Application Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements, applicants must meet the following admissions requirements:

Education

• Graduate (masters or doctoral) degree in nursing from a regionally accredited institution of higher education completed prior to application.
• Have graduated from an accredited advanced practice nursing degree program preparing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists or Nurse Practitioners.

Transcripts

• Final, official transcripts from all post-secondary schools attended, even if a degree was not awarded or expected.

Prerequisites

• Applicants must have completed three separate comprehensive graduate-level APRN Core courses in:
• Advanced physiology/pathophysiology, including general principles that apply across the life span
• Advanced health assessment, which includes assessment of all human systems, advanced assessment techniques, concepts, and approaches
• Advanced pharmacology, which includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotherapeutics of all broad categories of agents.
• Applicants who are missing any of these three courses may take them at RFU or another accredited university.

Experience

• Minimum of 1-year of full-time experience, or its part-time equivalent, as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) or Nurse Practitioner in an acute care setting.

Licensure

• Current unencumbered license as a registered nurse and APRN in the United States, its territories or protectorates.

Resume or Curriculum Vitae

• A curriculum vitae (CV) is required as part of the NursingCAS application.

RFU Nurse Anesthesia Students enrolled in good standing within the Nurse Anesthesia (NA) Program, or a student enrolled at another accredited NA program who has the ability to complete clinical residency rotations at RFU approved sites, may enroll in the PGC-AGACNP program; however, the PGC credential may not be earned until the student has earned their graduate degree.