Nurse Anesthesia MSN
Major: Nurse Anesthesia
Degree Awarded: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 89.0
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.3804
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 29.1151
About the Program
Note: Applications are not being accepted for the 2023-2024 academic year, as the MSN has been phased out.
The Master of Science in Nursing in nurse anesthesia is a 28-month, 89.0 quarter credit, full-time program. The program offers 19.0 theoretical nursing and research credits, a 15.0 quarter credit basic science component, a 30.0 quarter credits didactic anesthesia component and a 25.0 credit clinical component. Upon successful completion of the program's outcomes, the student is awarded an MSN in Nurse Anesthesia and is eligible to take the national certification examination offered by the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA).
The Nurse Anesthesia Program is accredited by the:
Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
10275 W. Higgins Rd., Suite 906
Rosemont, IL 60018-5603
Main Number: 224-275-9130
Fax: 847-728-8128
Email: accreditation@coacrna.org
Additional Information
For more information, contact the academic advisor of the Nurse Anesthesia program:
MSN Programs Academic Advisor
60 N. 36th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
267.359.5786 | Email: NAPadmissions@drexel.edu
Additional information is also available on Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions webpage.
Admission Requirements
The Nurse Anesthesia program is no longer accepting applications for the MSN program. The last MSN cohort will start in September 2021. The first DNP cohort will start in the spring quarter 2022.
Degree Requirements
MSN Core Courses | ||
NURS 500 [WI] | Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments | 3.0 |
NURS 502 | Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | 3.0 |
NURS 544 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | 3.0 |
NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 |
NURS 550 | Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning | 4.0 |
RSCH 503 | Research Methods and Biostatistics | 3.0 |
RSCH 504 | Evaluation and Translation of Health Research | 3.0 |
Nurse Anesthesia Core | ||
NURS 503 | Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia | 3.0 |
NURS 504 | Overview of Nurse Anesthesia | 3.0 |
NURS 505 | Chemistry and Physics | 2.0 |
NURS 507 | Nurse Anesthesia Pharmacology I | 3.0 |
NURS 510 | Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia I | 3.0 |
NURS 511 | Nurse Anesthesia Pharmacology II | 3.0 |
NURS 515 | Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia II | 3.0 |
NURS 518 | Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia III | 3.0 |
NURS 530 | Anesthesia Seminar | 1.0 |
NURS 659 | Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia IV | 3.0 |
NURS 688 | Clinical Correlative Seminars | 3.0 |
NURS 508 | Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum I | 1.0 |
NURS 512 | Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum II | 1.0 |
NURS 516 | Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum III | 2.0 |
NURS 517 | Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum IV | 3.0 |
NURS 683 | Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum V | 3.0 |
NURS 684 | Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum VI | 3.0 |
NURS 687 | Clinical Residency I | 6.0 |
NURS 689 | Clinical Residency II | 6.0 |
Physiological Science Courses | ||
NURS 520 | Advanced Physiology | 3.0 |
NURS 521 | Advanced Pathophysiology I | 3.0 |
NURS 522 | Advanced Pathophysiology II | 3.0 |
NURS 523 | Advanced Pathophysiology III | 3.0 |
Total Credits | 89.0 |
Writing-Intensive Course Requirement
A [WI], Writing Intensive, next to a graduate course in this catalog indicates that the graduate course is a writing intensive course. The graduate course is a required course in your curriculum.
Sample Plan of Study
First Year | |||||||
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Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits | ||
NURS 503 | 3.0 | NURS 505 | 2.0 | NURS 510 | 3.0 | ||
NURS 504 | 3.0 | NURS 507 | 3.0 | NURS 511 | 3.0 | ||
NURS 549 | 3.0 | NURS 508 | 1.0 | NURS 512 | 1.0 | ||
NURS 550 | 4.0 | NURS 520 | 3.0 | NURS 521 | 3.0 | ||
13 | 9 | 10 | |||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
NURS 500 | 3.0 | NURS 517 | 3.0 | NURS 659 | 3.0 | NURS 502 | 3.0 |
NURS 515 | 3.0 | NURS 518 | 3.0 | NURS 683 | 3.0 | NURS 684 | 3.0 |
NURS 516 | 2.0 | NURS 523 | 3.0 | RSCH 503 | 3.0 | RSCH 504 | 3.0 |
NURS 522 | 3.0 | ||||||
11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
NURS 530 | 1.0 | NURS 688 | 3.0 | ||||
NURS 544 | 3.0 | NURS 689 | 6.0 | ||||
NURS 687 | 6.0 | ||||||
10 | 9 | ||||||
Total Credits 89 |