Nurse Anesthesia MSN Program Attrition and Pass Rates
Applications are no longer being accepted for the MSN.
Please refer to DNP Nurse Anesthesia. Final MSN nurse anesthesia cohort graduates May 2023.
This option is designed to prepare nurses as a certified registered nurse anesthetist. Primary goals are to:
- Provide a higher level of scientific background and practical experience
- To function as an integral part of the health care team
- To prepare the nurse for instructional and leadership roles
- And to facilitate the completion of the Certified Exam for Nurse Anesthetists
Our program emphasizes the acquisition of essential knowledge and skills, including the ability to:
- Apply theory and research knowledge gained from nursing the sciences and humanities to provide optimum care to the patient,
evaluate the patient preoperatively - Anticipating requirements necessary in the perioperative and post-anesthesia phases
- Administer a safe and physiologically investigator and in collaboration with colleagues
- Develop leadership skills necessary in the role as clinician, teacher, researcher, advocate, manager and consultant
- Acquire an appreciation for involvement in the professional activities of the local, regional and national organization
- And relate to and interact with the total health care community of which anesthesiology is one component.
Student Attrition and Pass Rates
| 2023 Class Attrition (number of students) | 0% |
| 2022 Class Attrition (number of students) | 0% |
| 2021 Class Attrition (number of students) | 9% (1) |
| 2020 Class Attrition (number of students) | 0% |
| 2019 Class Attrition (number of students) | 8% (1) |
| 2023 Employment of graduates within 6 months | 100% |
| 2022 Employment of graduates within 6 months | 100% |
| 2021 Employment of graduates within 6 months | 100% |
| 2020 Employment of graduates within 6 months | 100% |
| 2019 Employment of graduates within 6 months | 100% |
| 2023 Certification examination pass rate for 1st time takers | 80% |
| 2022 Certification examination pass rate for 1st time takers | 100% |
| 2021 Certification examination pass rate for 1st time takers | 82% |
| 2020 Certification examination pass rate for 1st time takers | 78% |
| 2019 Certification examination pass rate for 1st time takers | 92% |
| 2023 overall pass rate | 100% |
| 2022 overall pass rate | 100% |
| 2021 overall pass rate | 100% |
| 2020 overall pass rate | 100% |
| 2019 overall pass rate | 100% |
| National average pass rate for 1st time NCE exam | 85.2% |
Founded in 1931 and located in Park Ridge, Ill., the AANA is the professional organization for nearly 47,000 nurse anesthetists. As advanced practice nurses, CRNAs administer more than 34 million anesthetics in the United States each year. CRNAs practice in every setting where anesthesia is available and are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America. They administer every type of anesthetic, and provide care for every type of surgery or procedure, from open heart to cataract to pain management.
The Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists (PANA) promotes Nurse Anesthesia practice by striving to increase public awareness regarding the capability of these advance practice nurses to act as providers of quality health care. It is the purpose of this Association to promote, through continuing education, the science and art of anesthesiology as provided by CRNAs in all practice settings. In collaboration with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, PANA offers its members the resources necessary to advance patient safety and practice excellence.
Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg's nursing anesthesia program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs, 222 S. Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge, Ill. 60068-4001, 847-655-1160, coacrna.org. The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) requires that all students matriculating into a nurse anesthesia educational program on Jan. 1, 2022 or thereafter be enrolled in a program approved by the COA to award a practice doctoral degree. The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the DNP degree in August 2018.
The Geisinger/CU-Bloomsburg Nurse Anesthesia Program has received approval for the Doctor of Nursing Practice from the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational (COA) Programs. The anesthesia program will transition to the BSN to DNP entry program in May 2021 with our first cohort scheduled to graduate May 2024. The last Bloomsburg University BSN to MSN cohort is scheduled to graduate in May 2023.
The master's degree program in nursing at Commonwealth University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
Professional licensure laws and regulations vary from state to state and are subject to change without notice. Commonwealth University is approved to offer programs that may lead to licensure in Pennsylvania. Currently, CU’s MSN-NA program meets the educational requirements for licensure in all states; however, there may be non-academic requirements (such as a jurisprudence examination, background check, or fees) that are individual to a state.
Therefore, if you are planning to pursue a professional credential in a state other than PA, it is highly recommended that you review licensure requirements and contact the appropriate state licensing agency to seek guidance and verify the provided requirements prior to starting a program. Visit the state authorization page for more details.
Nurse Anesthesia (MSN) Contact
Program Director of Geisinger/Bloomsburg Nurse Anesthesia Program, Associate Professor of Nursing
- Bloomsburg
