The education administration courses will provide the knowledge not offered in most Master’s level CRNA curriculums. With the development of clinical doctoral programs for advanced practices nurses, both in anesthesia and other advanced nursing specialties, the need for doctoral prepared program administrators is great. The goal of the education specialty focus is to prepare the CRNA to administer a doctoral level program, including curriculum development and assessment.

The management focus courses will provide the knowledge necessary to advance into administrative roles in the anesthesia department/group or other areas in the clinical facility as well as the entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to create and operate an anesthesia group. These skills will include budget management and the contract and legal issues associated with the creation of a business.

1. Must be a practicing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
2. A minimum overall Graduate GPA of 3.0 or greater
3. A minimum Graduate science GPA of 3.0 or greater
4. A graduate level research course with an earned grade of “B” or better*
   1. *Texas Wesleyan offers an online graduate level research course through the Graduate Programs of Nurse Anesthesia; Registration for this course can be accomplished through the Graduate Programs of Nurse Anesthesia’s Admission Coordinator at 817-531-4406.

1. A completed Application for Admission, Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Program*
2. A non-refundable application fee of $50 made payable to Texas Wesleyan University
   1. *Application deadline for new incoming students is February 1st of the year the student wishes to start the program.
3. Verification that the applicant has a master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
4. A copy of the applicant’s current Council on Certification/Recertification card. All applicants must be Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists.
5. Official transcripts for all college or university coursework
6. Three letters of support:
   1. One from an educator that can attest to the applicant’s academic ability and aptitude for advance learning
   2. One from a clinical supervisor/colleague that can attest to the applicant’s clinical skills
   3. And a personal reference from a non-relative that can attest to the applicant’s integrity

All positions are filled on a competitive basis. Therefore, all applicants that meet admission requirements may not be granted an interview. Those applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted by the DNAP office to arrange an interview. Interviews are conducted via phone or Skype with at least one of the Associate Directors of the DNAP program.

Total enrollment in the DNAP program is limited. The admission of each class will be based upon the "best qualified" as determined by the Admissions Committee. Selection will be based upon the following criteria:

1. Personal interview in which the applicant demonstrates that in the future he/she will engage in a position or activities that will positively influence nurse anesthesia education/practice
2. Work experience as a CRNA
3. Experience in nurse anesthesia education/leadership/management
4. Grade point average
5. References that rate professional performance as excellent or above average

FIN 8314 Financial Planning: Business and Personal .............................. 3 hours
This course is designed to provide a framework for starting a business and for managing business and personal financial affairs. Course content will include entrepreneurial basics, preparation of a business plan, personal financial planning, legal considerations, and tax considerations.

MGT 8208 Leadership and Managing Change .............................. 2 hours
Advanced study of the use of power, influence, and leadership in organizations. Detailed coverage of sources of power in organizations, resource dependency, multidirectional influence tactics, trait theories of leadership, behavioral theories of leadership, contingency approaches to leadership, and charismatic leadership. Special consideration is given to the ethical use of power and leadership.

MGT 8230 Administration of Health Care Organizations .............................. 2 hours
This course is designed to prepare students for their future roles as healthcare managers. The customary activities of the manager — planning, organizing, decision making, control, and budgeting — are defined, explained, and presented with detailed examples drawn from a variety of health care settings. Students will learn proven management concepts, techniques, models, and tools for managing individuals or teams.

HSC 8310 Health Law and Ethics .............................. 3 hours
This course focuses on key concepts in health law such as the structure of health care organizations, health care liability, confidentiality of medical information, access to health care, taxation, antitrust, state and federal regulations of health care, financing mechanism of health care, including private health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, and emerging bioethical issues in health care.

HSC 8312 Applied Biomedical Statistics .............................. 3 hours
Statistics is the science and art of identifying, organizing, summarizing and analyzing data from the world around us in order to draw conclusions or make predictions. This course provides a survey of the principles and methods of descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on reasoning skill development, appropriate application of concepts and methods, and critical analysis and evaluation; computational skill is secondary. Topics include: defining, measuring, and describing data; research design; hypothesis testing; correlation and regression; analysis of variance; Chi Square; and power analysis.

HSC 8112 Evidence-Based Project Completion .............................. 1 hour
The student will work with a faculty member to perform a literature search supporting the identified clinical question. The faculty member will guide the student to perform the literature search in a systematic manner using multiple sources. It is anticipated the clinical question will evolve during the literature search.

HSC 8211 Evidence-Based Practice I .............................. 2 hours
The course introduces the fundamentals of evidence-based practice. The student will work with a faculty member to identify a problem from the clinical, business or education area supporting the student’s evidence-based project.

HSC 8214 Learning Technologies and Informatics .............................. 2 hours
This course introduces students to the methods and strategies necessary to incorporate existing research into an evidence-based practice. Students will be expected to find and evaluate information using a variety of information retrieval tools.

HSC 8314 Evidence-Based Practice II .............................. 3 hours
This course prepares the student to engage in knowledge application including the translation of research into practice, the evaluation of practice and improvement of nurse anesthesia practice and outcomes. Information skills are presented supporting the student’s evidence-based project.

HSC 8601 Pathophysiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology I .............................. 6 hours
This course covers the treatment of human diseases with pharmacological mediators. It integrates the pathophysiology of various disease states with underlying biochemical mediators, and available drug treatments. This course includes pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion, pharmacogenetics, new drug discovery, neurotransmission, the CNS system, mediators of pain and inflammation, and renal and cardiovascular agents.

HSC 8602 Pathophysiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology II .............................. 6 hours
This course covers the treatment of human diseases with pharmacological mediators. It integrates the pathophysiology of various disease states with underlying biochemical mediators, and available drug treatments. This course includes GI function, chemotherapeutics of microbial disease, neoplastic diseases, immunomodulators, blood and blood forming organs, hormones and antagonists, and toxicology.

HSC 8308 Curriculum Design for Nurse Anesthesia Education .............................. 3 hours
This course will focus on design and implementation, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs’ standards and problem solving in a Nurse Anesthesia program.

HSC 8412 Administration of a Nurse Anesthesia Program .............................. 4 hours
This course will focus on the development and administration of faculty and staff in nurse anesthesia programs as well as program recruiting and clinical site development and administration.

ACC 8212 Using Activity Based Management for Improvement .............................. 2 hours
This course is designed to provide students techniques in how to streamline, improve, and measure productivity of business processes. The principle technique used for this analysis is Activity Based Management (ABM) which is considered a best practice technique in most major corporations.

MGT 8314 Public Health Policy and Management .............................. 3 hours
This course provides an overview of major issues related to the design, function, management, regulation, and evaluation of health insurance programs and managed care organizations, including HMOs. The course will focus on both private and public sector programs. Emphasis will be placed on programs in the US, though the course should be of relevance to organized health care programs in other nations.