Currently, a few Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs grant a professional certificate while the majority confer a master s degree in nursing, allied health, or biological and clinical sciences. Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs are modifying their curricula to meet the requirement that all programs offer a master s degree beginning in 1998. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing or another appropriate baccalaureate degree from an approved nursing program. A license as a registered nurse. A minimum of one year of acute care nursing experience.
Financial aid is available and varies by program.
It is suggested that you contact several programs and ask them about the availability of tuition assistance, as well as the specific admission criteria. There is no financial aid available through the AANA for those entering a nurse anesthesia program. Following the patient s postoperative course from recovery room to patient care unit. Because CRNAs are licensed as nurses, they provide services in conjunction with a qualified physician for instance, a surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, or anesthesiologist. CRNAs practice in a variety of settings in the private and public sector and in the U.S. military, including traditional hospital operating rooms, ambulatory surgery centers, pain clinics, and physician s offices.