BSN-DNP Curriculum

The initial 18-month didactic phase of the program includes basic science, advanced practice nursing, and anesthesia courses. Each semester is six months in length and divided into three terms. The course load per term will vary. View course descriptions.

‡ Course offered online only

* Advanced Nursing Practice Core

• *Advanced Health Assessment
• ‡*Professional Philosophy & Scholarship
• ‡*Leading & Managing Healthcare Systems
• ‡*Ethical & Multicultural Healthcare
• ‡*Theories & Concepts in Healthcare
• ‡*Approaches to Healthcare Education
• ‡*Influencing Healthcare Policy
• ‡*Biostatistics
• ‡*Quality Outcomes Management
• ‡*Decision Science & Informatics in Healthcare

• Advanced Pathophysiology I
• Anatomical Science I
• Clinical Biochemistry
• Principles of Anesthesia
• Pharmacology in Advanced Practice
• Human Physiology
• Immunology for Health Professions
• Physics for Anesthesia Practice
• ‡*Emerging Sciences in Healthcare

• Advanced Pathophysiology II
• Anatomical Science II
• Advanced Principles of Anesthesia
• Pharmacology in Advanced Practice II
• Human Physiology II
• Biomedical Instrumentation
• ‡*Translational Research
• Radiology for Health Professions
• Clinical Skills Inquiry
• Nervous System

The second phase of the program consists of 18 months of clinical training in a variety of hospital learning environments as well as several synthesis courses. The clinical phase provides extensive clinical education in the provision of general, regional, and local anesthesia. Students will gain experience with a depth and breadth of cases that significantly exceeds requirements for training as a CRNA.

• Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center 
• Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center
• Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital
• Ben Taub Hospital
• Cabell Huntington Hospital
• Cogdell Memorial
• Covenant Health Plainview Hospital
• Houston Methodist 
• Houston Methodist West Hospital
• Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
• Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
• Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 
• Robert B. Green Campus-University Health
• St. David's Medical Center
• St. David's North Austin Medical Center
• St. David's Round Rock Medical Center
• St. David's South Austin Medical Center
• St. Mary’s Medical Center
• Texas Health Huguley Hospital
• Texas Children's Hospital
• University Hospital/The MARC

• ‡Seminars in Anesthesia
• ‡*Evidence Based Anesthesia Practice
• ‡Critical Concepts in Anesthesia
• ‡*DNP Project in Anesthesia
• Comprehensive Examination in Anesthesia