Bradley University Nurse Anesthesia Program Requirements 2020
Bradley University Nurse Anesthesia Program Requirements List

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, AND ORDER NO. An entity that wishes to offer a CRNA program shall submit evidence of current accreditation by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs or an equivalent. Best interest of the public and the program meets the requirements of this Article. The program's next review by the COA is scheduled for May 2021. The Nurse Anesthesia specialty also received continued recognition by the International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists in May 2016 for having completed all requirements of its approval process. Class of 2020: Attrition: 8%; First Time NCE Pass rate: 82%; Overall NCE Pass rate: 100%. We have organized a complete list of 64 top-rated schools that offer state-approved CRNA Programs. Simply choose the one that is nearest to you, click the Get Admissions Information button, fill in the required details and rest assured that you will be provided admissions information from that particular school via email or phone call.

Average Admitted GPA

3.42 (2019 DNAP intake)

Minimum 3.0 cumulative undergraduate and graduate required to apply

The Profession

Nurses first gave anesthesia to wounded soldiers during the Civil War, so nurses have been providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for over 150 years. Nurse anesthetists have been the main providers of anesthesia care to U.S. military men and women on the front lines since WWI. Currently, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are the primary anesthesia providers in rural America, and in some states, CRNAs are sole providers in nearly 100% of the rural hospitals. CRNAs provide anesthesia in collaboration with surgeons, physician anesthesiologists, dentists, podiatrists, and other qualified healthcare professionals. CRNAs practice in every setting where anesthesia is delivered: traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms; critical access hospitals; ambulatory surgical centers; offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, plastic surgeons, and pain management specialists; the U.S. military, Public Health Services, and Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities. As Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, CRNAs practice with a high degree of autonomy and professional respect.

The Program

Students in the AHU Nurse Anesthesia Program have the advantage of learning in a Christian environment where each student is valued as a child of God. Each May, a new cohort of nurse anesthesia students begins the nine trimester, 36-month program. The first two trimesters of the program are didactically-focused, and the remaining seven trimesters typically consist of one to two days of class and three to four days of clinical assignments each week, which varies by trimester.

Students in the Nurse Anesthesia Program have access to high-fidelity simulation labs, to include instruction in sonography-guided invasive line and regional block insertion. Clinically, AHU nurse anesthesia students have unparalleled access to clinical opportunities in the large AdventHealth system located throughout central Florida.

Bradley University Nurse Anesthesia Program Requirements 2020

Bradley University Nurse Anesthesia Program Requirements List

MSNA Program Outcomes
(Final MSNA Cohort graduated 2019)
Class of 2017	Class of 2018	Class of 2019
Cohort Attrition Rate	12.0%	0.0%	11.1%
Cohort NCE 1st-Time Pass Rate	81.8%	84.6%	75.0%
National NCE 1st-Time Pass Rate	82.6%	84.3%	84.3%
NCE 1st-Time Pass Rate of 3 most recent cohorts (co 2019, 2018, 2017)	80.56%
Cohort NCE Pass Rate (1st-time + 2nd-time within 60 days of program completion)	90.9%	92.3%	87.5%
Employment Rate (within 6 months after program completion)	100.0%	96.2%	87.5%