Nurse Anesthesia
Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College offers the Master of Science in Nursing Nurse Anesthesia Concentration for BSN-prepared registered nurses interested in pursuing a career as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). The program will consider RN applicants with a Baccalaureate degree in a related field if approved by the program director.
The Nurse Anesthesia Concentration prepares students to assume complex professional roles in a variety of settings by integrating prior learning with advanced discipline-specific coursework and clinical experiences.
The Nurse Anesthesia Concentration is a full-time, 28-month course of study that includes academic courses and seminars incorporating high-fidelity human simulation.
The curriculum also includes an anatomy course with a cadaver lab. Students gain extensive clinical experience at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, the adult and pediatric teaching hospitals for Washington University School of Medicine.
The high acuity and wide variety of patients seen at these institutions will provide students with clinical experiences unlike any other in the region.
Graduates of the Nurse Anesthesia Concentration will be eligible to take the National Certification Examination given by the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) to become certified in the field.