Phillip Engelkemier
- Position
- Director of Recruitment and Retention, Office of Student Services
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Nurse Anesthetist
This accredited, hybrid curriculum prepares the student nurse anesthetist for certification in nurse anesthesia. A student enrolling in this major can expect a rigorous, challenging program of study, heavily based in sciences including anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, chemistry, and physics.
This full-time program will require students to take 88 credits over three years or nine continuous semesters. The minimum amount of clinical time is 2,000 hours, but our graduating nurse anesthetists exceed that minimum through rotations to clinical sites assigned by program faculty.
The graduate will earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and be eligible to sit for the National Certification Exam (NCE), a board exam administered by the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). Candidate graduates who pass the Certification Exam become Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists or CRNAs.
Our students have access to invaluable resources, including the WV STEPS Center, a state-of-the-art center for experiential learning with simulation. Students get to practice in a surgical simulation setting prior to practicing in the field.
The education and clinical experiences I received at WVU have prepared me well for beginning my career as a CRNA. Throughout my training, I have been able learn from faculty and clinical preceptors who challenged me to continually grow, improve, and provide safe, high-quality anesthesia care.
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Aaron Michael Ostrowski, DNP, APRN, CRNA
- Positions
- CRNA, Anesthesiology
- Clinical Associate Professor, Family / Community Health Department
- Nurse Anesthesia Program Director, Office of Academics
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Accreditation
The WVU School of Nursing DNP Nurse Anesthetist Program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) until 2035. Contact the COA by phone at 224-275-9130, on the web at coacrna.org, or at 10275 W. Higgins Rd., Suite 906, Rosemont, IL 60018-5603.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
See also the COA's List of Accredited Nurse Anesthesia Programs and Statistics for the DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program.