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Course summary

This program prepares the registered professional nurse as an independent practitioner in nurse anesthesia. Students are encouraged to assume increasing responsibility for self-directed study and professional growth. The curriculum combines relevant sciences with learning experiences in the clinical area. The program is designed for full-time students with an average commitment of 56 hours per week to classroom instruction, clinical experience, and individual study in the last two years. The program is in affiliation with the North Shore University Health System School of Nurse Anesthesia. The graduate of the program will demonstrate the advanced knowledge and skills that comprise a foundation for nurse practitioner practice with newborns, infants, children, adolescents, adults, pregnant and postpartum women, and older adults; synthesize knowledge from nursing and the basic sciences that support the advanced practice of family nursing; contribute to the specialty of family nursing through participation in systemic inquiry and other scholarly endeavors; develop the ability to work independently, accepting responsibility and accountability for one’s own advanced practice as a family nurse practitioner; assume a leadership role in influencing the direction of health care at the local and national level; incorporate a philosophy of social caring based on respect for the whole person, embodied in professional practice and service activities within a multicultural society; embody a commitment to self-directed life-long learning and continuing personal and professional development; demonstrate responsibility to society by establishing a family nurse practitioner practice that is based upon professional standards as well as ethical and moral principles and use an analytical framework to evaluate information systems and technology in health care.

Program modules

The modules are Required Core Courses: Required of all graduate nursing students (24-28 credits): NSG 400 Theoretical Components of Nursing, NSG 401 Nursing Research I (3), NSG 402 Nursing Research II (3), NSG 430 Legal-Political Issues in Health Care (2), NSG 433 Nursing and Biomedical Ethics (2), NSG 480 Statistical Methods for the Health Sciences, NSG 482 Epidemiology (2), One 4-credit Health Systems Elective (Nurse Anesthetists choose one 2-credit course). Students may choose any course in the university focusing on health care organizations, management, and economics or from the following courses in the nursing department: NSG 425: Finance and Costing in Health Care, NSG 450: Special Topics, NSG 451: Introduction to Nursing Administration and Leadership, NSG 452: Organizational and Financial Management in Health Care, NSG 453: Case Management and the Managed Care Environment, One Final Project from the following courses: NSG 598: Graduate Synthesis (2), NSG 599: Nursing Thesis, Required Courses: Nurse Anesthetist (48 credits): NSG 500: Chemistry and Physics, NSG 501: Anatomy and Physiology I, NSG 502: Anatomy and Physiology II, NSG 503: Pathophysiology, NSG 504: Principles of Anesthesia Practice I, NSG 505: Principles of Anesthesia Practice II, NSG 506: Principles of Anesthesia Practice III, NSG 507: Pharmacology I, NSG 508: Pharmacology II,NSG 509: Advanced Physical Assessment for Nurse Anesthetists, NSG 510: Anesthesia Practicum I, NSG 511: Anesthesia Practicum II, NSG 512: Anesthesia Practicum III, NSG 513: Anesthesia Practicum IV, NSG 514: Anesthesia Practicum V, NSG 515: Anesthesia Practicum VI, NSG 516: Anesthesia Practicum VII.

Entry requirement for international students

Applicants should have a minimum of BS in nursing degree from a regionally accredited institution with a GPA of 3.0/4.0 (baccalaureate or graduate cumulative). They should have an organic chemistry completed within the last five years and have a GRE scores of at least 1000 and 4.0 on writing portion (Institution Code: 1165) if undergraduate GPA is below 3.2 (cumulative) on a 4.0 scale. International students should have obtained a minimum TOEFL score of 590 (PBT) or 96 (iBT).

Qualification

Masters

Awarding body

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

Department name

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Nursing

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