DNP: Nurse Anesthesia Program (NAP)

Application deadline for the DNP:NAP class of 2025 is March 15, 2024. Interviews will be scheduled for April 2024. Classes will begin in May 2025.

To discuss your graduate degree plans and explore all the Lourdes University program offerings, contact Graduate Admissions at 419-517-8908 or gradadmit@lourdes.edu.

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Lourdes University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthesia Program (DNP) prepares graduates to sit for the National Certification Examination and certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).

To complete the Lourdes DNP Nurse Anesthesia program, students attend full-time for 36 months of continuous coursework including didactic and clinical practicum. The program consists of nine semesters including summer, with an additional week for final exams.

Students are also assigned clinical practicum experience during scheduled University breaks. Students are afforded the maximum opportunity to meet the case requirements required by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs. (COA).

Lourdes University offered the MSN Nurse Anesthesia Program for 11 years. Graduates of the MSN-NAP program realized a 100% employment rate.

The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) requires that all students matriculating into a nurse anesthesia educational program on January 1, 2022 or thereafter be enrolled in a program approved by the COA to award a practice doctoral degree. The Lourdes Nurse Anesthesia Program has been approved to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice-Nurse Anesthesia degree. Further information regarding this transition may be obtained by contacting srawson@lourdes.edu.

Lourdes University Nurse Anesthesia Programs are fully accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs through fall 2026.

Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA)
Address: 10275 W. Higgins Rd., Suite 906, Rosemont, IL 60018-5603
Phone: 224-275-9130. Website: www.coacrna.org