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Nurse Anesthesia Program Goals  
The purposes of the Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia (MSNA) Program are to prepare nurses to assume an advanced role on the health care team as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and to provide for the continuing needs for nurse anesthetists in the community, state and region.

MSNA Program Outcomes/Goals

The MSNA will prepare the graduate to:
  1. Synthesize knowledge and apply scientific and scholarly inquiry, analytical reasoning and decision making in the delivery of anesthesia
  2. Assume an advanced role on the health care team as a CRNA
  3. Demonstrate oral and written communication skills inherent in advanced practice
  4. Analyze health promotion activities and health outcomes
  5. Incorporate those moral principles that have universal objective validity in advanced practice

Graduate Studies Outcomes/Goals

The division of Graduate Studies is dedicated to educating professionals who will assume leadership positions in their disciplines and who are able to:
  1. Analyze critical issues within the context of the discipline to implement creative and effective solutions
  2. Demonstrate oral and written communication skills inherent in advanced practice
  3. Incorporate an understanding of Judeo-Christian values and their implications within diverse settings
  4. Assimilate scholarly inquiry into decision-making

Non-Discrimination

This program will not discriminate with regard to sex, race, creed, national or ethnic origin. Because of the nature and intensity of the work, disabled students will be assessed on an individual basis in relation to their ability to meet the didactic and clinical requirements of the curriculum.