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From the time of the American Civil War until now, the specialized field of the nurse anesthetist has cared for people dealing with their most difficult healthcare issues. Around 150 years later, the specialty has grown from the first nurse to administer anesthesia to more than 44,000 across the country.
Today, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America like Michigan, enabling healthcare facilities in many underserved areas to offer obstetrical, surgical, pain management, and trauma stabilizing services. In many instances, CRNAs are the sole providers in nearly all rural hospitals.
The advanced practice nursing specialty brings with it great responsibility and challenges but the rewards are high. Unlike other nursing fields, the anesthetist cares for only one patient at a time and can enjoy a satisfying sense of autonomy while they practice their skills. This high degree of independence is one of the most attractive reasons many people have made this type of career choice.
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East Lansing, MI Michigan State’s University CRNA program has been in place since 2008. The integrated program includes a clinical aspect where students gain practical experience after the first semester has been completed. The majority of the classroom work is completed during the first two semesters after which students will be expected to study two Pharmacology courses, which are offered via an interactive television setting. • Campus: East Lansing Royal Oak, MI Students who attend the Oakland University Beaumont Nurse Anesthesia program will study on a beautiful 1,441-acre campus amidst the wooded hills and rolling meadows of Southeastern Michigan. They use a variety of teaching formats to enhance its graduate programs. To complete the coursework students will have to participate in a segment of didactic learning, clinical experience, and a human patient simulation component. • Campus: Royal Oak Detroit, MI University of Detroit’s CRNA program is integrated so students are expected to acquire clinical experience as it is intertwined with their didactic studies of the program. The clinical portion for the student begins in the second semester and includes a full 16 clinical hours a week to complete. With each level of the program completed the level of responsibility given will also increase. Students will start their practice by being very closely scrutinized, which will be gradually be modified until by the time they finish, they will be under minimal supervision and ready to work entirely on their own. • Campus: Detroit Flint, MI The University of Michigan CRNA program integrates academic and clinical anesthesia elements at their Flint campus. Although the majority of the clinical requirement is expected after the first year, the clinical component will be interspersed throughout the entire life of the program. Presently, clinical coursework is expected at a variety of settings in the Flint area where students can get a real grasp on the kind of experience needed to be a CRNA. • Campus: Flint Detroit, MI Wayne State University’s Nurse Anesthesia Master’s Program is offered to Registered Nurses who already have a baccalaureate degree or other related science degrees. It leads to a very challenging career that will utilize all three of the learning domains; cognitive, psychomotor and affective, all of which are effective in preparing the student to provide quality and safety in their practice to a culturally diverse patient population. • Campus: DetroitExplore Nurse Anesthetist Programs and Schools in Michigan
• Type: Public
• Accreditation: Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
• Tuition: $49,250.00/Entire program cost
• Minimum Time Commitment: 28 months
• Online Available: Yes
• Degree Requirements: 78-82 semester credits with a 4 unit optional Thesis
• Programs: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), PhD in nursing, DNP
• School Site: Tuition and Financial Aid
• Type: Public
• Accreditation: Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
• Tuition: $47,600/entire program
• Minimum Time Commitment: 28 months
• Online Available: No
• Degree Requirements: Students must complete a total of 58 credit hours over the course of 2.5 years
• Programs: Master of Science in Nursing (Entry Level), Post Master’s Certificate – Nurse Anesthesia (Entry Level)
• School Site: Tuition and Financial Aid
• Type: Public
• Accreditation: Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
• Tuition: $54,355/entire program
• Minimum Time Commitment: 27 months
• Online Available:
• Degree Requirements:
• Programs: Students must complete 59 semester hours of full time study
• School Site: Tuition and Financial Aid
• Type: Public
• Accreditation: Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
• Tuition: $31,437.00/entire program
• Minimum Time Commitment: 24 months
• Online Available: No
• Degree Requirements: students must complete 63 credit hours
• Programs: Master of Science in Anesthesia Program
• School Site: Tuition and Financial Aid
• Type: Public
• Accreditation: Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
• Tuition: $45,994/entire program
• Minimum Time Commitment: 24 months
• Online Available: No
• Degree Requirements: Students must complete 63 Anesthesia Program semester hours and 73 total semester hours
• Programs: Master’s of Science in Anesthesia, Post Master’s Certification in Pediatric Anesthesia, Post-Masters in Anesthesia Associated PhD Run-In Programs in Pharmacology and Physiology
• School Site: Tuition and Financial Aid
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