The school takes a holistic approach to reviewing applications, evaluating health-related work and volunteer experiences, personal factors affecting education, strengths and weaknesses, professional goals, and other relevant information. Academic factors reviewed include cumulative GPA, science GPA, the last 60 credit hours, graduate coursework, and the number of withdrawals or failures. The committee also considers accomplishments, leadership roles, ICU experience, cultural and community involvement, extracurriculars, and the mandatory Kira Assessment, which is integral to the admission process.

Graduate students may transfer up to twelve (12) credit hours. After you are admitted to the UTMB School of Nursing, you may submit a petition to the Graduate Program Director for a transfer of credits. email the Office of Student Affairs & Admissions at son.studentaffairs@utmb.edu and inform them that you have courses that you would like to receive credit for and she will email you the necessary form with instructions on how to submit your petition for credit. After your petition is reviewed, you will be notified which courses are approved or denied for transfer credit. No nurse anesthesia-specific coursework will be considered.

Since the DNP program is a variable in-person commitment, this program does not meet the requirements for students who have VISAs for educational purposes.

Based on COA accreditation requirements the student must have received a Bachelor of Nursing from a nationally accredited university. Applicants with international credits must submit an official course-by-course credentialing report to NursingCAS using one UTMB's required Credentialing Services. Please click here to see the Credentialing services approved by UTMB.

If a course is in progress, please provide proof of progress when submitting your NursingCAS application. Final transcripts with a grade for the in-progress course(s) must be submitted and verified by the close of the application cycle.

If you were previously enrolled in another nurse anesthesia program, documentation of continued eligibility by the program director must be provided. If you are unable to provide continued eligibility, you will not meet admission requirements.

All application documents must be received at NursingCAS by the application deadline. An application must also be in Verified status by the status deadline. Once Verified, you will receive a UTMB Supplemental Application within 3-5 days of the status change. Complete the supplemental application and pay the associated fee as soon as possible and then your application will be sent to the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs for review.

Yes. The graduate programs are approved by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). UTMB is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

The DNP is a terminal degree in nursing focused on practice. The PhD emphasizes fundamental research. In the DNP program, students complete a scholarly practice project, a form of inquiry that results in improved patient outcomes and transformations in health care.

There will be a portion of online content within the Nurse Anesthesia Program, primarily the core DNP courses. Starting the first semester, there will be mandatory in-person time on campus. This program is full-time, and working is highly discouraged as the in-person schedule will vary every semester, and the program demands will require a full-time commitment.

This will vary each semester, but there will be mandatory on campus learning almost weekly.

The BSN to DNP Nurse Anesthesia program is an intensive 36-month program. The total program will be 112 total credit hours and conclude with the completion of an evidence based scholarly project that meets doctoral rigor.

The BSN/DNP Nurse Anesthesia program is an intensive 36-month program and working while in school is highly discouraged. The first 18 months of the program there are in person mandatory activities and the schedule can change each semester. If a decision is made to work, the program director must be aware, and the student needs to be good academic standing. The second 18 months of the program, will consist of clinical rotations, and will be full time hours with rotating schedules. At no part in the program may the student work in any capacity of delivering anesthesia services.

Students will be in clinical for the last 18 months of the program. The COA requires a minimum of 2000 clinical hours; however, we will strive to surpass the minimal requirements.

The BSN/DNP Nurse Anesthesia program requires potential applicants to complete the lecture portion of Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry within the last 5 years, with a grade of B or higher. A completed basic statistics course is also required. All required coursework must be completed before the admissions cycle begins.

A minimum of at least 1 year of recent full-time equivalent critical care experience is required to apply for the BSN/DNP Nurse Anesthesia program. Critical clinical experience includes but is not limited to, invasive monitoring, ventilator management, and vasoactive drip management. All adult, pediatric, and Level IV neonatal critical care units are considered critical care experience. Step-down units, recovery room, emergency room, and cardiac catheterization lab do not meet the critical care experience requirement defined by the COA.

Critical care experience must be obtained in a critical care area within the United States, its territories or a US military hospital outside of the United States.

The Scholarly Practice Project is the culminating work in the DNP program. Students synthesize the skills gained in other courses to identify a clinical problem or need and develop an evidence-based approach to address this need or problem. The project must be practice-based, have an anesthesia focus, and should result in a change or improvement in practice.

UTMB graduate programs have one admission per year, each Fall.