Professional nurses who have a Bachelor of Science degree with a
major in Nursing from an accredited program are eligible to apply
for admission. NOTE: The Nurse Anesthesia program of study
begins only in January. The application deadline is May 1 of
each calendar year. Applicants seeking admission to the Nurse
Anesthesia option must:
- Submit an application for admission—deadline for submission
is May 1 for classes beginning the following January.
- Provide transcripts of all academic work.
- Give evidence of the fulfillment of legal requirements for the practice of nursing in the United States.
- Provide evidence of having completed an introductory statistics course and an undergraduate research course with a grade of at least a B in both courses.
- Provide evidence of a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for undergraduate math and science courses.
- Provide evidence of a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for the last 60 hours of undergraduate nursing studies.
- Submit competitive scores from the Graduate Record
Examination.
- Provide four letters of recommendation from former professors
and employers who are in a position to comment on the
applicant’s ability to successfully pursue graduate study in the
nurse anesthesia option.
- Have at least two years of clinical experience in which critical
judgments are made, i.e., critical care, emergency room, etc.,
prior to the May 1 deadline.
- Be interviewed and selected for admission by the Gannon
University Villa Maria School of Nursing and UPMC-Hamot
Medical Center School of Anesthesia Admission Committee.