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    Oct 10, 2024  
2024-2025 Augusta University Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Augusta University Catalog

Doctor of Nursing Practice with a Concentration in Nursing Anesthesia


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Program Overview

The DNP-Nursing Anesthesia program educates advanced nurse clinicians for expert practice in leadership and clinical roles with focus on care of patients during anesthesia. This doctoral-level education provides the clinical, policy, leadership expertise to improve health care outcomes. The program enables nurses to become expert nurse leaders and collaborators in solving health care problems in systems. Students administer sedation, regional and general anesthesia to pediatric and adult patients for a wide variety of surgical specialties including general surgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology, obstetrics, thoracic, vascular, cardiac and neurology. Students administer on average more than 800 anesthetics over at least 2,000 clinical hours. Graduates are eligible for the National Certification Examination required to practice as a nurse anesthetist. The program has a 100% overall national certification pass rate and over 90% first-time-taken pass rate.

augusta.edu/nursing/programs/dnp/nap

Program Accreditation

The Doctor of Nursing Practice programs are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Program Contact

Nicole Murdaugh
706-721-9558
nursinganes@augusta.edu

Program Information

  • Program Length: 3 Years
  • CIP Code: 51.3808
  • Program Code: DNP_DNP
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Degree Requirements


Degree Total: 112 Hours


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