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i am looking into crna programs and have a question about crna programs that are not based out of a university's school of nursing. let me clarify what i mean. all of the programs i was looking at in my state are based out of nursing schools where you graduate with a masters of science in nursing (nursing anesthesia concentration). so you would take the core nursing master's classes with your anesthesia courses. however i have found quite a few programs throughout the country that are based out of hospitals that form a partnership with a university where you can get an accredited masters of science in nursing anesthesia. for example the master of nurse anesthesia program from the mayo clinic (http://www.mayo.edu/mshs/na-nmp.html) or the msna program at st. john's health center with the biomedical department of missouri state university (http://www.stjohns.com/schoolofanesthesia/default.aspx). both of these programs are fully accredited by the council on accreditation of nurse anesthesia educational programs. i am not worried about weather or not i can work as a crna afterwards (or at least i do not think i am). they are just based out of different departments other than nursing. i hope that makes sense. i guess i am just wondering if there may be any benefit to having an msn or if there are any differences i should think about. perhaps an msn would be better if someone was thinking about even more education after your master's degree? any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated. thanks, anthony [color=#660033]