How to Apply - Nurse Anesthesia
Criteria for Admission to the Nurse Anesthesia Program (DNP).
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Application Deadlines
Applications open June 1 to August 1
All completed and verified applications will be reviewed, and invitations to interview will be sent by early October. Interviews will be held in person in mid-November.
Admission Process
The University of Louisville School of Nursing participates in Nursing’s Centralized Application Service (NursingCAS), which provides you with an online application. NursingCAS collects and processes your application documents and verifies your transcripts. We receive your application information from NursingCAS and use it to make our admission decisions.
You do not need to submit any of your supporting documents to the University of Louisville. In addition to the NursingCAS application fee, you will be required to pay a $40 supplemental application fee directly to UofL Graduate Admissions in order to be considered for admission. Once you submit your Nursing CAS application, you will receive an email from UofL Graduate Admissions with instructions on how to pay the fee.
All required items must be uploaded, and transcripts verified by NursingCAS on or before the published deadline. The transcript verification process can take several weeks after receipt, so please see that all materials are received by NursingCAS well before the published deadline.
Questions on uploading required documents or receiving transcripts should be directed to NursingCAS and not to the School of Nursing.
Questions regarding admission requirements should be directed to nursinginfo@louisville.edu.
Out of state students should review their eligibility for admission prior to applying.
Admission Requirements
- Official Transcripts representing all college coursework with a recommended overall cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from a regionally accredited institution and a NLN, CCNE or ACEN accredited nursing program.
- Applicants who have attended a college or university outside the United States are also required to submit a course-by-course evaluation of their transcript through World Education Services (WES) or Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE
- Minimum science GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Prerequisite courses at the undergraduate level ,with preference given to those who earned a B or better in all required courses.
- Human Anatomy
- Physiology
- Microbiology
- Chemistry
- Unencumbered Registered Nursing License
- Current Acute/Critical Care Nursing Certification (CCRN) or equivalent nursing specialty certification.
- Current certifications in BLS and either ACLS or PALS.
- Minimum one year of recent (within 2-years preferred) full-time critical care experience or the part-time equivalent with Employment Verification.
- Preference is given to applicants who have high acuity critical care experience where hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, and vasoactive drug administration are routinely managed.
- Preference is given to applicants with experience in shared governance leadership.
- Completion of Graduate Record Examination (GRE), official scores must be within 5 years prior to application.
- Minimum of 24 hours of shadow experience with a CRNA.
- Meet the Program Technical Standards.
- English Proficiency exam as applicable: TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
- Admitted applications will have to submit a non-refundable $1,500 matriculation fee if accepted into the program.
- After acceptance to the program, submit clinical requirements, including background check, drug screening, immunizations, and any other documentation as required.
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Ready to jump into the next stage of your career? Submit your application on NursingCAS.