Dual-Degree AGACNP and CRNA Program Requirements

CRNA Program Requirements for 2025-2026

Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia and Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)

Requirements

Scholarship Core - 30 credits

  • GNUR 503 - Foundations of Evidence -Based Practice and Research (3)
  • GNUR 558 - Capstone Development (2)
  • GNUR 695 - NP Comprehensive Exam (1) 
  • GNUR 701 - Applications of Nursing Science (3)
  • GNUR 702 - Advanced Evidence-Based Practice & Research (3)
  • GNUR 704 - Informatics and Healthcare Technologies (3)
  • GNUR 706 - Healthcare Delivery Systems, Policy & Law (3)
  • GNUR 707 - Population Health: Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3)
  • GNUR 708 - Complex Systems and Leadership (3)
  • GNUR 710 - Complex and Vulnerable Populations Health (3)
  • GNUR 712 - Clinical Inquiry for Outcomes Evaluation & Policy Development (3)

DNP Clinical Core - 9 credits

  • GNUR 709 - Doctor of Nursing Practice Role and Project Development I (3)
  • GNUR 713 - Doctor of Nursing Practice Role and Project Development II (3)
  • GNUR 714 - Doctor of Nursing Practice Role Development and Project Defense (3)

Direct Care Core - 9 credits

  • GNUR 543 - Advanced Physiology Pathophysiology (3)
  • GNUR 570 - Advanced Pharmacology (3)
  • GNUR 571 - Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning (3)

Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Functional Core - 16 credits

  • GNUR 650 - Advanced Concepts in the Care of Adults Across the Lifespan I (3)
  • GNUR 651 - Advanced Concepts in the Care of Adults Across the Lifespan II (3)
  • GNUR 652 - Advanced Concepts in the Care of Adults Across the Lifespan III (3)
  • GNUR 653 - Advanced Concepts in the Care of Adults Across the Lifespan IV (3)
  • GNUR 641 - AGACNP Diagnosis and Management of Adults Across the Lifespan I (1) (150 hours clinical)
  • GNUR 643 - AGACNP Diagnosis and Management of Adults Across the Lifespan II (1) (150 hours clinical)
  • GNUR 645 - AGACNP Diagnosis and Management of Adults Across the Lifespan III (1) (150 hours clinical)
  • GNUR 647 -AGACNP Diagnosis and Management of Adults Across the Lifespan IV (1) (150 hours clinical)

Nurse Anesthesia Core - 39 credits

  • GNUR 760 - Role Transition and Professional Aspects of Nurse Anesthesia I (2)
  • GNUR 761 - Role Transition and Professional Aspects of Nurse Anesthesia II (2)
  • GNUR 762 - CRNA Comprehensive Exam (1)
  • GNUR 765 - Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics of Anesthesia Practice (3)
  • GNUR 766 - Advanced Airway, Spinal, and Epidural Anesthesia Management (2)
  • GNUR 767 - Regional Anesthesia, Pain Management, POCUS & Orthopedic Anesthesia (3)
  • GNUR 768 - Pediatrics, Obstetrics, GYN, Urology, Otolaryngologic, Abdominal, and Emergency Anesthesia (3)
  • GNUR 769 - Cardiothoracic, Cardiovascular and Neurosurgical Anesthesia (3)
  • GNUR 771 - Anesthesia Pharmacology (3)
  • GNUR 772 - Anesthesia Phases of Care (1) (50 clinical hours)
  • GNUR 773 - Advanced Hemodynamic monitoring, Interpretation and Placement (1)
  • GNUR 775 - Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management I (1)
  • GNUR 776 - Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management II (1)
  • GNUR 781 - Clinical Practicum I (2) (300 clinical hours)
  • GNUR 782 - Clinical Practicum II (2) (300 clinical hours)
  • GNUR 783 - Clinical Practicum III (3) (450 clinical hours)
  • GNUR 784 - Clinical Practicum IV (3) (450 clinical hours)
  • GNUR 785 - Clinical Practicum V (3) (450 clinical hours)

Total CRNA Program: 103 credits