[rickcrna]

Announcing the Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing in Portland, Oregon is offering a new nurse anesthesia program with classes beginning September, 2006.

On January 9th and 10th, 2006 visitors representing the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs conducted a capability review towards obtaining initial accreditation. This visit went exceedingly well and a formal announcement of accreditation is expected Spring, 2006.
The program is accepting applications starting February 1st thru to April 15th. Following the application deadline, selected applicants will be invited to the School of Nursing for interviews. Those applicants selected for admission will be notified by mid to late May, 2006.

For more information please visit the following website:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/academic/ms-crna.shtml

Thank you

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RickCRNA,
You sound like you are in "the know" so to speak on this program. I plan to apply. Can you tell me how many applications they are expecting? I know they will only be taking 10 for the first class. How many will they be interviewing? I know all this depends on final approval from the AANA in June. Is it possible that it won't go through?

Also, how much will the program cost?

Thanks in advance.

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Wow thanks for posting that. I had no idea, and had already been negotiating the possibility of moving in 2 years for CRNA with my husband. This puts a new spin on things.

[rickcrna]

Thank you for your inquiry! For a variety of reasons such as the geographic location of this program and the excellent reputation of the Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing, it is expected that the nurse anesthesia program will attract many inquiries for application materials. At this point it is impossible to know how many qualified applicants will be in the pool. Applications will be accepted from February 1st to April 15th for those folks wanting to be considered for admission to start classes this coming Fall. For those people wanting to be considered for classes starting Fall, 2007 and beyond, the application deadline will be December 1st of each year.

It is likely that approximately 30 of the most competitive applications will be selected for interviews and from that pool, 10 applicants will be offered admission to start classes Fall, 2006. Judging by the exit conference from the recent capabillity review by visitors from the Council on Accreditation on Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs it is very likely that this program will be granted the required initial accreditation to begin accepting students for classes this Fall.

Hope this helps with your questions. For further details, please visit the program's website mentioned in the original post.