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CRNA requirements

What you need before a nurse-anesthesia program will consider you.

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These are administrative prerequisites, not advice. Confirm current requirements with each program and the NBCRNA before you plan around them.

Prerequisites

  • BSN and active RN license
  • Minimum one year of critical-care RN experience
  • Competitive GPA and GRE (program-specific)

What it leads to

Doctoral entry-to-practice; graduates sit the National Certification Examination administered by the NBCRNA.

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