr.)

School of Nursing

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433 Meadow Brook Road
Rochester, MI 48309-4452
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