Doctoral Preparation of Nurse Anesthetists

[NRSKarenRN]

aana position statement on doctoral preparation of nurse anesthetists, june 2007, pdf

aana announces support of doctorate for entry into nurse anesthesia practice by 2025

vcu offers practice doctorate for crnas

texas wesleyan university doctorate of nurse anesthesia practice (dnap)

[loveanesthesia]

the american association of colleges of nursing (AACN) is the body who proposed, developed, approved and implemented the new DNP requirement and curriculum.

AACN has not implemented the DNP, there is no requirement by the accrediting body-CCNE-for NP programs to move to the DNP. In fact in Feb of 2010 CCNE published a letter stating they were not changing the accreditation requirements. Prior to the letter the COA did change the accreditation requirements for nurse anesthesia programs to require that all students entering a nurse anesthesia program Jan 1, 2022 be enrolled in a doctoral program. I know I was assuming that CCNE would change accreditation requirements and I think many others were also. Many NP programs are, or already have, changed to the doctoral format, but they are not requred to.

[foraneman]

AACN has not implemented the DNP, there is no requirement by the accrediting body-CCNE-for NP programs to move to the DNP. In fact in Feb of 2010 CCNE published a letter stating they were not changing the accreditation requirements. Prior to the letter the COA did change the accreditation requirements for nurse anesthesia programs to require that all students entering a nurse anesthesia program Jan 1, 2022 be enrolled in a doctoral program. I know I was assuming that CCNE would change accreditation requirements and I think many others were also. Many NP programs are, or already have, changed to the doctoral format, but they are not requred to.

I should have used the term endorsed instead of implemented.

On October 25, 2004, the member schools affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) voted to endorse the Position Statement on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing. This decision called for moving the current level of preparation necessary for advanced nursing practice from the master's degree to the doctorate-level by the year 2015.

Indeed the CCNE accreditation process for all MS nursing programs, including advanced practice programs, remains unaffected.