Offices: 4601-4606 CPHS
Program Director: Mary Walczyk; DNP, CRNA, 4601 CPHS; 313-577-7689; mary.walczyk@wayne.edu
Assistant Program Director: Jessica Phillips, PhD, CRNA; 313-577-9239; jessica.montrief@wayne.edu
https://cphs.wayne.edu/nurse-anesthesia/ 

The program strives to produce highly skilled certified registered nurse anesthetists capable of providing excellent anesthesia care to diverse populations in all settings where anesthesia practice or knowledge is required. We aim to cultivate appropriate learning environments essential to academic excellence, necessary to incorporate advanced knowledge and prepare a diverse body of students to thrive and positively impact local and global communities. The program promotes research activities to enhance the knowledge and understanding of best practices important to a diverse patient population with a focus on quality patient outcomes. The program also focuses on developing mechanisms to build new and innovative partnerships across a variety of healthcare disciplines.

Accreditation

The program is fully accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.

10275 W. Higgins Rd., Suite 906, Rosemont, IL  60018-5603

Admission Requirements

Admission to this program is conducted through applications submitted to the Centralized Application Service (NursingCAS) CAS application and is contingent upon admission to the Graduate School. 

To be eligible to apply to the Nurse Anesthesia program, applicants must have the following: 

• Baccalaureate degree in nursing or graduate degree in nursing from an accredited program
• A minimum of one undergraduate course (3 credits) of Chemistry: Organic or Biochemistry (No General Chemistry) taken within 10 years of application with a final grade of "B" or higher 
• A minimum of one undergraduate course (3 credits) of Microbiology or Anatomy & Physiology taken within 10 years of application with a final grade of "B" or higher 
• Overall minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher for the last 60 credits completed 
• Overall minimum Nursing GPA of 3.0 or higher 
• Overall Science GPA of 3.0 or higher 
• Current RN licensure 
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) 
• CCRN Certification
• Currently employed in an ICU (SICU, MICU, CICU, Neurotrauma, Pediatric ICU in an academic teaching setting). PACU and ER employment are not accepted as ICU experience, with a minimum of one-year full time ICU experience.
• Shadowing experience at your hospital of employment. 
• Applicant Personal Statement — a summary (1-2 pages) double-spaced highlighting your professional nursing career. Please include reasons for desiring the nurse anesthesia profession. 
• Three (3) professional references are required— two (2) from current ICU RN co-workers and one (1) from your immediate RN ICU supervisor. You will send the requests electronically in CAS to the three individuals you want to complete them and these individuals must submit their completed recommendations electronically via the Centralized Application System.
• If coursework was completed at a non-US institution, students must obtain a course-by-course evaluation of their transcripts by World Education Services: www.wes.org. The results of the evaluation must be sent to Wayne State University and the Centralized Application System. 
• Complete WSU Graduate Application at time of admission offer. 

Please consult the WSU NA Website for a complete list of admission criteria.

All deadlines noted on this website must be abided by in order to be considered for admission to the WSU NA program. Due to the highly competitive nature of admission to this program, successful completion of all admission requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.

Admission Interview 

A personal interview will be granted to select individuals who meet all admission requirements and have submitted the CAS application and the WSU Graduate Application by the admissions deadlines. 

Completion of the personal interview does not guarantee admission to the Wayne State University Nurse Anesthesia Program. Admission to the program is competitive. Students who are offered admission to the WSU NA program will have a Criminal Background Check performed by Certiphi, Inc. Matriculation into the program will depend on the results of that check, and successful completion of the WSU Graduate Application.

Program Requirements

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The Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) degree is 87 credits taken over nine semesters. Graduates are eligible to take the National Certification Examination (NCE) given by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). The nurse anesthesia program is offered full-time only. All course work must be completed in accordance with the academic procedures of the Graduate School governing graduate scholarship and degrees and the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, respectively, and in accordance with the Nurse Anesthesia Student Handbook. No course work may be transferred or substituted for credit into the Wayne State University DNAP curriculum.

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Fall Semester		Credits
AN 7010	Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis	3
AN 7100	Advanced Pharmacology I	3
AN 7220	Advanced Physiology I	3
AN 7500	Physics, Equipment, and Safety for Anesthesia	2
AN 7780	Professional Dimensions	3
	Credits	14
Winter Semester
AN 7020	Practicum and Simulation I	2
AN 7110	Advanced Pharmacology II	3
AN 7150	Principles of Anesthesia I	3
AN 7240	Advanced Physiology II	3
	Credits	11
Spring/Summer Semester
AN 7030	Advanced Clinical Practicum II	2
AN 7160	Principles of Anesthesia II	3
AN 7640	Research and Statistics	3
	Credits	8
Second Year
Fall Semester
AN 7040	Clinical Anesthesia Practicum III	2
AN 7170	Principles of Anesthesia III	3
AN 7600	Regional Anesthesia	3
AN 7890	DNAP Project Proposal	1
AN 7880	Anesthesia Seminar	1
	Credits	10
Winter Semester
AN 7050	Clinical Anesthesia Practicum IV	2
AN 7181	Advanced Principles of Anesthesia IV	3
AN 8000	DNAP Project I	1
AN 7880	Anesthesia Seminar	1
AN 7241	Pathophysiology	3
	Credits	10
Spring/Summer Semester
AN 7060	Clinical Anesthesia Practicum V	3
AN 7903	Health Care Policy	3
AN 7901	Leadership in Nurse Anesthesia Practice	3
AN 8001	DNAP Project II	1
	Credits	10
Third Year
Fall Semester
AN 7070	Clinical Anesthesia Practicum VI	3
AN 7902	Ethics and Health Care	3
AN 8002	DNAP Project III	1
AN 7880	Anesthesia Seminar	1
	Credits	8
Winter Semester
AN 7080	Clinical Anesthesia Practicum VII	3
AN 7891	Advanced Clinical Application I	2
AN 8003	DNAP Project IV	2
AN 7880	Anesthesia Seminar	1
	Credits	8
Spring/Summer Semester
AN 7090	Clinical Anesthesia Practicum VIII	3
AN 7892	Advanced Clinical Application II	3
AN 8004	DNAP Project Completion	2
	Credits	8
	Total Credits	87